March Counseling Corner
Helpful tips, tricks, and dates from the counseling office
Dear Students,
Hello Students!
As the 9 weeks comes to a close and we inch closer to the end of the school year, I think it's important to take a minute to reflect on our time management and organization skills. These are things that we tend to use more the busier we are, and it's never a bad time to work on and improve our ability to juggle all of our different responsibilities. Time management is essentially our ability to plan ahead and effectively and responsible use our time to complete the things that we need to complete. Three particular skills separate time management success from failure:
· Awareness: thinking realistically about your time by understanding it is a limited resource.
· Arrangement: designing and organizing your goals, plans, schedules, and tasks to effectively use time.
· Adaptation: monitoring your use of time while performing activities, including adjusting to interruptions or changing priorities.
See below for some helpful tips. Your CHS counseling team is here to support you and are happy to discuss various time management strategies or anything that you are needing to talk about, so contact us via email or come see us if you need support.
Missed the February edition of our newsletter? Click here to review.
-Mr. Moskal: 10th Grade Counselor (mmoskal@colliervilleschools.org)
Inside the mind of a procrastinator
Interested in learning more about time management and organization?
http://bit.ly/colliervilletime
Mr Sharp's Top Pick:
A teen's guide to getting stuff done : discover your procrastination type, stop putting things off & reach your goals
Jennifer Shannon ; illustrations by Doug Shannon.
GRADE LEVEL UPDATES:
If you need to contact your counselor, you can visit the office during school hours, email (can be found on the website here), or call 901-854-2340. We are here to help you with academic concerns, social concerns, and emotional concerns- even when we are virtual!
12th grade- Counselors: Ms. Czosek (A-L) and Ms. Loeffler (M-Z)
Seniors,
We would like to recognize your achievements by including your scholarship awards in the 2021 Graduation Program. In order to include this recognition, you will need to email a copy of your scholarship award letter from EVERY school that has offered you $$$ for Fall 2021, regardless if you are attending the university or not.
Please email all documentation of all scholarships offered to you to Ms. Sharon Taylor, staylor@colliervilleschools.org. If you no longer have the award letter or email, you may take a screenshot of your financial aid page in your college portal. Please submit your documentation of scholarships offered by April, 16th, 2021.
For example, in the program it will read: Jimmy Cricket – University of Mississippi, University of Tennessee/Knoxville, Louisiana State University, University of Memphis, etc.
It is important to include each school to our scholarship awarded amount. Let’s beat the total amount awarded in 2020.
Attention Seniors:
Please continue to check the "Counseling" section of the CHS website for community scholarship opportunities. Several deadlines are quickly approaching so don't miss out on an opportunity to earn cash for college!
The senior graduation fee is $100.00. You can bring cash or a check to the counseling office or you can pay online here: https://osp.osmsinc.com/ColliervilleTN/Cart.aspx.
Attention TN Promise Scholarship Recipients:
The TN Promise FAFSA deadline has been extended to March 15,2021 due to technical issues in the FAFSA system over the past few weeks.
FAFSA completion resources:
Ways Students Can Get Help Submitting a FAFSA
FAFSA “How To” Videos
https://www.collegefortn.org/fafsahelp/
Email Questions
FAFSA Hotline
615-350-8668
Monday – Friday: 8am – 4:30(CT)
11th grade- Counselors: Ms. Krotzer (A-K) and Ms. Johnson (L-Z)
- The results of the State ACT test that all Juniors took will appear in your ACT account if you completed the “Non test information” that you were instructed to do in an email from Mrs. Ross. If you did not complete that information, results will be mailed to you house. You will get the results of the State ACT before the counseling staff does… so be on the lookout!
10th grade- Counselors: Ms. Smith (A-Johnson) and Mr. Moskal (Jones-Z)
3 down 1 to go. Have a great spring break, be safe, and get some rest.
9th grade-Counselors: Mr. Stevenson (A-Le) and Ms. Bittick (Li-Z)
Enjoy your spring Break! Take time to rest and relax so you can come back and finish strong in Q4!