PHS College & Career Corner

Hopefully everyone was able to take advantage of the long weekend and enjoy time with family and friends! As summer draws closer, it is the perfect time to reflect on accomplishments, plan for finals, and celebrate growth. Although our activities and guest speakers are coming to an end, we still have a one final visit this week. Additionally, there is a great summit from Girls Spark and offerings from Career Link to share. Finally, we have important news for our seniors who are applying for financial aid and state grants!

• PA State Grant Apps are OPEN: Please check the email address that you used for FAFSA. PHEAA shared this week that they started sending applications last week.The link to apply is being sent to the student's personal email. See below for the information from PHEAA:

• • An email invitation from noreply@grantus.pheaa.org will only be sent to those students that have completed their 2024-25 FAFSA.

  • On pheaa.org/GrantUs, students and institutions will find updated information, new frequently asked questions, and other self-service resources to assist with account creation, multi-factor authentication, and completing the PA State Grant application.
  • There are also training videos to help assist students with this process at https://www.pheaa.org/grant-us/student-training.shtml

• A time to PIN your next steps: Stop down to the counseling office this week to pin your college/school/employment location on the map! See below for details.

• Senior Graduation Surveys - Check your school email! While almost everyone has completed at least one part of the survey, some students did not complete both steps. Directions and links to the surveys can be found here: 2024 Graduation Survey Instructions. Don't forget to select 'Send Final Transcript' to let us know where we should send your transcript once it is finalized in June.

Did you apply to DCTS? If so, decisions are in! Students and parents/guardians, please check your email for this important information. If you were accepted and would like to attend, PLEASE REPLY to Ms. Allen's email by Tuesday, May 28th. Please know that they had a strong pool of applicants this year with limited seats available. Stop down to the College & Career Counseling Office if you have any questions.

• Make sure you have completed all Tasks from My School as outlined on the right-hand of your home screen on Naviance. You can access Naviance through Clever or through the Counseling Schoology course.

• • You are required to complete these tasks. If you have not finished them, you will receive an email, schoology message, and pass to come to the counseling office this week to work on them.
  • See the box to the right for a screenshot of how to find the tasks from your Naviance home screen. You can access Naviance from the blue and white C button on the upper right hand corner of your chrome browser or through https://student.naviance.com/auth/fclookup

Tuesday, May 28th

• Automotive Training Center - 8:30 am

Details and registration links can be found under the College Visits tab in Naviance (you must be logged in): https://student.naviance.com/colleges/visits. Visits will be held in the College and Career Center in the counseling office or Lecture Room A. Please view the location when registering. You will receive an email prior to the scheduled visit that will confirm your registration. Please show that to your teacher to use as your pass prior to coming to the meeting. Attendance is documented at all visits!

Are you looking for an idyllic college town with top notch arts and engineering programs? Consider Alfred University, a community of approximately 1,500 undergraduate students in beautiful western New York. When you think STEM, have you ever consider ceramic engineering or glass engineering science? Intrigued? Check out the Inamori School of Engineering. Plus, apply for a grant for funds conduct research in your field of study with the ARGUS program.

Email: callen@rtmsd.org

Click here to schedule an appointment with Ms. Allen