Kings Local - high-school

Today school counselors hosted a senior class meeting where your student's future plans were discussed.
Whether your student will be applying to college, or looking into careers in the workforce or military,
details and next steps were provided and are also shared here.
This is alot of information. We encourage you to read carefully.
Please keep in mind our school counselors available to help answer student and parent questions.

Lastly, these documents are also always available on our KHS Counseling Website.

UPDATED FAFSA: Change in FAFSA date.
FAFSA usually opens October 1 for students who will be attending college in the Fall of 2024.

Updates are being made to the FAFSA and it won't be available this year until December 1, 2023 or later. We'll provide updates as we get them.

All College Applicants are strongly encouraged to fill out the FAFSA in order to be eligible for federal student aid and also to be eligible for college sponsored merit scholarships.

If you want to start now; each student and one parent will need to create an FSA ID to act as your on-line signature. This can be done if you like. See this link to create an FSA ID now

Colleges promise to be Flexible

Colleges plan to be flexible with their FAFSA deadlines because they're also aware of the changes being made and the change in the roll-out date. See your schools' websites for deadlines.

Important Things to Remember

Each FAFSA is based on the previous year's taxes.

For example the 2022 taxes will be used when filling out the FAFSA in December of 2023 for the 2024/25 school year.

The actual FAFSA Application is created in the student's name, using the student's birthdate and social security number. The student will invite their parent/guardian as a "contributor".

It's important to remember ID's and Passwords b/c the FAFSA will need to be completed each college year in order to be eligible for many Financial Aid opportunities.

After the FAFSA is Complete

Each college or university that your student has applied to will go out and "grab" the FAFSA information.
They will use it to decide what kind of Grants, Loans and Scholarships to offer your student.
Each College will then mail to you or make available on their portal their "Cost of Attendance" statement. This usually happens in the February/March timing but may be delayed this year due to the change in the FAFSA Open date.

College Application Presentation by Mrs. Volker

An Overview of the College Application Process - 1 page

College Application Packet: Step by Step Details
Cover Page - ACT Scores; How to send them and whether or not to use them in your application!
Page 1 - An overview of all steps in the process
Page 3 - Details for the Common App
Page 5 - Details for Applying Directly to the college's website
Page 6 - All about Transcripts
Page 8-9 - College Finances, FAFSA and Scholarships

College Deadlines: A Cheat Sheet

We recommend students fill out a Brag Sheet when asking teachers for a letter of Rec
so the teachers have more complete information about your student.
A Brag Sheet

List of Scholarship Websites : Please read pg. 8-9 of the College Application Packet for context.

Military Interested Students
See Mrs. Henderson who can investigate options and pair students with recruiters.

WorkForce and Career focused Students

As always, our office is always available to answer questions and/or help students.

APPLY FOR FREE at Miami University

Before Nov. 1, choose "I qualify for a fee waiver" in the Common App and apply for free.

ENGINEERING LIVE -STREAMS monthly Sept. through April

Students can choose to join a live-stream on an engineering topic of their choice. Hear from industry experts and people in the field. Choose your area of interest like Electric Vehicles, Biomedical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Machine Learning, , Bridges, Polution, etc.
The Live-Streams are during the day from 10 am - 2 pm . Students don't need to stay on the whole time. They could sign out of school with parent permission or sit on the zoom in the counseling office. See the Attached Flyer below.

MIAMI UNIVERSITY Nursing has an Information Day
October 6, 1:00-4:30 p.m. See this link

Juniors & Seniors
Take note of some good opportunities for students.

Students can become a State Nursing Assistant!
6 week flexible program beginning soon. Combination of on-line and hands-on training during the school day.
Must let Mr. Griffin know by Oct. 3 !
See Attached Flyer

Women in IT Conference for HS girls
Oct. 13th, Xavier University 9:00 am - 1:30 pm
See Attached Flyer

All Branch Military Open House for Students
KHS, Oct. 10th at 10:30 am
RSVP to dhenderson@kingslocal.net

College 101 Days at Miami Regionals Campus
This event will explore topics like the ABC's of college; particularly helpful for 1st generation students.
May 3, May 10 at 10:30 am
See link here

Visit Baldwin Wallace College in Berea, OH
$8,000 scholarship ($2,000 each year) for students who visit by December 1.
Small suburban campus towards Cleveland area
Great for Division III athletes and more!

NC State University
Outstanding Seniors can apply for their Park Scholarship; $221,000 scholarship for out of state students
Those that excel in scholarship, leadershp, service and character.
Deadline Nov. 1
See link

Kings High School

Counseling DepartmentCall or Text 988. National Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.Warren County Crisis Hotline. (877)-695-NEED (6333)CRISIS Text line. Text "HOME" to 741741

Parent Resource for Mental Health Concerns:Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Psychiatric Intake Response Center (PIRC)513-636-4124 or psychiatryresponse@cchmc.org

NEWS AND ANNOUCEMENTS

Counseling Department

Call or Text 988. National Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
Warren County Crisis Hotline. (877)-695-NEED (6333)
CRISIS Text line. Text "HOME" to 741741

Parent Resource for Mental Health Concerns:
Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Psychiatric Intake Response Center (PIRC)
513-636-4124 or psychiatryresponse@cchmc.org