Counselor Page

Counselor Office Staff: Gayle Dubois - 11th 12th Counselor Vera Yirsa - 9th & 10th Counselor Jenny Lucky - Registrar Click to See Current Oklahoma Graduation Requirements Click to See the 2007-2008 Class Schedule Click to visit Northeast Technology Center (aka VoTech) in Afton, OK FINANCIAL AID To make applying for Pell Grants, Work Study and Loans easier in January GO NOW to: www.pin.ed.gov This will give you a pin number in order to sign your FAFSA when it is submitted electronically. FAFSA will NOT be sending out paper applications this year, so you will need to have a pin for YOU and a pin for one of your PARENTS. Financial aid is EASY and not SCARY, like some people think!!! Come see Ms. DuBois with any questions. Parents can call or email: gdubois@ridgerunners.net RAP - Ridgerunner Advisement Program Information

• If you did not Pre-enroll for next year with you RAP advisor. please see Ms. DuBoir or Mrs. Yirsa ASAP to do so.
• Oklahoma State Law is now requiring college students who are living in dorms to have the Meningococcal Meningitis vaccine. If you do not get this vaccine before age 18 it will cost around $93, if you are under 18 you may get if for free at the Health Dept. Get it before age 18 to save money.
  

Special Notes

•          This first Character Counts meeting will be Wednesday in the library during both lunches. This may get confusing, since we will be on the activity bell schedule, but stop by the library during your lunch and see what CC is up to this year! Meeting will be held the 3rd Wednesday of each month in the Library during both lunches.

• RAP will be Wednesday. Rap advisors and the rooms they will be in will be posted in the commons Tuesday afternoon.

    

•          Student Governing Boards   Applications are available for Arvest Bank Board, First National Bank Board and Integris Grove General Hospital Board. Applications need to be returned to the counseling office by Wednesday, August 27. Arvest will be here to meet applicants on Thursday, August 28. Firts National and Integris have not set their first meeting date yet.

•                If you are 18 and have not registered to vote, but would like to, see Ms. Dubois for a voter registration form.

 

SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

The Will To Win Scholarship is available for any senior who has ASTHMA and participates in any of the following activities: Performing Arts, Athletics, Science, Community Service or Visual Arts. Must have GPA of 3.5. Application is available in the counseling office or online at www.schering-ploughwilltowin.com

Wal-Mart scholarship is available online at www.walmartfoundation.org.

Dr. Michael LaFerla Orthodontic Team Scholarship is available to any current or past patients of Dr. LaFerla. Stop by the counseling office for an application.

The Oklahoma City Gridiron Foundation, Must be a Senior in HS who will be majoring in journalism!!

AXA Achievement Community Scholarship. Must demonstrate Ambition, drive, determination, respect for self, family and community and an ability to succeed in college. Applications can be completed online at www.axa-achievement.com.

OU Club of Tulsa Northeastern Oklahoma Freshman Scholarship. Must live in Northeastern Oklahoma and have met OU entrance requirments and been accepted.

Great Plains Scholarship. The Great Plains Assosiation of College Admission Counseling is offering six $1000 scholarships for students graduating in May. Application is online at www.gpacac.net

The NSU Dept.of Math and Computer Science has $3000,000 in scholarship funds and NEEDS APPLICANTS!!! Must be attending NSU in Fall of 2008 and have aGPA of 2.75 or above. Applications are on the website: www.nsuok.edu/STEMscholars. Due date is April 18 in counseling office!!!!

Group 33 Inc Scholarship application is availible in the counseling office.

The Dream Institute is offering a scholarship to students with physical and/or learning disabilities. Applications are availible online at www.dreaminstitute.org.

LOCAL SCHOLARSHIP PACKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE IN THE COUNSELING OFFICE.

• ACT | SAT
• ACT registration packets are currently available in the Counseling Office. We are out of SAT packets, but have ordered more.
  • Register Online to take ACT Test
  • Register Online to take SAT Test
• The next SAT test will be December 1. Registration deadline is October 30.
• The next ACT test will be December 8. Registration deadline is November 2.
• FEE WAIVERS are available. If you receive Free or Reduced lunches, you can have one fee waiver during your Junior year and one fee waiver during your Senior year for the ACT. Ask Ms. DuBois if you have any questions or need a fee waiver