Counseling Newsletter


Cobb County College Kickoff This year Cobb County is offering a College Kick-Off event that will be on September 11 at Wheeler High School. Be sure to register for the insider workshops to experience what college admissions looks like from the inside and you won't want to miss out on the college fair!	Peach State Tour You are invited to the 2022 Peach State Tour information sessions offered in-person and via Zoom Webinars. These sessions will allow you to learn more about Augusta University, Georgia State University, Georgia Tech and the University of Georgia. These events are FREE and open to ALL high school students and their families, but space is limited! Register online today to secure your spot. For more information and to pre-register click the link here: http://www.peachstatetour.org/students.html	Senior Presentation This presentation provides everything our Seniors need to know for college research, applications, and financial aid. Feel free to refer back to this video or the pdf of the presentation, located on our website, as many times as necessary to feel confident in the process.

Cobb County College Kickoff

This year Cobb County is offering a College Kick-Off event that will be on September 11 at Wheeler High School. Be sure to register for the insider workshops to experience what college admissions looks like from the inside and you won't want to miss out on the college fair!

Peach State Tour

You are invited to the 2022 Peach State Tour information sessions offered in-person and via Zoom Webinars. These sessions will allow you to learn more about Augusta University, Georgia State University, Georgia Tech and the University of Georgia. These events are FREE and open to ALL high school students and their families, but space is limited! Register online today to secure your spot.

For more information and to pre-register click the link here: http://www.peachstatetour.org/students.html

Senior Presentation

This presentation provides everything our Seniors need to know for college research, applications, and financial aid. Feel free to refer back to this video or the pdf of the presentation, located on our website, as many times as necessary to feel confident in the process.

SAT & ACT Wavier Information and Test Dates

To qualify for a fee waiver students must meet one of the qualifications listed in the ACT and SAT waiver information linked on the names. If your student receives free or reduced lunch they qualify and need to speak with Mrs. Wagner for their waivers.

If you need to apply for Free or Reduced Lunch you can do so on county website HERE

Please provide a copy of your confirmation form from the county for free or reduced lunch or your other qualifying documentation to receive the SAT/ACT waiver to Mrs. Wagner, the counseling clerk.

Once you take the SAT/ACT using a waiver, you may receive up to 4 college application fee waivers for your senior year.

Hope & Zell Miller

By the end of August 2022, senior transcripts will be uploaded in GAfutures. This means that your senior is able to check and monitor their high school HOPE GPA, and it will include all credits from 9th, 10th, and 11th grades.

The next senior transcript upload will take place in February 2023 as it will include all credits from the 9th, 10th, 11th, and fall semester of 12th grade.

If your senior DOES NOT have their social security number on file, he or she WILL NOT be able to view their high school HOPE GPA. If your senior is unable to view his or her high school HOPE GPA in GAfutures, he or she must send an email to their assigned counselor to confirm that we have their social security number on file. If we DO NOT have their social security number on file, the student must bring in their social security card to the counseling clerk, Marilyn Wagner.

After all information has been received by Mrs. Wagner, the information will be updated in the school's student information system. Then, it will be updated in GAfutures. Please allow 2-3 business days

College Visits

Juniors and Seniors can sign up for college visits through Naviance. It is a very simple process and college visits will take place during AO on Wednesdays so students will not need to miss class time to participate. These visits are a great way to speak with college admissions representatives and learn about what different schools have to offer! Visual instructions are included below and students can sign up in three easy steps.

Go to Naviance and click on the "Colleges" tab across the top
Click on the "College Visits" section
Register for any colleges that have signed up to visit Sprayberry


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Naviance

Naviance is a DELIVERY SYSTEM and college/career search engine. This is how counselors communicate with your colleges for transcripts, letters of recommendations, and any other paperwork the colleges require from Sprayberry. Students MUST add each college's name to their Naviance account under the "Colleges I'm Applying to" tab. Our Senior presentation walks our students through Naviance but we also have a Naviance help page on sprayberrycounseling.com under the "College & Career" tab.