CHHS 3C's Counselor Connection
CHARACTER - COLLEGE - COPING
January 2019
Hello Everyone!
This newsletter will be sent out every month to keep you up to date on topics related to our 3C's- Character, College & Coping!
Ann Wang- A-Cro
Ashley Golden- Cru-Holk
Kristin Koulabouth- Holl-Mom
Leslie Walden- Mon-Schu
Faylinn Habermehl- Sco-Z
Amanda Vargas- Lead Counselor
Robin Davis- Student Advocate Counselor
Dr. James DePetro- Licensed School Psychologist
Heather Hedges- Student Data Coordinator
Glenda Cherry- Registrar
Christina Howard- Counseling Office Clerk
Our counseling website has SOOOOOOOO much information! Check it out!
- Rankings- Top 10% and Quartile Cutoffs
- CHHS Counseling Google Classroom Codes for students AND PARENTS!
- Arena Scheduling Information
- GO Center Information and link to website
- Social/Emotional Support Resources
- Transcript Request Information
- Resources for each grade level
- Senior Recommendation Letter Request Form (Under Forms and Presentations)
General Information
- Seniors- If you are still working on college applications, please be proactive in requesting recommendation letters and test scores to be sent from College Board/ACT. Both of these tasks may take up to 2 weeks.
- December volunteer Hours- If you did any volunteering for your favorite CHHS program this month, please submit your volunteer hours for December 2018 and encourage other volunteers to do the same. PTSA collects the number of volunteer hours, so that GCISD can use them for applying for grants and other uses. This is only parent hours, not students’ Community Scholar hours (see CSAP program guidelines on the Counseling website about that). Submit your hours in 2 minutes at this link: Volunteer hours
- Course Requests- 1/22-2/8
- Online Arena Scheduling- Current Juniors- 3/25 - 3/27
- Current Sophomores- 4/3 - 4/5
- Current Freshmen- 4/15 - 4/17
- Current 8th Graders- 4/29 - 5/1
***Also, please be sure to have a personal conversation with your counselor if you are requesting a recommendation letter and let her know where and how it should be sent.***
Upcoming Events
- Free Parent Technology Academy- 1/23 @ 6:15pm
- HOPE Squad Parent Information Meeting- 1/28 @ 6pm
- The Talk- Parent Training- 1/29 @ 6pm
- GCISD SAGE Parent Meeting- 1/30 @ 6pm
- The Parenting Center Meeting- Parenting the Strong Willed Child- 1/30 @ 6:30pm
- 10th/11th Grade MANDATORY Dual Credit Meeting- 1/31 @ 5:45
- Panther Showcase- 2/4 @ 5:30pm (Includes other 10th/11th Grade MANDATORY Dual Credit Meeting)
- The Parenting Center Meeting- Positive Ways to Manage Stress and Anger- 2/21 @ 6:30pm
- The Parenting Center Meeting- Positive Discipline- 4/25 @ 6:30pm
FREE Parent Technology Academy
Free Parent Tech Academy Session on the impact of Social Media and how students can leverage LinkedIn is next week!
Come and bring your 7-12 grade student to hear real-life stories about how students lost scholarships and other opportunities due to social media mistakes. How can just one tweet or Facebook post cost you 12 years of hard work? Then sit back and take notes as Microsoft experts share with you how to build the perfect student profile on Linkedin. Get tips for on how to engage with colleges and scholarship organizations with this powerful networking tool.
Be sure to sign up so we can ensure enough seating for this popular session.
January 23rd
6:15 pm
Colleyville Middle School
Wednesday, Jan 23, 2019, 06:15 PM
Colleyville Middle School, Bogart Drive, Colleyville, TX, USA
HOPE Squad Parent Meeting
All parents are invited to attend an informational program on Monday, January 28th from 6:00-8:00 PM in the CHHS Library.
Monday, Jan 28, 2019, 06:00 PM
Colleyville Heritage High School, Heritage Avenue, Colleyville, TX, USA
10th/11th Grade TCC Dual Credit Information Meeting- Two Opportunities!
Good news! We will have two options for the TCC Mandatory Dual meeting if your 10th or 11th grade student is interested in doing TCC dual classes for the 2019-2020 school year. You and your student must attend ONE of these if they are interested in dual for next year. The two options are:
1) Thursday, January 31, at 5:45 PM at PDEC Panther Den, 5800 Colleyville Blvd, Colleyville, TX 76034.
