Senior Scoop

Sept. 3 - Project Grad Meeting 7 pm @ GEHS Lecture Hall

Sept. 16 - KC Metro Expo College Fair 6 - 8 pm @ Olathe North (see flyer below)

Sept. 20 - FAFSA Workshop during seminar (see flyer below)

Sept. 23 - Hispanic Family College Planning Night 6:15 pm @ Olathe West (see flyer below)

Sept. 24 - Deadline to enter FAFSA contests for Yeti/Stanley/Pizza Party (see flyers below)

October 1 - Trip to K-State (sign up by Sept. 17; more info below)

October 2 - ACT WorkKeys Test (see registration code below)

October 7-9 - Kansas Apply Free Days

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

In case you missed our College Planning Night, our presentation slides will now be permanently housed on the "Planning for College" page on the high school website: https://www.usd231.org/o/gardner-edgerton-hs/page/planningforcollege.

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!

It's not time to start filling out the FAFSA yet (it will open to all students on or before December 1), but it's never too early to set up a FAFSA ID! Students and parents/guardians will each need their own FAFSA ID, and it can take one to three days to get confirmation of your ID. Plan ahead so you'll be ready!

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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!

**New ones added since last week

Sept. 5 - McPherson College (KS)**

Sept. 9 - William Woods University (MO)

Sept. 10 - Fort Hays State University

Sept. 12 - University of Missouri - Columbia

Sept. 17 - Pittsburg State University

Sept. 19 - University of Kansas (rescheduled from Sept. 6)

Sept. 20 - Wichita State University

Sept. 23 - Missouri University of Science & Technology

Sept. 24 - University of Chicago (IL)

Sept. 27 - Independence Community College (rescheduled from Sept. 5)

Sept. 30 - University of Kansas ROTC (rescheduled from Sept. 13)

Oct. 1 - Drury University (Springfield, MO)

Oct. 3 - Kansas State University

Oct. 7 - UMKC

Oct. 15 - Baker University

Oct. 22 - Johnson County Community College**

Oct. 25 - Truman State University

Dec. 5 - Neosho County Community College**

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.

Senior 2025 yard signs are here!! Use the attached link to order and follow the instructions on how to send in your photo! First order deadline is October 1st and will arrive in October. Pick up dates will be communicated closer to that time.

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