The FAFSA opens on October 1, 2019. If you are nervous about completing the FAFSA or have specific questions I highly encourage you to contact our Iowa College Access Network (ICAN) Representative, Lupe Hernandez. She has an office at the Kirkwood Regional Center in Coralville. You can make an appointment with her and she will assist you with completing the FAFSA. This is a free service! Here is Lupe's contact info:
Parents of Seniors, the October Senior Checklist is ready and available. You can access the checklist here.
Solon High School Seniors and Juniors... check out this opportunity!!! You have an opportunity to complete a 60 hour work-site internship and earn three elective credits for your experience. The internship is a planned and supervised career experience. Through this experience, “Interns learn new skills, apply classroom knowledge in a real-world setting, develop employability behaviors that better prepare them for the workplace, and gain insight that will help them make more informed career choices.” (TWLC)
Students do receive three (3) elective credits for successfully completing an internship.
Winter internships are completed during the 3rd quarter (January 2 - March 132). Spring internships are completed during the 4th quarter. (March 23 - May 27).
The Intern Portal is now open! Applications due - Friday, November 1, 2019 @ 3:00 p.m.
Students can soon begin to register for spring semester college courses. The middle to the end of October is when both Kirkwood Community College and The University of Iowa students release their Spring 2020 Course schedule. In addition to meeting minimum proficiency standards to be eligible to take a college course, students wanting to take a course at the University of Iowa must have a 3.5 high school GPA to be admissible. See Mr. Thompson for more information. Mr. Thompson really wants to get students registered for spring college courses by December 13, 2019.
Solon HS is offering the PSAT/NMSQT (Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test) on Wednesday, October 16 at Solon High School. This test is an optional test for juniors. This exam (a shortened version of the SAT Exam) can provide a snapshot of where a student is in terms of college readiness. PSAT Scores are not shared with colleges/universities. The PSAT is also the qualifying exam for the National Merit Scholarship Competition. This year, the test will be given on Wednesday, October 16. The cost to the student for the PSAT/NMSQT is $17.00. There are a few tests available. Students interested in taking this exam can register with Mr. Thompson.
Mr. Thompson is continuing to update his website. You can access the High School Website here.
