Majority Leader Charles M. Calderon presents the 4th Annual College Fair
Saturday , November 6, 2010 from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
California State University, Los Angeles
Golden Eagle Conference Center
5151 State University Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90032
• Admissions Representatives from 30 Colleges & Universities
• Information About College Admissions Requirements & Application Process
• Financial Aid Workshops in English & Spanish
*This Event is FREE to ALL Parents & High School Students from the cities of Montebello, Pico Rivera, Hacienda Heights, Rowland Heights and portions of Downey, Whittier, East Los Angeles, South San Gabriel, City of Industry, La Mirada, South San Jose Hills and Valinda. Parking is FREE!
Please RSVP at (562) 692-5858 or visit www.adc.asm.ca.gov/uh
Friday, October 15, 2010
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
SENIOR BULLETIN #5
SENIORS!!
It’s October! Time to get going on four year college applications.
COLLEGE VISITS TO NHS
WHITTIER COLLEGE visits this Thursday during 2nd and 3rd!
This is a wonderful liberal arts college close to home,
CSU FULLERTON will be here on October 18 during 3rd period.
The focus is on teaching majors, but they’ll share other info about CSUF.
Teacher permission is required to attend! Passes in K4.
SEND YOUR TEST SCORES!!
You have one week after testing to send your test scores officially to four year colleges.
If you used a fee waiver, you get 8 colleges free for the SAT Reasoning test, and
four colleges for free for the SAT Subject test.
(Remember only UC’s and selective colleges need the subject tests!
When you send one score, all of your previous scores are sent!
**if you tested this past Saturday (Oct.9), you can log on to your collegeboard.com account and send scores NOW, THIS WEEK. Don’t wait! It costs money later!
Some popular codes are:
CSU Mentor (goes to ALL Cal State campuses) – 3594, UC Berkeley - 4833, UC Davis – 4834 UCI – 4859 UCLA – 4837 UC Merced – 4129 UCR – 4839, UCSD – 4836 UCSB – 4835 UC Santa Cruz – 4852 USC – 4852, Cal Poly Pomona – 4082 CSU Channel Isl – 4128 CSU Dom. Hills – 2602 CSU Fullerton – 4589, CSU Long Beach – 4389 San Diego State – 4682
CSU Mentor should go to ALL CSU’s, but you can list specific campuses to be safe as well.
If you need help with this, please let us know!
CSU and UC WORKSHOPS in Room A2 !!
CSU HELP – October 18 and 28, periods 2 to 7
UC HELP – November 4, 18 and 23 – periods 2 to 7
Please get teacher permission to attend! We will help you complete the online apps.
Please go online to start the applications BEFORE you come – have your account set up, etc.
The website for CSU’s is csumentor.edu.
The website for UC’s is universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions.
Ask your counselor or Mrs. Hall for a transcript.
DON’T SUBMIT ANY APPLICATIONS UNTIL WE’VE CHECKED THEM, PLEASE !!!
Our goal: CSU’s by Halloween, UC’s by Thanksgiving! (Both must be in by Nov. 30!)
NOVEMBER 5 is the DEALINE for the DECEMBER SAT and ACT!
This is the LAST TEST DATE for Seniors applying to 4 year colleges!
We are awaiting more fee waivers for both tests. Keep checking!
SCHOLARSHIPS
Check in K4 for current scholarships, including:
Dreamer’s Challenge – essay/artwork. DUE OCT. 15. Apply at DreamersChallenge.org.
Coca-cola – national, very competitive! DUE OCT. 31. Apply at coca-colascholars.org.
Prudential Spirit. LOTS of community service req. DUE NOV. 1. Apply at spirit.prudential.com.
Christermon Foundation – Parents/grandparents in beverage industry. DUE FEB.1.
JFK Profile in Courage Essay. DUE FEB. 8. Apply at jfklibrary.org.
We will focus on the FAFSA in December! This gets you Cal Grants, Pell Grants etc.
Go on fastweb.com to search for more scholarships.
Be sure to complete a SENIOR DATA FORM if you will be asking for letters of rec. from your teachers and counselors for scholarships and private colleges! Forms are available in K4.
GET GOING ON YOUR CSU AND US APPS! Come to the workshop next week for help!
It’s October! Time to get going on four year college applications.
COLLEGE VISITS TO NHS
WHITTIER COLLEGE visits this Thursday during 2nd and 3rd!
This is a wonderful liberal arts college close to home,
CSU FULLERTON will be here on October 18 during 3rd period.
The focus is on teaching majors, but they’ll share other info about CSUF.
Teacher permission is required to attend! Passes in K4.
SEND YOUR TEST SCORES!!
You have one week after testing to send your test scores officially to four year colleges.
If you used a fee waiver, you get 8 colleges free for the SAT Reasoning test, and
four colleges for free for the SAT Subject test.
(Remember only UC’s and selective colleges need the subject tests!
When you send one score, all of your previous scores are sent!
**if you tested this past Saturday (Oct.9), you can log on to your collegeboard.com account and send scores NOW, THIS WEEK. Don’t wait! It costs money later!
