I just happened to be browsing on another high school’s website and came across a resource that I had not previously seen.  A US Congresswoman in California, Lucille Roybal-Allard, puts out a scholarship bulletin for students in her state each year with a year’s worth of scholarship opportunities.  This year’s bulletin is 50 pages long and is good for seniors as well as juniors as it goes through December.  Some are only for California students, but many would be useful for students in any part of the country.  Here is the link to this document:  http://www.house.gov/roybal-allard/2008_Resource_Guide.pdf

YOU NEED TO GO VISIT THE GUIDANCE SCHOLARSHIP PAGE!!!  There are several EXCELLENT scholarships that have deadlines ending soon.  Like in the next few days.  I’ve been updating every day lately.  That’s all. 

It can be a very difficult time for parents and students alike when the time to head to college draws near.  This is, for many, the biggest step in independence their kids have taken, and it can be an exciting, scary, stressful, and emotional process, all rolled into one.  Because most parents aren’t really eager, no matter how much they love their kids, for them to stay at home forever, there comes a time when they must accept that their babies are growing up and help them transition easily and successfully.  Having them attend college and live on campus is one of the best and safest ways to accomplish this feat.  They live with peers in a relatively secure environment, receive additional education to prepare them for a career and get to ease into the role of being responsible for managing their own expenses (food, entertainment, cleaning supplies, etc.) and basic living skills (laundry, maintaining a car, living by a schedule without being hounded by mom and dad, etc.).  While some may struggle with this, most kids adapt well and seem to mature quickly after getting an, albeit, small taste of the real world.

Because this is an issue that every family who has a child heading off to college deals with, the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) has written a very informative article addressing many of the issues that fledgeling college students and their anxious parents get to face.   Check out this article and let me know what you think!

If you haven’t visited the Guidance Webpage, you are missing out on a TON of information that is very useful.  We post information on an ongoing basis as things come into the guidance office – scholarships, summer programs, college visits and open houses, and much more.  There are many links to often visited websites and probably a whole lot that you don’t even know about yet. 

It is very typical that a question that you have regarding guidance procedures can be found on our webpage, so if you are wondering, for example, where to get a work permit, how to request a trancript for college, what you need to do if you want to meet with your counselor, you can find it on our webpage.

Basically, if you have not visited it, you are missing out on one of the best resources the Kell Guidance Office has to offer. 

 So, how to get there??  Go to www.kellhighschool.org and click on Guidance at the top of the page.