Senior Scoop

November 24 - US Naval Academy Admissions Forum (see below for more information)

November 25-29 - No Classes Thanksgiving Break

December 3 - Last chance to purchase a Senior Ad

December 18-20 - Finals

December 23-January 6 - Winter Break

January 7 - Second Semester Begins

**New ones added since last week

Dec. 5 - Neosho County Community College

Dec. 9 - Kilo Charlie Aviation

Dec. 12 - Emporia State University

Jan. 16 - Pitt State Nursing/ROTC

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.

TRAILS has officially opened the annual HOLIDAY FUNDRAISER for this year. Details below.

But WAIT- there's MORE!!!

This year, the TOPS program is selling ORNAMENTS with us!!

DATES: TODAY thru Monday, December 2nd

WHAT: Raising money for the TRAILS, HS LIFE SKILLS, and TOPS programs

WHERE: https://forms.gle/fqVcDakYa12hL2Lr7

WHO: Everyone is welcome!! Share with your friends and family!

Please contact Kelley Wiggins with questions.

Email: wigginsk@usd231.com

Phone: 913-856-2605 or 913-856-2689

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!

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/

Take some time to browse through the in-state college events advertised in the padlet for the following schools:

• Bethel College
• Fort Hays Tech
• Washburn University
• Wichita State University

Due Soon:

• K-State Wabash Cannonball due 12/1
• Rudd Scholarship due 12/1

New Ones added this week:

• VFW Endowment Scholarship
• Masonic Scholarship Program
• Trails West Chorus Music Scholarship

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/

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.