
Senior Scoop
September 6, 2024
About Us
Add These Dates to Your Calendar
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 7-9 - Kansas Apply Free Days
November 19 - JCCC's College Financing Night 5 - 7 pm
KC Metro Expo College Fair
College Rep Visits
**New ones added since last week
Sept. 9 - William Woods University (MO)
Sept. 16 - Fort Hays State University (rescheduled from Sept. 10)
Sept. 17 - Pittsburg State University
Sept. 19 - University of Kansas (rescheduled from Sept. 6)
Sept. 20 - Wichita State University
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
Oct. 29 - University of Missouri - Columbia (rescheduled from Sept. 12)
Nov. 1 - Highland Community College**
Nov. 5 - Missouri University of Science & Technology (rescheduled from Sept. 23)
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.
Appointments are Available with our College Advisor
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!
Contests! College Trips! FAFSA! Sign up Now!
First Step for the FAFSA
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!
FAFSA Workshop During Seminar - Sept. 20
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Chance to WIN a Yeti or Stanley Cup!
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PIZZA! PIZZA! PIZZA!
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College Visit to K-State Scheduled for October 1st - Sign Up Now!
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Hispanic Family College Planning Night 2024
Senior Year Deadlines for the Yearbook
College Events to Consider
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/
Scholarship Information
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/
Celebrating our Class of 2025
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!
Planning a Day Off for a College Visit?
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.
Need a Transcript?
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.
Project Grad Announcements
Pec Senior yard signs link: https://pec-sports.hhimagehost.com/V2/Home/LoginConsumer...
Apparel link: https://flyingcolorsps.com/collec.../gehs-project-graduation
Flags link: https://forms.gle/RRgv9hpVR8LLFWNe8
VOLUNTEERS STILL NEEDED for Home FB games: https://www.signupgenius.com/.../20F094DACAF2EABF85...