Please email collegeandcareer@ghctk12.com for any questions, or to schedule an appointment with your college counselor.

Grade: 9th - 12th

March 9 at 6:00 P.M.

A speaker will provide an overview of how financial aid works and specific information regarding grants, scholarships, and loans for college.

Click HERE for more information. Sign up in Scoir for the zoom link.

Grade: 12th

March 9 during period 2

Sign up in Scoir.

• AB 469 now makes FAFSA OR CADAA completion in CA mandatory.
• You may opt-out if you choose not to complete the FAFSA/CADAA.
• To complete the FAFSA OR CA Dream Act Application, select the 2023-2024 school year.
• Select the FAFSA if you have a Social Security Number.
• Select the CA Dream Act Application if you do not have a Social Security Number.
• Students planning to attend a community college must complete the FAFSA or CADAA to qualify for the CA Promise Program (2 years FREE Tuition).
  
• Students planning to attend a 4-year college/university must complete the FAFSA or CADAA to qualify for ANY form of financial aid and scholarships.
  

For assistance completing the application, locate a workshop near you.

If you wish to have the grades from your college courses factored into your Senior Awards eligibility GPA, submit your official sealed college transcript to your academic counselor by

Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Please note that some transcripts may take over two weeks to process and/or ship.

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Save the Date.

Seniors, 1st semester transcripts will be sent by College Counselors to colleges listed in the APPLIED section of your Scoir account at the end of January.

Note: UC/CSU schools DO NOT want midyear transcripts.

Pierce College will be visiting every Monday in the College Office during 1st period. Sign up in Scoir!

January 23rd - End of March

The Promise Program at Pierce College is a combination of financial and support services to help first-time college students be successful in their first two years of college.

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Canyons Promise is dedicated to expanding student resources by removing financial obstacles and barriers to student services that often inhibit student access to higher education.

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Cal Grant awards seniors financial aid based on their GPA and household income.

To facilitate the financial aid process, GHC will automatically upload the Cal Grant GPA for all seniors to the California Student Aid Commission no later than October 1, 2022.

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UC - March 14 / 8:19 A.M. Rawley Hall

Common App - March 21 / 8:19 A.M. Rawley Hall

CSU - March 28 / 8:19 A.M. Rawley Hall

Grade: 11th

The Cal State LA Field Trip will be on March 15th.

Students may only attend one field trip per semester.

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Museum of the San Fernando Valley

They will be taking submissions for short animated films no longer than 5 minutes in length. You must be between the ages of 10 to 16 to be eligible for this event. All parties involved in the making of each film must fill out a registration form with a parent or legal guardian.

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Virtual Engineering Summer Program: The Virtual Engineering Summer Program (ESP) is a free, one-week online program for students who will be high school freshmen or sophomores in the upcoming school year. Virtual ESP programming will explore the various engineering majors within the College of Engineering at University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Residential Engineering Summer Program: The Engineering Summer Program (ESP) is a free, three-week residential program for rising high school juniors and seniors who are interested in engineering. Participants will experience living on UW-Madison’s campus while getting a sense of what it means to be a Badger Engineer.

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Girls Who Code offers two FREE programs in the summer: the virtual Summer Immersion Program and the Self-Paced Program. Applicants can apply for BOTH programs, if eligible, using this application. However, students can only participate in one summer program. The virtual Summer Immersion Program (SIP) is a live, virtual, 2-week introductory computer science course for currently eligible

9th, 10th, and 11th grade US students and international students ages 14-18.

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This spring, Intuit presents a 6-week innovation experience led by teams of high school students. Teams of 2-8 will tackle the following question: How might we help your school be more sustainable?

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The cornerstone of The Hidden Genius Project is our award-winning Intensive Immersion Program. This FREE, 15- month, cohort-based training program provides Black males in high school with upwards of 800 hours of holistic, trauma/healing-informed, high-touch mentorship and intensive training that seeks to develop youth into strong and responsible leaders equipped with coding and entrepreneurial

skills, who can identify and develop tech-enabled solutions to address society’s

most compelling challenges.

Program Eligibility: Black males in the 9th, 10th, and 11th grade.

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OPEN TO STUDENTS ENTERING 9-12 GRADE IN FALL 2023

Come Join us For:

• Fun, hands-on activities
• Team building
• Field Trip: Industry Tour
• A great resume and portfolio
• building opportunity

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Calling all high school students interested in the law, social justice, and taking steps toward your future- JTB’s Summer Legal Institute is the program for you! The SLI is a fantastic way to gain exposure to legal careers. Students will participate in a negotiation, go on excursions, discuss current legal issues, and network with legal professionals in your area!

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Did you know that The University of Toledo College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences has the nation’s only bachelor’s degree program in cosmetic science and formulation design? If you're interested in learning about the process of creating makeup and personal care products, join us for our third annual Virtual Cosmetic Science and Formulation Design Summer Camp taking place Wednesday, June 21, 2023 through Friday, June 23, 2023.

