SIGN UP TO SERVE YOUR COMMUNITY!!!!

WE NEED YOU!! We need enough students committed to go!!! SIGN UP W/ MS. HOFFMAN! The GSA is coordinating a community service trip... Monday, December 15th we are meeting in Mrs. Hoffman's room (6A) at 2:30. After the usual GSA meeting, we hope to meet at the Trinity Rescue Mission downtown (622 West Union Street Jax FL 32210) to serve a meal to the less fortunate. We should wrap it up by 6 - if you can committ to coming (and get a ride there & back), see Ms. Hoffman in 6A or Mrs. Curran in guidance.

Save $$$ on your college applications!!

The EDU, Inc. Common Black Colleges Application allows students to apply to 33 HBCUs at the same time for only $35. Students pay no other application fees.The EDU, Inc. Application creates the opportunity for students to receive acceptance letters, financial aid packages, and scholarship offers from several different colleges. http://www.eduinconline.com/eduweb/ Check THIS out! :]

FINANCIAL AID NIGHT @ Forrest 12/11

6:30pm @ Nathan B. Forrest HS - bring the fam! Representatives from UNF and Jacksonville Committment will be talking about how you can obtain FREE MONEY for college!

fall FCAT scores are in!

See your counselor for your scores! 300 = passing for graduation!

UNF Financial Aid Workshop 12/6

10am-2pm this Saturday - see Mrs. Curran's door for more info!!

ePEPs this week

We hope you had a fantastic Thanksgiving - WELCOME BACK!! We will be working with the World History classes in order to update 10th grade ePEPs this week and next. Your school counselor's calendar is posted on their door!

PARENTING CLASSES

The Children's Home Society of Florida has released their class schedule for winter 2008/spring 2009!! http://www.chsfl.org/division.php?divID=2001053016153087 *see Mrs. Curran for a class schedule handout

Boselli Scholarship Deadline approaching...

November 26th is the Boselli Scholarship deadline! Two scholarships will be awarded the last week of December - don't miss this opportunity if it applies to you. See the bulletin board outside of the counselors' office!

FREE CASH MONEY!

There are TONS of scholarship opportunities being sent to us everyday. Check the guidance bulletin board (main hallway) for flyers and see Mrs. Curran for details...

Senior class visits = complete!

We have made our way to all senior classrooms, reiterating announcements regarding graduation, scholarship/application recommendations, attendence, credit recovery, etc. The Ed White counselors are now focusing efforts on updating 10th grade ePEPs and will then look to visiting 9th grade classrooms...see you all soon...

SENIOR CREDIT CHECKS HAVE BEEN MAILED

If you are a provisional senior (an "11th" grader who entered high school in the fall of 2005) and you are trying to graduate at the end of this year, you should have signed one. The counselors were outside of the cafeteria for four days last month and we have been in our offices ever since! With or without your signature, your credit check was mailed home (and we kept a copy, so don't try to pull any tricks). :)

REPORT CARDS HAVE GONE OUT...

...and your parents know! So don't try to beat your parents to the mail and intercept it. They WILL see your grades eventually and if not, they WILL find out that/if you failed all year. So be mature, fess up and turn over a new leaf. See your teacher about grade recovery if you need to. At the end of the semester, look into credit recovery through ALC. See your counselor if you have questions.

Increase your chances of getting into college AND earn community service hours...

Are you looking to improve the climate of your school? Do you want your voice to be heard? Or are you simply seeking to thicken your academic resume?! Then JOIN THE PTSA (Parent Teacher Student Association)!! See Mrs. Curran in guidance for more information.

COLLEGE NIGHT AT ED WHITE

October 23rd from 7-9pm we will host a college night for Lee, Forrest and Ed White High schools. Check out the fliers around campus - we have tons of people coming! Not interested in these schools? There will still be a "College 101" presentation in the auditorium at 7:30pm - don't miss it!!

ALC is OPEN!

The ALC lab is open after school. If you have a D or F you would like to recover ALC is for you. ALc is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2:30 to 4:30. We offer English 1-4, Algebra, Lam, Geometry, Algabra II, World History, American History, Economics, Government, Earth Space Science, and Biology. See your counselor for a contract.

Let's Celebrate Together!!!

Guidance has posted an alternative ACT/SAT calendar on the guidance bulletin board outside our office. Next to the ACT/SAT dates, be sure to fill in our list if/when you get accepted into a college or university!! Let us celebrate with you!!

Senior Credit Checks Continue...

DURING LUNCH - NO HALL PASSES Come to your counselor's office to sign your senior credit check. REMEMBER, you cannot order your cap & gown without having signed your senior credit check!!

COLLEGE FAIR OCTOBER 11th

WHEN: Saturday, October 11th 9:00am-1:00pm WHERE: Prime F. Osborn Convention Center (1000 Water Street) For more info, check this out: http://www.nacacnet.org/MemberPortal/Events/CollegeFairs/NCF/FallNCF/08JacNCFinfo.htm#exh

SENIOR CREDIT CHECKS

Seniors can see/sign their credit checks during lunch on October 3rd, 4th & 5th. A copy will be mailed home to your parents and you will receive a copy as well. This is important so make sure you stop by and find your counselor!

ROCKIN' the COLLEGE FAIR

Anyone interested in one of the biggest college fairs in the nation should attend this one! I went last year and there were over 200 schools represented there and there are a number of workshops on financial aid, applying to schools and everything else under the college world sun! WHEN: Saturday, October 11th 9:00am-1:00pm WHERE: Prime F. Osborn Convention Center (1000 Water Street) For more info, check this out: http://www.nacacnet.org/MemberPortal/Events/CollegeFairs/NCF/FallNCF/08JacNCFinfo.htm#exh

It's Fall!!

Hello all! We are working our best to balance classes and correct schedules. Please be patient. Also, if you need any information regarding the ACT or SAT see the menu to the right or come see us. The testing corporations prefer that you register online, so please do so. See registrations deadlines to the right as well (you can register past the deadline, but you'll have to pay a late fee).

This blog has been designed for the Ed White High School family! You will find information regarding everything from college fairs & college nights to ACT & SAT dates! We will keep a running calendar on here for dates you'll need.