Below are a few of the videos she has produced. Enjoy!

Girls Soccer

St. Jude's Walk

Football

Boys Soccer

10/10 No School-Columbus Day

10/11 Spirit Week Begins

10/12 PSAT Testing for Gr. 10 & 11; late start for Gr. 9 & 12 students

10/12 Financial Aid Night 6:30 PM

10/14 Pep Rally

10/14 Homecoming Football Game

10/15 Saturday School 9:00 AM-12:00 PM

10/15 Homecoming Dance 7:00 PM

10/20 Early Release Staff Professional Development @11:20 AM

10/22 Project Pumpkin

10/26 College Essay Workshop 6:15-8:45 PM

10/29 Saturday School 9:00 AM-12:00 PM

11/2 FASFA Night 6:30-8:30 PM

11/3 Early Release Staff Professional Development @ 11:20 AM

11/4 Term 1 Grades Close

11/8 No School Election Day (Staff Professional Development)

11/9 School Picture Retake Day

11/11 No School Veterans Day

11/15 Term 1 Grades Available on Aspen

Seniors

Many of you are likely working on your college applications now. But remember that in addition to getting admitted to college, you also need to pay for college.

This is a reminder about our Financial Aid Night on Wednesday, October 12th. While Seniors and families are strongly encouraged to attend, the event is open to any interested student or family and will benefit all! Event details can be found here.

We want to highlight what you need to do to apply for financial aid:

• Fill out and submit the 2023-2024 FAFSA form. The FAFSA is the Free Application for Federal Student Aid). All students applying to four year colleges, two year colleges and some trade/technical schools need to file the FAFSA to be eligible to receive need-based grants or scholarships (from the government or your college). We recommend filing the FAFSA as soon as possible.

• The first step in filing the FAFSA is getting an FSA ID - both the student and parent filing the FAFSA need their own FSA ID.

We will host a FAFSA Night to help families complete and file their FAFSA. The event will be held on Wednesday, November 2nd. Registration is required - see details here.

• Check with your colleges to see if they require any additional forms: Some colleges may also require a form called the “CSS Profile” or have their own financial aid forms - these would be in addition to the FAFSA. Check the Financial Aid and Scholarship pages on college websites and keep track of the deadlines for any additional forms.

• Here is a quick financial aid checklist with the 3 important things you should be doing regarding financial aid.

• These resources and more are in students' Guidance Google Classrooms. Students should check their classrooms frequently.

Juniors

This week counselors went into English classes and reviewed graduation requirements, discussed the upcoming PSAT's, National Honor Society, graduation requirements, extra help offerings and materials in their Guidance Google Classroom. Here is the presentation we reviewed with students (it is also available in their Guidance Google Classroom).

Sophomores

Guidance counselors were in English classes last Wednesday (9/28). We reviewed graduation requirements and discussed the upcoming PSATs, as well as upcoming leadership opportunities available to grade 10 students. Information on leadership conferences (HOBY & MassSTAR) have been shared with students and they can access the application in their guidance counselors' google classroom.

We also had students set up a College Board account - which they will need to access their PSAT scores and register for SAT exams in Grade 11.

Here is the presentation we reviewed with students (it is also available in their Guidance Google Classroom).

Below are helpful resources for students and families:

PSAT Information

After School Supports

We encourage you to keep current with Guidance happenings: follow us on Twitter: @RHSDogsGuide or on Instagram: @GuidanceRHS

This email serves as a reminder that on Wednesday, October 12, 2022 at 7:55 a.m., all sophomores and juniors will take the PSAT/NMSQT exam. Freshmen and seniors will not be required to report to school until 11:15 a.m. School busing will run as normally scheduled, so any student who requires bus transportation may report to the cafeteria from 7:55-11:15 AM for a quiet study. There will be no cost to students for the PSAT/NMSQT exam.

The Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) is a program sponsored by the College Board and National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC). This exam is a standardized assessment that will serve as great practice for the SAT Exam, which is taken during junior and/or senior year. Students will also have an opportunity, through their participation and performance, to enter scholarship programs and receive access to college and career planning tools.

Below is the bell schedule.

Day 7 Drop A

PSAT Testing: 8:00 AM - 11:15 AM

Block D: 11:25-12:55

1st lunch: 11:25 - 11:55 Class 11:55 - 12:55

2nd lunch: 11:55 - 12:25 Class 11:25 - 11:55; 12:25 - 12:55

3rd lunch: 12:25 - 12:55 Class 11:25-12:25

Block B: 12:59 - 1:40

Block C: 1:44 - 2:25

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