Need Help Filing Your FAFSA?

WHAT: FREE Financial Aid Help for Seniors - help applying or making corrections

WHO: Seniors- DO NOT HAVE to be future students @ MTSAC - this is open to any student in East San Gabriel Valley that needs help.

WHERE: Mt. San Antonio College - Student Life Building 9C

TIME: 9 a.m to 2 p.m.

Project Miss now taking applications

CSU Fullerton runs Project Miss every summer. Project Miss is for high school females who want to take Algebra 1, Algebra 2 or Pre-Cal Trig in a college setting. Classes take place at CSU Fullerton during the month of July. Students enrolled in Project Miss receive free breakfast and lunch and the day starts at 8am and ends at 3pm. Students completing their class will get 10 high school credits. This is a wonderful opportunity. If you are interested in this program, see you counselor. Project Miss is now taking applications.

Senior Bulletin

Scholarships
City of La Puente Scholarship
If you live in the City of La Puente (on the other side of Azusa), you may apply for the City of La Puente Scholarship. It must be received by April 17th!
Qualifications: 2.0 GPA, financial need, and La Puente residency
The scholarship requires a transcript, 3 letters of recommendation and a biography. Your transcript must prove that you live in the city (not the unincorporated area around NHS).
So Cal Edison Scholarship: For students planning on majoring in Math, Physics, Chemistry, Engineering, Materials Science or Computer Science. 2.5 GPA required, must be attending 4 year college. Website to apply: www.edison.com/scholars. Deadline is Wednesday, April 14th.

Adelante Mujer Latina conference for young women is coming up Saturday, April 25th in Pasadena (Bus from NHS at 7:30am). Its a fun and entertaining, informative day and scholarships are given to attendees. The registration form is due this Friday, April 10th. Forms in K4 and with Mrs. Sandoval.

Community College Workshops for college other than Mt. SAC will be held when we get back from Spring Break.

Last Financial Aid Workshop before Spring Break!

Mark Your Calendar. We will be hosting one last Financial Aid workshop before Spring Break for Seniors. This is the last opportunity to meet priority deadline to receive your money at the start of fall semester.
The workshop will be held on Thursday, April 9th from 11:00am to 3:00pm at the NHS Computer lab (room A2). Do not arrive any later than 2pm.

Giano Registration

Counselors will be at Giano this Wednesday, April 8th registering 8th graders for their classes. We will meet with students in their Science classes.

Congratulations Guidance Team!

The Guidance team is proud to announce that we have been awarded the "Master's Plaque" by the Los Angeles County Office of Education for our School Personnel Accountability Report Card (SPARC). We were 1 of 8 in California to receive this award. This is the 8th award for our SPARC. To view this year's SPARC, visit the counseling page on our school web site at http://www.nhs.rowland.k12.ca.us.

Mt. SAC Placement Test

If you applied online for Mt. SAC, then you will need to take their placement test prior to registering for classes for Fall 2009. You can take Mt. SAC's placement test here at Nogales on Wednesday, April 1st in the Manor. Testing starts promptly at 8:00am and check in starts at 7:30am. You will need to bring sharpened #2 pencils and a black ball point pen. See Mrs. Sandoval with any questions.

La Puente Earth Day 2009

This is a great opportunity to earn CAR hours and to help out your community! The city of La Puente is hosting either annual Earth Day on Saturday, April 25th from 7:30am to noon. If you would like to join them to help beautify the City, call the Public Works Department at (626) 855-1500. Don't forget to bring comfortable work shoes, sun block, work gloves, garden tools, and plenty of water.

Junior News Flash!

SAT/ACT Deadlines:
If you plan to apply to a UC or CSU and other 4 year colleges, you should take the SAT reasoning test this Spring. The deadline to register for the May SAT is this Tuesdays, March 31st. You can register for the test at www.collegeboard.com. If you qualify for free/reduced lunch or you can verify low income, you may use a fee waiver for the test.
Mrs. Hall will be in the A4 computer lab to help with online SAT registration periods 3-5 this Monday, March 30th. Teacher permission required. You must have an email account to register online.

You should also consider registering for the ACT. The next testing date is in June and the deadline to register for this date is May 8th.

AND! If you plan on applying for a UC, you must also take the SAT Subject tests in June. Registration deadline is May 5th.

Colleges Visiting Nogales!
This Thursday, March 26th, UC Berkeley "PASS: will be here in the Little Theater periods 2-6. Juniors may come any period except 4th.

UCLA will be here on Wednesday, April 1st periods 2 and 3 in the Little Theater. Sign up in K4 ASAP.

Three summer opportunities for Juniors that are great resume builders...
Pepperdine Youth Citizenship Seminar- Due March 31st!
Chicano Latino Youth Leadership- Due April 13th
West Point Summer Leaders Seminar-Due April 1st (www.admissions.usma.edu)
All are free-get forms in K4.

Scholarships for Juniors:
Nordstrom Scholarship for Juniors-Due June 1st
Questbridge Scholarship for Summer Programs-Due March 31st.

College Information Sessions:
Info Night for Penn State: May 19th at Courtyard LAX at 7pm
UCLA Free College Workshop: Monday, April 20th at 7pm in Dodd Hall 147
NACAC National College Fair: Monday, April 20th from 6-9pm at the Pasadena Conference Center.

Questions? See Mrs. Hall in K4!

Need CAR Hours?

The Nogales library needs your help! Students can complete their CAR hours by helping elementary students with homework Monday through Thursday from 3-6pm. See the librarian after 3pm to schedule.
The library is open to NHS students after school Monday through Thursday from 3-7pm and on Saturday from 10am to 2pm.