Upcoming events!

We will have our annual College Panel for students wishing to talk to students who have graduated from KGHS and gone to college.  This event occurs during FLEX in the auditorium January 8, 2014.  This is a great opportunity for students to hear tips and lessons learned about college life.

Financial Aid Night will be January 9, 2014 at 6 p.m. in the KGHS auditorium.  This event is most useful for parents of seniors planning to attend any post-secondary educational institution.  The presenter is from The College Place in Woodbridge.  Rappahannock Community College and Germanna Community College will both have representatives there to discuss courses, programs, and tuition before and after the presentation.

We will host a Meet and Greet for our new counselor, Ms. Enos, January 9, 2014 beginning at 3:30 p.m. and ending at 5:00 p.m. in the counseling office.   Parents of students whose last names begin with Ph through Z are invited to stop by and meet Ms. Enos.

Dual Enrollment Information Night will be held January 16, 2014 at 5:00 p.m. in Room 221.  All parents and students are welcome. A representative from Rappahannock Community College will be present to answer specific questions.  We hope to have details regarding the next College Connection courses that evening as well!

Super Saturday is February 1, 2014 from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. in Room 135.  Overflow will use the library lab.  Rappahannock Community College's financial aid staff will be here to give a presentation and help parents of seniors complete the FAFSA.  Be sure to create your FAFSA pin at https://pin.ed.gov/PINWebApp/pinindex.jsp if you will be completing a FAFSA.  Please RSVP to Mrs. Morrison in the counseling office if you plan to attend.

Just for Juniors Workshop - March 3, 11, and 19, 2014.  Pick one.  2:45 p.m. - 4:15 p.m @ KGHS.  Prepare for the college application process. 

Rappahannock Community College's College Connection was launched in the fall of 2012 for students at King George High School to supplement the requirements for a RCC General Education Certificate or an Associates of Arts and Sciences Degree. This program is a tremendous opportunity for students to earn college credits not typically offered to students in the high school; therefore, earning a degree more quickly than with dual enrollment classes alone.  Students will have the chance to earn college credits during the fall and spring semester and summer term.
The following are scheduled to be this spring's College Connection classes:

College Success Skills - SDV 100 - 1 credit

Religions of the World - REL 230 - 3 credits

Survey of American Literature - ENG 241 - 3 credits

All courses are scheduled to begin in March at KGHS.  Please contact Karen Turner, RCC's KGHS Site Coordinator, at 775-0087 or kturner@kgcs.k12.va.us for details or to register.

Students applying themselves–to college | The News Desk

Students applying themselves–to college | The News Desk

Great Advice from the article:

APPLICATION ADVICE
Figuring out the application is half the battle of getting into college. Here is advice from Courtland High School’s guidance director, Emily Hall, and U.Va. admissions counselor Pierce Coughter:
Start early. Hall said researching schools is especially important. “Don’t wait until your senior year to decide where you want to go,” she said.

Students should fill out the application by themselves. Hall said she knows it is tempting for parents to take over applying to college. But students need to ask for their own transcripts, ask for their own recommendations and fill out forms by themselves, she said. “They will be attending that school without their parents and need to learn to be responsible with these tasks.”

Early action vs. regular decision. Coughter said that early action does not offer any benefits that regular decision doesn’t. He said regular decision can be a better choice, especially if a student wants to include a stellar fall semester, senior-year report card with the application, which wouldn’t be feasible when applying early.
Take advantage of opportunities. Coughter knows that every school is different. He said when looking over applications he doesn’t compare students from different schools apples-to-apples. Instead, he looks at whether the applicant took advantage of what was offered. “We want to know you took advantage of the best curriculum at your school,” he said.
Essays. “Your essay topic has been done before,” Coughter said. What he looks for in an application essay is great writing, rather than an inventive topic. The best essay he ever read was about baseball, which has been written about often, but was passionately stated. For U.Va., though, he recommends not writing about Thomas Jefferson.

FAFSA Overview

College, Career, and Academic Resources

Be sure to check out our College, Career, and Academic Resources page at http://guest.portaportal.com/kghscounseling.  Practice sites for the VPT (Virgnia Placement Test) were recently added to help students prepare for the dual enrollment placement test.  Check it out under Academic Resources.