OR
2) Monday, February 4, at 6:00 PM in the CHHS Library, 5401 Heritage Ave. Colleyville, TX 76034.
Thursday, Jan 31, 2019, 05:45 PM
Grapevine-Colleyville ISD Professional Development and Education Center, Colleyville Boulevard, Colleyville, TX, USA
The 2018-19 CBE Fall Registration is now open for the Nov. 3 exam date.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS OCT. 4, 2018
SCHOLARSHIPS
SENIORS- Please be working on your scholarship applications at the same time you are applying to your colleges! There are MANY scholarships due in the fall!
Check out our GCISD Scholarship Webpage!
Upcoming Scholarship Deadlines:
Open Local Scholarships:
EECU $5,000 Scholarship, Deadline: 1/31/19
Glenn Mandeville Memorial, Deadline: 1/31/19
N TX Relocation Professionals, Deadline: 1/31/19
Excellence in AP Arts & Music Theory Award Scholarship, Deadline: 2/1/19
Dream Big Ft Worth, Deadline: 2/4/19
Grapevine Rotary club Scholarship, Deadline: 2/4/19
Ford Driving Dreams, Deadline: 2/6/19
Reverend Carol , Deadline: 2/14/19
District 98 STEM, Deadline: 2/15/19
Professional Achievers for Community Excellence, Deadline: 2/10/19
Ft. Worth Scottish Rite Foundation, Deadline: 3/1/19
Grapevine Garden Club, Deadline: 3/1/19
Lake Grapevine Runners and Walkers, Deadline: 3/1/19
Lone Star Brahmas Hockey Club, Deadline: 3/1/19
Baylor Scott and White Deadline: 3/29/19
Mary Virginia Simmons, Deadline: 4/3/19 @ 9 a.m.
ECLAT Foundation Scholarship, Deadline: 5/1/19
50+ open scholarships on the Nationwide Scholarship Page.
The Coolidge Scholarship is now open for JUNIORS. This is a FULL-RIDE merit scholarship.
Please visit the Go Center if you have any questions.
TCC College Access Program
If you have a possible interest in attending TCC after high school in the Fall of ’19, please know that TCC College Access facilitates the entire TCC registration process and is done here on campus. In order to participate and be included in this process you must complete this interest form questionnaire that can be accessed through the following link:
Registration using this link will place you on the list we will use to invite you to attend the following three requirements to complete your college registration process. Dates and description of meetings are described below for your convenience and planning.
1/ College Access-Wed – February 6 – Assigned a time to complete the pre-assessment and submit application
2/ TSI Testing – February 11, 14, 15– Assigned a date on which to attend
3/ Confirmation Meeting – April TBD – Individual meeting to finalize admittance
By participating in College Access you are by no means obligated to attend TCC and you can opt out of the program at any time however you cannot be added to the process after January, 2019. If you have any questions please see us at the Go Center.
Community Service Ambassador Program
CSAP is coordinated on behalf of CHHS by the Volunteer Community Service Ambassador Committee with support from the CHHS Counseling Office. The program is designed to encourage all 9th-12th grade CHHS students to serve their community by performing at least 100 hours of approved community service. Students meeting this requirement will be recognized as Community Service Ambassadors upon graduation, and will be eligible to
purchase a special cord for their graduation robes. Full program guidelines for Community Service Ambassador Program, and service hour logs can be found on the CSAP Website.
Beginning November 12, 2018 each Class will have a specific email address to which their inquiries regarding CSAP should be sent. This email will be monitored by the Committee Member assigned to serve as liaison for the Class.
Class of 2019: chhsambassadors2019@gmail.com
Liaison-Tracy Cutrona-214-707-6123
Class of 2020: chhsambassadors2020@gmail.com
Liaison-Terrye Byrd-817-846-7384
Class of 2021: chhsambassadors2021@gmail.com
Liaison-Zahra Halai-817-487-0047
Class of 2022: chhsambassadors2022@gmail.com
Liaison-Debra Hurley-817-228-8131
Place service hour logs in the red CSAP box in the counseling office. MAKE A COPY OF YOUR SERVICE HOUR LOG FOR YOUR RECORDS PRIOR SUBMITTING. For information on current volunteer opportunities check out this Google Doc.