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Guidance Department News Xavier Tuition Assistance Reminder
ACT Special Testing Any student with a current, document-
If you would like to apply for tuition assistance for the 2013-2014 year, Student Aid Forms will be available in the Main Office in mid January 2013. Completed Student Aid Forms must be mailed directly to Private School Aid Service on or before March 22, 2013. A copy of your tax return is mandatory; therefore, it is critical that you have your 2012 return prepared promptly. For more information or to request to have a Student Aid Form mailed to you, please contact Shea Francis at (319) 739-7307.
Scholarships Scholarships take time to locate and to prepare: completing applications, gathering recommendations and evaluations, writing essays, etc. You have to be prepared to work hard to earn a scholarship. Students are encouraged to check the scholarship folders and college catalogs and folders in the guidance office or specific college websites to locate scholarship opportunities. Consider family employers or organizations of which you are a member as resources for scholarships. Check the public library, too. Be willing to take the time to ask questions of the financial aid officers of colleges in which you are interested.
ed disability, who has been professionally diagnosed as physically, psychologically or learning disabled, may request special ACT testing by completing a Request for Special Testing form. To be current, the diagnosis must have been made in the last three years. For further information, contact one of the counselors.
ACT Prep Seminars EduCare Learning Centers will hold ACT prep seminars beginning Sunday, February 24 in preparation for the April
College Planning & Financial Aid Night
ACT. The EduCare program features five
Plan for your college education. Do you have questions about college planning and financial aid? Students and parents are invited to attend the Iowa College Access Network presentation on Wednesday, January 16 at 6:30 p.m. in the RegisLaSalle Theatre at Xavier High School.
1:00-4:00 p.m. at EduCare. Parents may
Sunday class meetings scheduled from register online at educarelearning.com or call EduCare at 832-1965 for more information. Students are enrolled on a
Earn College Credit in High School Kirkwood’s Regional Centers will feature innovative programming provided through partnerships with several local high schools. The unique cooperation puts high school students in hands-on technical programs and college-level arts and sciences courses individual districts probably could not provide alone. High school students get hands-on career experience and at the same time earn valuable college credit at NO COST to their families. These fully-transferable credits fulfill college and high school requirements, and mean an overall savings of hundreds of thousands of college tuition dollars annually. http://www.kirkwood.edu/pdf/uploaded/1282/linn_county_brochure.pdf In the next few months we will be asking students if they are interested in taking courses at Kirkwood’s Regional Center on Boyson Road. In guidance classes, particularly Junior Guidance, we will be providing info about course offerings and registration for these courses.
first come, first served basis. Enrollment is limited.
Zaps Learning Co. ACT Preparation Workshop Zaps Learning Co. ACT Preparation Workshop will be held at Xavier High School on Saturday, February 23, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Registration information will be mailed to all juniors. To take advantage of this opportunity you may enroll and/or pay on-line at www.zaps. com or call toll-free 1-877-927-8378.