Some popular codes are:
CSU Mentor (goes to ALL Cal State campuses) – 3594, UC Berkeley - 4833, UC Davis – 4834 UCI – 4859 UCLA – 4837 UC Merced – 4129 UCR – 4839, UCSD – 4836 UCSB – 4835 UC Santa Cruz – 4852 USC – 4852, Cal Poly Pomona – 4082 CSU Channel Isl – 4128 CSU Dom. Hills – 2602 CSU Fullerton – 4589, CSU Long Beach – 4389 San Diego State – 4682
CSU Mentor should go to ALL CSU’s, but you can list specific campuses to be safe as well.
If you need help with this, please let us know!
CSU and UC WORKSHOPS in Room A2 !!
CSU HELP – October 18 and 28, periods 2 to 7
UC HELP – November 4, 18 and 23 – periods 2 to 7
Please get teacher permission to attend! We will help you complete the online apps.
Please go online to start the applications BEFORE you come – have your account set up, etc.
The website for CSU’s is csumentor.edu.
The website for UC’s is universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions.
Ask your counselor or Mrs. Hall for a transcript.
DON’T SUBMIT ANY APPLICATIONS UNTIL WE’VE CHECKED THEM, PLEASE !!!
Our goal: CSU’s by Halloween, UC’s by Thanksgiving! (Both must be in by Nov. 30!)
NOVEMBER 5 is the DEALINE for the DECEMBER SAT and ACT!
This is the LAST TEST DATE for Seniors applying to 4 year colleges!
We are awaiting more fee waivers for both tests. Keep checking!
SCHOLARSHIPS
Check in K4 for current scholarships, including:
Dreamer’s Challenge – essay/artwork. DUE OCT. 15. Apply at DreamersChallenge.org.
Coca-cola – national, very competitive! DUE OCT. 31. Apply at coca-colascholars.org.
Prudential Spirit. LOTS of community service req. DUE NOV. 1. Apply at spirit.prudential.com.
Christermon Foundation – Parents/grandparents in beverage industry. DUE FEB.1.
JFK Profile in Courage Essay. DUE FEB. 8. Apply at jfklibrary.org.
We will focus on the FAFSA in December! This gets you Cal Grants, Pell Grants etc.
Go on fastweb.com to search for more scholarships.
Be sure to complete a SENIOR DATA FORM if you will be asking for letters of rec. from your teachers and counselors for scholarships and private colleges! Forms are available in K4.
GET GOING ON YOUR CSU AND US APPS! Come to the workshop next week for help!
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Military Academy Day
Congresswoman Grace F. Napolitano
38th District of California
INVITES YOU TO
Military Academy Day – 2010
An opportunity for students to learn about free educational opportunities in U.S. military academies and have your questions answered directly by academy representatives
Date: Saturday, October 16, 2010
Registration: 9:00am
Event: 9:30am-11:30am
Location: Southeast Academy High School
12940 E. Foster Rd.
Norwalk, CA 90650
Representatives from:
Ø U.S. Military Academy, West Point
Ø U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis
Ø U.S. Air Force Academy
Ø U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
Ø U.S. Coast Guard Academy
RSVP: Hector Elizalde at (562) 801-2134
e-mail hector.elizalde@mail.house.gov
(Please see map on reverse side)
38th District of California
INVITES YOU TO
Military Academy Day – 2010
An opportunity for students to learn about free educational opportunities in U.S. military academies and have your questions answered directly by academy representatives
Date: Saturday, October 16, 2010
Registration: 9:00am
Event: 9:30am-11:30am
Location: Southeast Academy High School
12940 E. Foster Rd.
Norwalk, CA 90650
Representatives from:
Ø U.S. Military Academy, West Point
Ø U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis
Ø U.S. Air Force Academy
Ø U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
Ø U.S. Coast Guard Academy
RSVP: Hector Elizalde at (562) 801-2134
e-mail hector.elizalde@mail.house.gov
(Please see map on reverse side)
23rd Annual Parent Bilingual Conference
The Cal Poly Pomona Mexican Student Association invites you to their 23rd Annual Parent Bilingual Conference to be held at Cal Poly Pomona's Bronco Student Center, Building 35 on Saturday, October 30 from 8:30am to 3:00pm. The conference is free to all parents and students. Lunch and childcare will be provided. There will be workshops on college admissions, Educational Opportunity Program (EOP), Financial Aid, AB 540.
To attend, please RSVP by October 23rd to (909) 869-3626.
To attend, please RSVP by October 23rd to (909) 869-3626.
Senior Bulletin
October 6, 2010 College & Career Center, Room K4
SAT November Deadline!
The deadline for the November 6 SAT is this Friday, October 8!
Either the SAT Reasoning test or the ACT is required for 4 year colleges.
UC and some private colleges also require SAT subject tests.
We are awaiting more fee waivers.
If they aren’t here by Friday, you may apply on paper with a letter.
See Mrs. Hall if you have questions.
FREE SAT PREP HELP at Ineedapencil.com! Log on to prep for Saturday’s test!
