Reminders

I have a variety of different reminders and comments for you:

- Friday is the deadline for seniors to submit their information to participate in Academic Signing Day. Any senior who has received an academic, merit or fine art scholarship worth at least $4,000 for one year or $1,000 for four years is invited (and encouraged) to participate in the academic signing day ceremony. The ceremony will be held next week (May 15th). Please complete your form and turn it into the counseling center!

- Thank you to all of my students who completed their senior survey on PrepHQ! Unfortunately, there were less than 1/4 of the entire senior class who successfully filled out the survey and since it is information needed for commencement, I believe you may have to write out your answers again tomorrow during homeroom. (Don't forget that we are on an administrative homeroom schedule tomorrow.) Remember, we have to provide a report about the total amount of money that you have been awarded through scholarships as well as the amount that you are actually going to be accepting. (And yes, these are different numbers as many students will receive scholarship offers at schools where they do not plan on attending.)

- I still want to hear where you plan on attending college and there are quite a few students that I haven't heard from so I would love it if you would stop by and let me know where you plan to attend school next year!

- A reminder to my juniors, the next few weeks are your ideal time to ask a teacher (or teachers) for a recommendation letter. Asking now allows your teachers to have the entire summer to write your letter. Please, be sensitive to the fact that rec letters take a great deal of time to write, so if you are applying to a school that does not require a letter, do not make your teachers write one. If you are uncertain, feel free to stop in and we can look at the schools you are considering and determine if you will need one or more teacher recommendations. (FYI - most of the public colleges in Ohio do not need teacher rec's.)

- And last, but not least, Interim grades are due from your teachers on Friday! This means you should be able to see your updated grades on eSembler as of Friday and the interim reports will be mailed home next week. Please remember that school is not out yet, so it is important to finish the year strong!