April

• 2 - SAT Testing - 11th graders
• 11 - No School
• 14 - ISAT Testing for VSH Juniors
• 17 - ISAT Testing for VSH Juniors
• 21-25 - iReady Testing for Freshmen and Sophomores

May

• 15 - Seniors last day. All course work will need to be completed by 3:00 pm
• 22 - All coursework due by 3:00 PM
• 22 - Graduation!
• 23 - Last day of school

June

• 2 - 1st day of summer school

Please be on the lookout for an email to sign up to take your ISAT this spring!

📅 Dates: April 14th and 17th (IN Person)
🕓 Time: Throughout the day. Included in separate email to families of Juniors
📍 Location: West Ada School District Office Training Center (East Side of the Building). 1303 East Central Drive, Meridian, ID 83642

🏆 Prizes: You could win Air Pods, Beats headphones, Nintendo Switch, Apple Watch, Mini Fridge and even a 40" Vizio TV just for coming and taking your ISAT in person!

9th and 10th graders, mark your calendars! iReady information will be sent out separately in the next two weeks. Here's some dates to write down on your calendars in the meantime:

📅 Dates: Week of April 21st

🕓 Time: Throughout the day. Will have extended hours again (similar to Winter testing)

📍 Location: At home 🙂. Please ensure you have your district issued device up to date!

🏆 Prizes: Will be awarded for top GROWTH performers! More information to come.

If you have questions about your cap and gown order, please call Josten's at 208-343-0175

🎓Juniors! Have you scheduled your Junior audit meeting with your counselor? If not, it is not too late. Please email your assigned counselor to set up this important meeting to review your graduation progress for next year!

• Last Names A-F: Cara Schmidt schmidt.cara@westada.org
• Last Names G-Z: Heidi Freeny freeny.heidi@westada.org

The links below will help students register for 2025 - 26 VSH classes:

• Current 9th graders click HERE.

• Current 10th graders click HERE.

• Current 11th graders click HERE.

Steps to Register

1. Open the Class Choice Instruction guide to assist in class selection (see below).

1. Review the list of electives above. Course descriptions can be found on the VSH website by clicking Parents/Students at the top, then VSH Course Description Book.
2. Log in to your student Power School account and click on the Class Choice icon on the left. Select core classes (required classes) first and then choose your electives.
3. Ensure your bar in Class Choice is GREEN. If you have any red, your registration will not "run" and class will not be scheduled initially.

VHS is offering these AP courses for the 2025-26 school year:

• AP English 11 A&B-Language and Composition'
• US History 11 A& B- (APUSH)
• AP English 12 A&B-Literature and Composition
• AP US Government 12 A&B
• AP Calculus AB A&B
• AP Statistics A&B

Please click HERE to learn more.

Are you looking to graduate early? Are you behind in any of your core classes? VSH would recommend WASD summer school.

Registration for in-person and online Summer School 2025 begins on April 14, 2025.

A student may only enroll in in-person OR virtual Summer School; dual enrollment is not permitted.

Reach out to your school counselor if you have questions about summer school.

https://www.westada.org/page/summer-school

• College & Career Counseling | West Ada School District
• Career and College Center | Virtual School House (thrillshare.com)
• Next Steps Idaho

Haugse-Cossey Foundation Scholarship

2025.Haugse-Cossey 3 page application + instruction page .pdf

📅 Applications for the scholarship are accepted until April 15th, 2025

P1FCU Scholarship

Applications for the 2025 P1FCU scholarship program are still being accepted! Seniors can apply online at https://www.p1fcu.org/scholarships. We’re excited to announce that a minimum of fifteen (15) $1000 scholarships will be awarded.

📅 Applications for the scholarship are accepted until March 31, 2025, and winners will be notified by email by May 5, 2025.

Service Academy Day

📅 April 12th, 2025

2025 Academy Flyer.pdf

The American Legon - Department of Idaho

📅 April 15th, 2025

Idaho Gem Boys State

Idaho Syringa Girls State

🚔Interested in becoming an Idaho State Police Officer?

👉 ILEAD Academy | Idaho State Police

• The Department of Education has recently released a suite of resources to assist students and families in completing and submitting the FAFSA form during the 2025–26 cycle.

• Federal Student Aid Estimator. Students and their families may want to use the Federal Student Aid Estimator before filling out the FAFSA form to help them understand their options for funding their journey through college or career school. This tool provides estimates based on the Student Aid Index (SAI) to determine how much federal student aid they may be eligible for. We encourage you to share this resource with your network to help students plan ahead and find out how much aid they may receive in the 2025–26 award year. Getting an estimate only takes 10 minutes or less! Learn more HERE.

Apply Idaho is a free, common application platform for up to 10 in-state colleges. Open October through June, this application is ONLY available to current-year Idaho high school seniors.

Apply Idaho - Next Steps Idaho

TOUR A FIRE STATION - There is a great opportunity to meet your local firefighters, tour the station, and connect with our recruitment team about pursuing a career in the fire service.

DATES:
📆Saturday, June 21, 2025
📆Saturday, October 11, 2025

⏱TIME: 9 am to 12 pm

LOCATIONS:
📍FIRE STATION #1
707 Reserve Street, Boise 83712
📍FIRE STATION #8
3575 W Overland Road, Boise 83705

📍FIRE STATION #9

3101 Sycamore Drive, Boise 83703

Idaho's Empowering Parents program provides grant funds for use towards eligible education services and devices to help students recover from learning loss. Idaho students ages 5-18 are eligible regardless of school type attended: Public, Charter, Private, or Homeschool.

The 2024-2025 school year application opens on October 21, 2024, and closes on April 7, 2025, or when program funds are exhausted.

Idaho families can use Empowering Parents grant funds for eligible education expenses such as computer hardware, textbooks & software, educational camps, and more!

Awards will be prioritized based on the parent or guardian’s adjusted gross income, starting with eligible families earning less than $60,000 per year.

For detailed information on the program go to https://empoweringparents.idaho.gov/