Click HERE for more information.

The Youth F.I.R.E. Program (YFP) is offered to youth, ages 14-18 years old and is conducted in the Spring and Fall at three different locations. They are each eight Saturdays in duration and have four levels of advancement. YFP provides the students with the technical competencies in the fire service, while developing their communication, physical fitness, leadership, and life skills through LAFD mentors as positive role models.

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The Exposing Students to Regenerative Medicine (ExStRM) Program engages qualified high school students in meaningful, world-class regenerative medicine research. The selected students will be from high schools in South Los Angeles, historically known as underrepresented communities with major health disparities. The program's overarching goal will be to improve regenerative medicine treatments for individuals with unmet medical needs.

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LRT is a free training program through the Department of Parks and Recreation, aimed at providing an inclusive education and training program to youth ages 16-24 focused on the fundamental skills necessary to become LA County Swimming Pool Lifeguard. The training is intended to build water competency for candidates to develop the ability to meet the swim test time standards.

Grades: 11-12

GPS is a FREE program designed to help college-bound African American high school juniors and seniors navigate the admissions process by directing them to the most comprehensive and reliable resources available.

Visiting campus is one of the most important steps for students to decide what type of college or specific institution is right for them. Because of this, most colleges offer campus tours, information sessions, or open house events to showcase academic and social life. Whether these events are in-person or online, they should help students visualize themselves thriving on campus.

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The Los Angeles Board of Water and Power Commissioners oversees and sets policy for the nation’s largest municipal utility serving more than 4 million residents of Los Angeles, its businesses, and visitors. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) supports the growth and vitality of the City of Los Angeles, its residents, businesses, and the communities it serves by providing safe, reliable, and cost-effective water and power in a customer-focused and environmentally responsible manner.

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The E-Academy is designed to streamline the career exploration process by educating young audiences about the vast assortment of construction careers in today’s modern industry and providing a clear path on how to access these careers and act.

Wondering what to do with your life? We've been there, and we're here to help. No matter where you're at on your career journey, our tools and resources will help you find your way forward.

Click HERE for more information.

Learn more about specific careers such as Finance, Law, Business, Healthcare, Architecture, and more.

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Click HERE for information on health care careers, educational requirements, and other valuable information needed when researching a career path.

Real Talk is a virtual college exploration initiative designed to connect Black students and families with representatives from colleges and access organizations across the country.

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Granada Hills Charter High School (GHCHS) provides this information as service to students and parents. Information or web-links regarding job opportunities, volunteer opportunities, summer programs, scholarship opportunities or any opportunity offered by a third party and web-links to those third-party sites do not constitute an endorsement by Granada Hills Charter High School of the parties or services. GHCHS is not responsible for, and expressly disclaims all liability for, damages of any kind arising out of use, reference to, or reliance on any information provided about these postings or links. While the information contained within the GHCHS site or newsletter is periodically updated, no guarantee is given that the information provided in this is correct, complete, and up-to-date.

Please allow 2-5 business days for work permits to be processed.

Get the Experience of a Lifetime.

Find Jobs or Internships that Support your Future Pathways.

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Youth programs at the Getty Museum strive to celebrate the perspectives, voices, ideas, and experiences of young people, and to inspire them to actively contribute as creative thinkers. Through a spectrum of project-based, visual arts programming we work in community and in collaboration with one another. Our mission is to create spaces and programs for youth representation by committing to work and learn with BIPOC audiences who are underrepresented by and within arts institutions.

All applications are due by March 27th.

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Our enthusiastic and active group of teen volunteers serve mostly on weekends, school holidays, and during the summer. Are you outgoing and have a passion for STEM? Do you enjoy working with people (especially kids)? We’re seeking high schoolers ages 15-18 who’d like to dig in and explore!

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TIP provides outstanding high school students from schools across LA County the chance to work in dynamic career areas through internships of four or more weeks during their summer break between June- August. Please note that priority will be given to high need students.

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Are you looking for a volunteer opportunity that engages your heart, mind, and spirit in caring for people in your own community? Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills Medical Center has an array of rewarding volunteer opportunities to give back, grow your experience and enrich your life.

Click HERE for eligibility information.

Click HERE for additional information.

Want to have Fun Under The Sun and get paid too? Work with children in the outdoors? A job with Fun Under the Sun at Pierce College in Woodland Hills will offer you skills that will benefit your future no matter what career you pursue.

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Click HERE to apply.

The Sierra Canyon Day Camp program has been perfected over the years to meet the diverse interests and capabilities of our campers. We are here to help children create meaningful relationships with other children through enriched, varied, and creative activities.

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WRTL is a non-profit organization dedicated to closing the achievement gap for youth from underserved communities.

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Preparing to apply for an internship or Job.

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Let us help you find your path to a career. Browse through various internships and career sites, or submit your resume and indicate the fields you are interested in.

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Click HERE to explore their growing directory of volunteering opportunities.