IMPORTANT –
Be sure to SEND YOUR SCORES TO THE COLLEGES DIRECTLY
through the SAT and ACT sites! One score to any UC will go to all, and there is
one code for all of the CSU campuses (3594 – csu mentor).
You have up to one week after you test to do this.
Ask counselors for help if you need it. We can do this in K4 at lunch!
Colleges need scores sent directly from the test companies.
(You do NOT need SAT for Community and Trade/Tech colleges!)
CSU APPLICATIONS ARE NOW BEING ACCEPTED!
Apply on csumentor.edu. Be sure to write down your user name & password!
You can get started on your own, but don’t submit until we’ve checked it!
Ask your counselor for a transcript and an information sheet to get started.
IMPORTANT: On October 18 and 28, the counselors will provide
on-line CSU application help all day in the A2 lab – teacher permission required!
CSU apps are due by Nov. 30, but we want to get them in by October 31!
The UC site is open now, but finish the CSU apps first!
Cal Poly has two events coming up:
PREVIEW DAY is Sat. Oct. 16.
Annual Parent Bilingual Conference for the whole family – Sat. Oct. 30.
Information is available in K4.
COLLEGE VISITS TO NHS
Azusa Pacific University – this Friday 10/8 during 6th period in K4
Whittier College – Oct. 14, pers. 2 & 3 in Theatre
Cal State Fullerton – Oct. 18, Period 3 Theatre (teaching focus)
USC – November 1, period 3 in the Theatre
November 2 – Scripps College (Women’s College – Claremont ) – per. 5 in K5
You must get teacher permission to attend! Passes in K4.
SCHOLARSHIPS
Dreamers Challenge Scol – essay/artwork/audio. DUE OCT. 15. Apply at DreamersChallenge.org.
Coca-Cola – National; very competitive! Apply online at coca-colascholars.org by OCT. 31.
Prudential Spirit of America – LOTS of community service. DUE NOV.1. Apply at sprit.prudential.com.
JFK Profile in Courage Essay- DUE FEB. 8.. Info at www.jfklibrary.org
Christermon Foundation – parents/grandparents in beverage industry - due Feb. 1
College scholarships also available – Pitzer, Scripps, Wasington U in St. Louis etc.!!
CHECK THE BOX IN k4 at lunch !!
SAT November Deadline!
The deadline for the November 6 SAT is this Friday, October 8!
Either the SAT Reasoning test or the ACT is required for 4 year colleges.
UC and some private colleges also require SAT subject tests.
We are awaiting more fee waivers.
If they aren’t here by Friday, you may apply on paper with a letter.
See Mrs. Hall if you have questions.
FREE SAT PREP HELP at Ineedapencil.com! Log on to prep for Saturday’s test!
IMPORTANT –
Be sure to SEND YOUR SCORES TO THE COLLEGES DIRECTLY
through the SAT and ACT sites! One score to any UC will go to all, and there is
one code for all of the CSU campuses (3594 – csu mentor).
You have up to one week after you test to do this.
Ask counselors for help if you need it. We can do this in K4 at lunch!
Colleges need scores sent directly from the test companies.
(You do NOT need SAT for Community and Trade/Tech colleges!)
CSU APPLICATIONS ARE NOW BEING ACCEPTED!
Apply on csumentor.edu. Be sure to write down your user name & password!
You can get started on your own, but don’t submit until we’ve checked it!
Ask your counselor for a transcript and an information sheet to get started.
IMPORTANT: On October 18 and 28, the counselors will provide
on-line CSU application help all day in the A2 lab – teacher permission required!
CSU apps are due by Nov. 30, but we want to get them in by October 31!
The UC site is open now, but finish the CSU apps first!
Cal Poly has two events coming up:
PREVIEW DAY is Sat. Oct. 16.
Annual Parent Bilingual Conference for the whole family – Sat. Oct. 30.
Information is available in K4.
COLLEGE VISITS TO NHS
Azusa Pacific University – this Friday 10/8 during 6th period in K4
Whittier College – Oct. 14, pers. 2 & 3 in Theatre
Cal State Fullerton – Oct. 18, Period 3 Theatre (teaching focus)
USC – November 1, period 3 in the Theatre
November 2 – Scripps College (Women’s College – Claremont ) – per. 5 in K5
You must get teacher permission to attend! Passes in K4.
SCHOLARSHIPS
Dreamers Challenge Scol – essay/artwork/audio. DUE OCT. 15. Apply at DreamersChallenge.org.
Coca-Cola – National; very competitive! Apply online at coca-colascholars.org by OCT. 31.
Prudential Spirit of America – LOTS of community service. DUE NOV.1. Apply at sprit.prudential.com.
JFK Profile in Courage Essay- DUE FEB. 8.. Info at www.jfklibrary.org
Christermon Foundation – parents/grandparents in beverage industry - due Feb. 1
College scholarships also available – Pitzer, Scripps, Wasington U in St. Louis etc.!!
CHECK THE BOX IN k4 at lunch !!
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