Local Scholarships

Seniors, now is the time to be working on submitting your applications for local scholarships!

Local scholarships are great because you are only competing against other WKHS students (for many) and, at most, against other students from Worthington or the Central Ohio area.  These scholarships are all among the scholarships we have listed on the WKHS Counselor website and I strongly encourage you to take the time to check them out.  To find the scholarship listings on the Counselor website - you can use the logo on the right side of the page or hover over the College/ Career tab and Scholarship Search will appear in the drop-down menu.

Many of the local scholarships have due dates of April 1st, but there are some with earlier or later deadlines so it is important to pay attention to those details so that you don't miss out on the opportunities.  As you read through the scholarships available, look carefully to determine which ones you might be a good candidate for and therefore want to apply to try to receive.  Please remember that time flies and many of the scholarships have requirements such as essays or recommendation letters so it is important not to procrastinate and to get your applications completed on time.

Lunch & Learn: Coping Skills

The WKHS Counselors will be hosting our next Lunch and Learn Series for parents this Friday, March 7th.  This session will provide information about Coping Skills.

As a reminder, the lunch and learns are brief presentations on a particular topic over zoom during lunch time so that parents/ guardians can join and listen in from home or work while eating their lunch.  The goal is that the presentation will take about 15 minutes and then that will give about 15 minutes for any other questions that families might have that we could address as a whole group.  We are excited about this opportunity to leverage technology and to meet families where they are so that you can get the most up to date information that we can share with you.

The session will begin at noon on Friday, March 7th.  The zoom link will be emailed to all parents and we will also post the link on the Counselor Website on Friday morning.

We know that supporting your son or daughter to deal with the stressors of high school can be overwhelming at times, so I hope you will make plans to join us online over zoom so we can help review useful, timely coping skills that you and your child can put to use immediately.

Scam Alert

We recently learned about a scam that is impacting families across the country. In this particular scam, which you can read about in this article, someone calls and tells families that their child signed up for free test prep resources, but they need their credit card number for a deposit on the materials and that it will be refunded after the student is done with and returns the supplies. Obviously there are scammers across the country who know that junior students are all in the phase where they are taking the SAT or ACT and so this is a scam that seems easy to see why someone would fall for it. Just be aware that there are no sign up options for anything like this for the WKHS students so if someone reaches out to you, it is definitely a scam.