2024-25 Wildcat News

Junior Job Shadowing Day 2025

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2024-25 Yearbook Information

2024-25 Yearbook Order Form

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SENIORS: CLASS OF 2025 INFORMATION

2025 Senior Yearbook Form due 12-10-24

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ALL SENIORS: Complete FAFSA

FAFSA has opened a little earlier than expected with "beta testing." This means it is officially open, but they will just have some technical issues that they will need to work out along the way. I have attached some notes below for you and your families. This break may be an opportunity for you to get started or submit together!

1. I came into all of the senior classrooms a few weeks ago to assist you with your FSA IDs, but if you missed or had any issues, here are the steps again (with links):

"These are the steps we recommend you take as soon as possible:

Students should create their FSA IDs (How to Create an FSA ID)
Students should determine their Dependency status (Dependency Questions)

If the student is dependent (most students are), the student then needs to determine who else should contribute to their FAFSA (use the Parent Wizard Tool)

The parent indicated by the wizard should also create an FSA ID
Please do not instruct all parents to create an FSA ID— use the Parent Wizard Tool to advise the correct parent to do this task

If the student is independent, the student should proceed to the next step

2. I also had several students have an error message about their SSNs already being in the system. If you were one of these students go here and "live chat" with the helper to get it resolved: https://studentaid.gov/help-center/contact

3. Remember, as you fill out the form that you are completing the "2025 - 2026" version since this is when you will be a freshman and to use your personal email addresses. You will need your SSN and parent/guardian information handy. You should not need your family's tax return information. Your parent/guardian's section should link the information in for them.

4. Here is the official form's link: https://studentaid.gov/h/apply-for-aid/fafsa

5, Additional resources:

- "2025 - 26 FAFSA Checklist" attached!

- These are amazing tutorials on FAQs: https://www.youtube.com/user/FederalStudentAid

- The whole website can be toggled to Spanish at the top right of the screen. Spanish resources and information here too: https://studentaid.gov/es/resources

- Here is a link too for a helpdesk that usually works better than trying to get in contact with FAFSA staff: https://alabamapossible.org/programs/alabamagoestocollege/students-and-familes/

- I will start having appointment slots for assistance and main event days in January. This will give their system time to work out some of the technical bugs. If you need your form done quickly for offers or performance scholarships, let me know!

Good luck and I'm here if you need me!

Mrs. Tara Ellis

2025-26 FAFSA Checklist.pdf

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Greetings,

We write today with a reminder that this year’s Coolidge Scholarship application deadline is now just six weeks away – Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 5:00 PM Pacific time. More information about the scholarship is included below. Thank you for sharing this opportunity with high school juniors at your school.

The Coolidge Scholarship is a full-ride, four-year, merit scholarship that may be used by recipients for undergraduate study at any accredited college or university in the United States. Any current high school junior who plans to enroll in college in the fall of 2026 and is an American citizen or legal permanent resident is eligible to apply (current high school seniors are not eligible to apply). Winners may use the scholarship to pursue any academic major. Academic excellence is the primary criterion considered by the Coolidge Scholarship. Secondary criteria include an interest in public policy and an appreciation of the values President Coolidge championed. Successful candidates will also demonstrate humility and have a record of genuine service to their communities. A complete description of the scholarship’s criteria is available here.

The competition for the Coolidge Scholarship is significant -- only a few new Coolidge Scholarships are awarded each year from a pool of candidates that spans the entire country. Even so, students have reported to us in past years they were glad to have applied even if they didn’t win because the experience helped prepare them for college applications later on. Furthermore, the Coolidge Foundation invites one hundred of the top Coolidge Scholarship applicants to participate in the Coolidge Senators Program, which includes an all-expenses-paid Summit and a $1,000 scholarship. Scholarship applicants are automatically considered for the Senators Program.

Alert: the application requires that candidates read President Coolidge’s Autobiography and complete a few other reading assignments. While the book is not overly long, we encourage students to begin the application early. Candidates who begin the application at the last minute are unlikely to be successful. Again, please note the submission deadline: 5:00 PM Pacific time, Wednesday, December 11, 2024.

We hope you will share this opportunity with outstanding high school juniors at your school. The scholarship application, along with additional information, can be accessed on our scholarship site: www.coolidgescholars.org. We are standing by to answer any questions as your students work through the application. We can most effectively be reached by email at coolidgescholars@coolidgefund.org and also by phone at (202) 827-4291.

Kind regards,

The Coolidge Scholarship

Order your Cap & Gown!

Go to balfour.com
Search “West Limestone High School.”
Click on “Grad Packs”, scroll down, and click “Shop Caps & Gowns and Senior Gear.”
Click on “Cap & Gown.”
Click on “Graduation Essentials.”

You are only required to order the “essentials package” which includes cap, gown, tassel, diploma, and diploma cover. You may certainly order larger packages, just read to be certain they include “graduation essentials”.

Cap/gown and cover will be shipped to the school, but if you order other items, they will be shipped to your home.

Orders are due by December 20th.

Senior Ad Letter due 2-15-25

Senior Ad Letter Due 2-15-25

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Senior Awards Night

Mark Your Calendar!

Friday, May 16 at 6pm

2024-25 Graduation Schedule

Begin with the End in Mind

May 20: Graduation at THS and ELHS

May 22: Graduation at EHS and AHS

May 23: Graduation at CHS and WLHS 7pm

Counselor Corner

Use these codes to enroll in Counselor Watson aka Pops' Schoology Courses to find out valuable information regarding your class.

Seniors: Class of 2025: 2GJG-KKMX-FTQRR
Juniors: Class of 2026: PHSX-X7MZ-FJZVT
Sophomores: Class of 2027: VMT4-QHKK-TQ433
Freshmen: Class of 2028: Course not created just yet....in progress

Detailed Community Resource List.pdf

School program referral.pdf

Mental Health Resources.pdf