E-Newsletter-Catching Up with the College and Career Center

Notices were sent out to students eligible for a pathway cord. If you think you are eligible and didn't receive a notice please come by the Career Center. The Pathway Cord Packet is online or in the Career Center and is due 4/22/15.

NEW CTE Pathways

In addition to our ROP courses where students can earn a cord for completing a career pathway, we are excited to announce NEW Career Tech Education pathways in Digital Media Arts and Engineering (Project Lead the Way). Counselors have all the latest info. Registration is taking place now. Sign up for the Fall!!

SAT DATES

College Board
May 2nd
June 6th

ACT DATES

ACT
April 18th
June 13th

Off Campus Events

National College Fair
Orange County
4/26 @ 1:30pm
Anaheim Convention Ctr

On Campus Events

Western Oregon University, 4/24 @ 9am
Iowa State University, 4/29 @ 10:30
The Art Institute 4/29 @ 11:30

Sign Up via Naviance

Don't forget to stop by the College and Career Center for Open House to meet your College and Career Counselor, Ms. Riekenberg!

Emergency Medical Tech and Fire Science ROP Classes give students hands on experience

Chief Wilson shows students the ropes at the Long Beach Fire House and Emergency Dispatch Center

***Sign up with your counselor now to explore our new career pathway classes in Engineering or Digital Media Arts as well as Fire Tech, Sign Language, Video Production/Griffin News, Careers with Children and Sports Medicine! ***

Attention Future Business Leaders!

Constitutional Rights Foundation is sponsoring a CAREER FORUM April 2nd on the OCC Campus. Students will engage in exciting workshops including topics ranging from corporate and entrepreneurial business and technology to managing credit and preparing for a successful interview with successful business leaders and professionals like Wells Fargo and Disneyland Resort. LUNCH IS PROVIDED! Field Trip slips due in the Career Center by March 31st. Sophomores will be given first priority.

Community College
Freshman Priority Registration

An email went out from the Career Center with all the Freshman Priority Registration (FPR) deadlines for local community colleges. If you need that info again, click here. This document includes dates of placement tests and deadlines for meeting the Freshman Priority Registration eligibility requirements. Here are some general guidelines:

Apply to as many community colleges as you would like. Don't miss the deadline!
Take the assessment/placement test to determine your Math and English Levels. If you scored "college ready" on the EAP (part of the AP test) you are exempt from this test. It is your responsibility to contact the college to make this happen
Orientation (some are online)
Meet with a counselor to develop a SEP-Student Educational Plan (Steps 1-4 must be completed by the deadline to be eligible for FPR)
REGISTRATION!!! You made it!

What You Need to Know: Financial Aid

FAFSA-due June 30th...
It pays to file early! No matter what your individual state or school filing deadline, when it comes to your FAFSA, the sooner you file after January 1st each year (the date that the federal processor begins accepting applications), the better! Many types of financial aid (particularly need-based aid, including grants (Cal Grant), loans and work-study programs) are limited and are awarded on a first-come, first-served basis. Therefore, the sooner your FAFSA is fully processed and released to your school's financial aid administrators, the better your chances of receiving consideration for the maximum amount of financial aid for which you may be eligible.

CAL GRANT

The deadline to apply for the Cal Grant was March 2nd. Track your Cal Grant Award at Webgrants4Students. You may qualify for the Middle Income Scholarship and should hear something in the summer if you do.

National Hispanic College Fair 4/27
@ Vanguard University

The College and Career Center will be taking approximately 45 students to this College Fair. College Fairs are very valuable in assisting students make the decision of which college to attend. 50 colleges and trade schools will be in attendance. Juniors and Seniors can attend with juniors given first priority. Field Trip Slips will be available in the Career Center and due by 4/22.

Rotary Student of the Month-March

Congratulations, Emily Jackson!

Lab Assistant for ROP Sports Med

Pictured with Sherry Kropp, John Hansen, Rotary Members, Emily and her proud mother.

Summer Programs

UCI Cancer Research Youth Science Fellowship Program due March 31

UCI Summer Session due April 1st

COPE Health Solutions Red Shirt Program
due 3/31

OC Constitutional Rights Foundation Summer Peer Court

Scholarships

All scholarships also listed in Naviance.

PTSA Scholarship-due 3/28

California Alarm Association-due 3/27
Los Alamitos Medical Center Auxiliary-due 3/27

Sunset Beach Woman's Club Grant-due 3/30
2015 Chen Foundation Scholarship- due 3/31
Taiwanese American Scholarship-due 3/31

Cheyenne Angelica-due 3/31
Orange County Youth Sports due 4/3

Rossmoor Repub Women due 4/3
Cecil Stephens-due 4/3
UCI Stanely Behrens due 4/7

California School Employees
due 4/17
Propeller Club ILWU due 4/17
Zumper Apts Scholarship due 4/15

2015 Student View Scholarship-due 4/22
Seal Beach International Friendship Assoc-due 4/30
Japanese American Citizens League-due 5/1
Suterre Properties Photography Scholarship-due 5/17
SOFT-Scholarship of Five Thousand - due 5/20
CA Environ. Health Assoc. due 6/18
OCC Scholarships for HS Seniors-due 6/30

Employment

The City of Garden Grove is recruiting for the following positions:

Day Camps & Parks (Recreation Specialist I)

Sports (Recreation Specialist I)

Day Camp Lead/Atlantis Lead/Buena Clinton Lead/

Magnolia Park Lead (Recreation Specialist III)

Lifeguard (Recreation Specialist II)

Instructor Guard (Recreation Specialist III)

Community Services Coordinator (Pool Manager)

Summer Jobs-City of Garden Grove

Community Service

Local Elementary School Carnivals Need Volunteers

Looking for community service or job shadowing hours? Here are 3 opportunities:

1) Rossmoor Elementary- 4/18

2) Lee Elementary- 3/28

3) Arnold Elementary in Cypress 4/25

Come by the Career Center for more details.

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