1. What to Expect When You Have A Senior?!?!?!

2. WHERE DO I STAND?
Check your student’s unofficial transcript for errors
Sign up for the INow portal
Make sure your child has registered for the Senior Remind

3. Am I On Track for Graduation?
Compare your student’s transcript to the requirements for graduation (see next slide)

4. Requirements for Graduation
Diploma
4 English
4 Math
4 Science
4 History (Not Alabama History)
Career Preparedness
Physical Education
Health
3 CTE/FL/FA
Electives
Minimum Credits: 24

5. Importance of ACT ALL Juniors took ACT with Writing – April 2, 2018
Next available next test date is September 8, 2018; sign up at
If student receives free or reduced lunch, may be eligible for fee waiver, see me for information.
Free practice tests in my office!
ACT Prep Online Account
ACT Work Keys Curriculum
Mention that scores are back

6. KUDER NAVIGATOR www.kudernavigator.com
This is a tool that all students use to look up possible careers, colleges, scholarships, and to complete their resume’

7. Options After High School
Post-secondary schools
Technical Schools
Community Colleges
4 year Colleges/Universities
Military
Work Force

8. When to start applying?
Most 4 year schools have priority deadlines in the fall – take the ACT!
September and October test dates will have scores available by fall deadlines
December test date will have scores available by late January deadlines
Most technical schools/community colleges have “rolling enrollment” –
Deadlines are generally for scholarship purposes only
Deadlines are normally in the spring
February ACT test date will have scores available by Spring deadlines

9. HELP!!! How do I pay for this?
Scholarships:
Academic, athletic, music, ambassador
Local Scholarships information given February 2019
College/University Scholarships
When visiting colleges, stop by financial aid office to get list of available scholarships/visit the school’s website OFTEN!
Be mindful of deadlines
Scholarship Search Engines:
Scholly App
JLV College Counseling Blog

10. FINANCIAL AID Types: How Do I Apply? Grants, Loans, Workstudy programs
October of senior year, log onto and fill out the information.
You will use the tax information from the 2017 calendar year.
You will receive notification from FAFSA and then then student will work with the financial aid office of the school he/she plans to attend.
Go to fafsa4caster now to determine if your student will qualify for financial aid.

11. FINANCIAL AID (cont.) Military GI Bill Personal Loans
Student Loans (determined after applying for FAFSA)

12. AP Information
Students taking AP Courses will take AP exams starting May 1 depending on the AP class that they are taking. Depending on the score made on their exam, they may be exempt from the college class that the class is aligned with. The following website will share more information:
apstudent.collegeboard.org
Enter the college you are considering and then look for AP class that you are in

13. TIMELINE Now Fall January/February Check your credits
Take senior portraits (June 13 & 14, 2018) at SHS
Sign up for June ACT & July ACT
Visit College Campuses
Fall
Order invitations/cap & gown
Apply to schools
Send initial transcript
Sign up for ACT
January/February
Senior meeting regarding invitations/local scholarships
2 college visits that do not count against attendance
Senior portraits May 10 and May 11 – appointment cards already mailed

14. TIMELINE (cont.) April May Begin practice for Baccalaureate
Local Scholarships due
May
Senior Assembly
Graduation!!

15. GRADUATION!!!!
Graduation is fast approaching. There are only 36 weeks to go!
September County College Fair
October Workkeys Testing
November College Application Week
December Early Admissions
January the race is on
February Early Scholarship Decisions
March Financial Aid Priority Deadline
April Class of 2020 starts getting some love
May Awards Day, Graduation and all the Senior Love we can handle

16. HONOR GRADUATES The County Requirement for Valedictorian is
Any person with a GPA of 4.25 or higher is Valedictorian
The County Requirement for Salutatorian is
The next highest GPA to a 4.25
We can have more than Valedictorian, but only the person with the highest GPA gets the honor of speaking at graduation
Per county recommendation the Valedictorian and Salutatorian are not officially determined until the last grade is posted, which is usually the day of awards

17. ACADEMIC ELITE
We will continue the tradition of the academic elite dinner
Any student with a GPA of 4.0 of higher will be a part of the academic elite celebration
Those students will be notified the night of awards of their current standings.

18. QUESTIONS?/ANSWERS! Keep an eye on the school’s website
Ask your student OFTEN about deadlines
Call me and/or me anytime!!
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