Senior Scoop

Welcome to your senior year of high school! There will be so many events, deadline dates, and emotions to sort through this year!! Our hope with this weekly newsletter is that we can summarize a lot of these things to help you out!

The majority of items that you will see in this newsletter will be:

• deadlines to turn stuff in here at the high school (cap/gown/announcements, senior ad, etc.)
• dates of events here at the high school (senior honors night, graduation, etc.)
• financial aid (scholarships, FAFSA, etc.)
• outside events (college fairs, college admission days, etc.)

And if you have any other questions or if we are missing something that you think would be beneficial, please email the counseling office at jacobsc@usd231.com. We'll be glad to look into it for you, and even add it to the newsletter if it would benefit everyone!

August 20 - Back to School Night 6:00 pm AND College Planning Info Night 7:35 pm

August 21 - Senior Sunrise 6:15 am

August 27 - Project Grad Night at Culvers 5 - 8 pm (more info below)

October 2 - ACT WorkKeys Test

October 7-9 - Kansas Apply Free Days

November 19 - JCCC's College Financing Night 5 - 7 pm

We want to display, promote, and especially celebrate the future plans of our senior class! Upstairs, right at the entrance of the 400 hallway, we have created an acceptance wall. When one of our seniors decides on the path they are going to take after graduation, whether that is college, working, trade school, military, or whatever else there is out there, we want them to sign their name to the corresponding sign on our acceptance wall. And if we don't have a sign for someone's next step, they need to talk to their counselor and we'll get it added!

Hi, my name is Elizabeth Guevara and I am the new College Adviser here at Gardner-Edgerton High School. I graduated in May with my Bachelor's in Modern Languages from Kansas State University. I am also an Alum of GEHS and graduated in 2020. My role is to meet with students 1-1 to help guide seniors to their post-secondary pathways. Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions or if you would like me to present to your class about college/trade school/military or workforce pathways!

Elizabeth Guevara

College Adviser, Gardner-Edgerton High School

Kansas State College Advising Corps

eguevar@ksu.edu

guevarae@usd231.com

¡Orgullosamente se habla Español!

These will be held during seminar, unless otherwise noted below.

Sept. 5 - Independence Community College

Sept. 6 - University of Kansas

Sept. 13 - University of Kansas ROTC

Sept. 17 - Pittsburg State University

Sept. 23 - Missouri University of Science & Technology

Sept. 24 - University of Chicago (IL)

Oct. 1 - Drury University (Springfield, MO)

Oct. 3 - Kansas State University

Oct. 15 - Baker University

If you are interested in any/all of the upcoming colleges visits, please fill out this Google Form to sign-up. You must sign-up before seminar on the day of the visit you're interested in attending. Please note college visits get added to the Google Form throughout the semester and it is your responsibility to update your form accordingly.

This padlet will contain information about events held on college campuses around the area, financial aid information sessions, college fairs, and everything in between! This padlet can also be found on the Counseling website at https://www.usd231.org/o/gardner-edgerton-hs/

We will post information, as it becomes available, to our Padlet titled "Scholarship Opportunities." Just click on the picture below or scan the QR Code! (Local scholarships will become "live" in March, and will be advertised separately at that time.) This padlet can also be found on the Counseling website at https://www.usd231.org/o/gardner-edgerton-hs/

If you are going on a college visit during a school day, please have your parent call Jill Washington, Attendance Secretary, 856-2610, at least two days prior to your visit in order for your absence to be coded as a school activity. You (the student) will also need to see Jill to obtain a College Visit Form.

• Seniors and Juniors may take two release days to visit colleges.
• No more than one visit may be taken in any quarter.

• College days may not be taken the last week of any quarter.

• College days must be taken before April 15.

Click HERE to request a transcript or go to the GEHS website.

Please allow 5 school days for requests to be processed. Please limit ONE request per form.

If you require a letter of recommendation from your counselor, please submit them, via email, at least TWO weeks prior to them being due.

Please join us in supporting Project Grad 2025. August 27th from 5pm-8pm come to Culver's & let them do the cooking. Hope to see you out there. Please share w/family & friends. Are there any parents or students that would like to help at this event? Basic duties include, greeting customers, delivering food to tables, wiping down tables. We are looking for 5 adults/Seniors to help with this event.

Show off the fact that you have a senior (even if your senior rolls their eyes with embarrassment...LOL)! Orders being taken until September 15. If you'd rather login using a website link, simply click on the picture below.