• We hope you and your family had a wonderful and restful Holiday and New Year
• Students completed final exams at the end of December. If your student did not pass a class please see the attached information about Night School registration closes Friday January 17th at 4:00pm. Other credit recovery options are also available. Please reach out to your child's counselor for more information.

Semester 2 begins on Tuesday, January 7th - A day.

COURSE REGISTRATION FOR 25-26 School Year - Registration information will be shared with current 9, 10, and 11th graders on Wednesday, January 29th during Advisory. Please make sure your student attends his/her Advisory class on this day. Students will then need to enter course selections for next year into PowerSchool by February 5th. More information and video tutorials will be sent home to parents and posted on Schoology for students as it gets closer.

CCIC Application: For those students interested in a class at CCIC next year, the application will open January 13th and closes February 28th. Applications are not time-stamped so all students who complete it during the window have the same chance. Please see their website for more information.

Seniors: The college application and post-secondary planning process continues!

• Students should know how to request official transcripts, letters of recommendation, and understand the college application process. This presentation can be found on Schoology (under Materials).
• Some colleges do require a Mid-Year Transcript to be sent after 1st semester. Your student should check their student portal for each college to see if that is required. Mid-year Request Forms can be found in the Post-Grad.
• Students should continue to work with their counselors to get support in meeting their graduation and post-secondary goals.
• Applications for the RECCS Scholarships, sponsored by retired employees of Cherry Creek Schools, opened on 12/16 and closes on 2/19/25. See more information at www.reccs.org/scholarships.

Juniors:

• Juniors will be taking the state SAT on April 16th. If juniors are interested in the optional writing portion of the SAT, they should see their counselor by January 31st.
• Juniors will be taking the state CMASS-Science on April 17th.
• Juniors should be researching post-secondary options! The main seminar task that juniors will be tackling for the remainder of the school year is exploring a variety of career, college, and/or military options.

Sophomores:

• Sophomores will be taking the PSAT10 on April 16th.
• Students should continue to work on their Sophomore Seminar tasks in Naviance.

Freshmen:

• Freshman will be taking the PSAT9 on April 17th.
• Freshmen should continue to work on their seminar tasks in Naviance and four-year course planning.

FAFSA: The Free Application for Federal Student Aid is open. .

• Visit the FAFSA WEBSITE to begin the application process.
• • Need help filling out the FAFSA? Save the Date: FAFSA Workshop, January 13th @ GHS (Reservations required). Sign up at : GHS Post Grad: FAFSA SIGN UP 2025

Transcript Deadlines: Transcript request forms MUST be submitted to Ms. Wilson in the post grad center no later than 10 school days/2 weeks prior to the College/University deadline. Pay attention to school breaks as we do not work during these times!

• Save the Date: CCSD will be hosting a college fair for students interested in HSI, HBCU, NASNTI Colleges March 6th at 6:30pm hosted by Smoky Hill HS - This is a college fair for students and parents interested in researching Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI), and Native American - Serving Nontribal Institutions (NASNTI).

• Interested in a Free Year of College Tuition?

  Colorado has two programs in which students can qualify for a free year (or two) of college tuition at participating institutions. Expenses covered include tuition, books and fees (Housing is not covered)

  Participating colleges include (student must attend one of these colleges immediately following high school): All community colleges in Colorado, Metropolitan State University of Denver and University of Northern Colorado.

  How to qualify:

  For ASCENT (1st year of college tuition free), students must complete 9 college credits before high school graduation. These credits can come from Concurrent Enrollment classes taken at Grandview/CCIC with a grade of C or higher or AP courses taken prior to Senior year with a passing test score. Most Concurrent Enrollment classes and AP tests count for 3 college credits so this equates to 3 classes taken in high school. Students must also meet minimum test scores on SAT or ACT to be college ready.

  
  

  For TREP (2 years of college tuition free), students must want to major in something in the education field (teacher, school counselor, school psychologist, etc) and must take 1 concurrent enrollment class during their senior year from the approved list.

  
  

  If you are a senior and think you may qualify, make an appointment to talk to your counselor. For 9th-11th graders, keep this in mind when signing up for classes so that you get the required 9 credits and feel free to see your counselor for questions.

Grandview offers academic support in all core areas. Please see the attached schedule.