Senior Scoop

February 26 - Financial Aid Night in the Lecture Hall 6 pm

February 28 - Local Scholarships Go "Live"

February 28 - Deadline to submit design for Senior T-Shirt to Coach Jacobsen

March 31 - Local Scholarships DUE

April 1 - GPACAC College Fair

April 17 - Deadline to submit photos for Senior Tribute Video

**Access our Senior Calendar on the high school website at https://www.usd231.org/o/gardner-edgerton-hs/page/seniorcalendar

Parents and Seniors...please subscribe to the Class of 2025 reminders.

Do not miss this great tradition at GEHS as each senior is recognized by a baby, middle school, and senior photo. We show this presentation to them during graduation rehearsal, and seniors (and senior families) have the link as a forever keep sake. Don't miss out! The deadline is April 17th!

Please upload the three photos HERE. Examples below.

Attention all Blazers that are enlisting in one of the United States Armed Forces. We want to recognize you at our graduation ceremony! Please complete this form so we know your plans and can confirm information given to plan accordingly.

Thank you in advance for your future service!

CLICK HERE TO COMPLETE FORM or complete form below.

**New ones added since last week

Feb. 27 - Kansas State University

Feb. 28 - Johnson County Community College

Mar. 3 - Washburn University**

Mar. 4 - Navy Nuclear Power Program

Mar. 6 - William Woods University

Mar. 7 - Wichita State University

Mar. 10 - Baker University**

Mar. 11 - Emporia State University

Mar. 12 - Flint Hills Job Corps**

Mar. 13 - University of Alabama

Apr. 29 - Quincy 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.

Great Plains Association for College Admission Counseling (GPACAC)

Kansas City College Fair, April 1, 2025

• Location: Shawnee Mission West High School

• Address: 8800 West 85th Street, Overland Park, KS 66212

• Date/Time: April 1, 2025, 6:00-7:30pm

• Featuring: 50-60 colleges and universities

• Student registration: strongly encouraged, but not required. Register here

1. Select "Kansas"

2. Shawnee Mission West High School

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/

Sign up via this link to schedule an appointment this year with Elizabeth Guevara, our college adviser: https://calendly.com/guevarae-usd231. And remember, she can also assist with questions about all other post-secondary plans!

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!

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.