HOBY LEADERSHIP

Attention 10th Graders

APPLY for the HUGH O’BRIAN YOUTH FOUNDATION LEADERSHIP PROGRAM (HOBY)

Seminar Dates: One long weekend in June. Kean College on  June 12 -14, 2020 (Friday - Sunday).

For more information, you can go to the website at:  www.hoby.org

All tenth-grade students are invited to apply for the Hugh O’Brian Youth Foundation Leadership Program (HOBY) for 2019/2020.  One student will be selected from the applicants, to represent Waldwick High School at a weekend Leadership Conference next spring.  At that conference, the Waldwick High School representative will interact with other tenth grade students selected from various high schools throughout the state, as well as with many adult leaders of today.  

HOBY LEADERSHIP FOR SERVICE (L4S)

In addition - HOBY has a program for HOBY Alumni called LEADERSHIP FOR SERVICE (L4S).   The L4S Challenge is for alumni to complete at least 100 hours of service in their communities in the two years following their HOBY experience.  The hours are logged on the HOBY secure L4S website or App, and recognition is given to those who meet the challenge. For more information, go to

http://hoby.org/alumni/leadership-for-service

***IF YOU WISH TO APPLY

Please bring the following items to Ms. Cassidy, Guidance Secretary by Monday, Nov. 18:

** This deadline is a deadline WHS Guidance dictates in order to allow for the review and selection process of the one WHS recipient we nominate - regardless of the deadline noted on the HOBY website.

You must hand in the following two items to apply:

RESUME

Complete a Resume in Naviance, and print it out.  The Resume is located under the ABOUT ME Tab then click MY STUFF.  If you need help with building the resume, please see your counselor.

ESSAY

In 500 words or less, please describe the most rewarding and challenging aspect of being a

Leader in your school and community

RESUME FOR JUNIORS

Attention Juniors:

RESUME

If you haven't already started adding items to your RESUME - you should start building your resume now.  You will be able to use this resume next year when you start applying to colleges, and you can use it for any jobs you may apply for.

Under the ABOUT ME Tab in Naviance

CLICK MY STUFF link and then RESUME

Use the Drop-down menu to start building your resume. It's a very user friendly program!

SENIORS -APPLICATION DEADLINES

Attention Seniors - Class of 2020

COLLEGE APPLICATION DEADLINE DATES TO GUIDANCE

The Deadline Dates below reflect dates we MUST receive your applications in Guidance in order to meet the various college deadline dates.  For those students that must meet a November 1st, November 15th, December 1st, and December 15th due dates – you will want to pay close attention to your calendars.

Guidance requires TWELVE SCHOOL DAYS to implement all applications.  November and December are our heaviest volume months. Due to that fact and the numerous school holidays within that time frame; we may need the extra few days as indicated in some of the guidance deadlines listed below to make sure ALL deadline dates are met.

The Guidance office works on the college applications on a FIRST COME - FIRST SERVE basis.  

GUIDANCE DEADLINE DATES:

To meet a College deadline of: NOVEMBER 1

You Must hand in your Transcript Request Form to Guidance by OCTOBER 11, 2019

To meet a College deadline of: NOVEMBER 15

You Must hand in your Transcript Request Form to Guidance by OCTOBER 18, 2019

To meet a College deadline of: DECEMBER 1

You Must hand in your Transcript Request Form to Guidance by NOVEMBER 11, 2019

To meet a College deadline of: DECEMBER 15

You Must hand in your Transcript Request Form to Guidance by NOVEMBER 22, 2019

To meet a College deadline of: JANUARY 1

You Must hand in your Transcript Request Form to Guidance by DECEMBER 6, 2019

To meet a College deadline of: JANUARY 15

You Must hand in your Transcript Request Form to Guidance by DECEMBER 13, 2019

IF YOU HAVE YOUR APPLICATIONS READY PRIOR TO THESE DATES – PLEASE SUBMIT TO THE GUIDANCE OFFICE.  THE EARLIER WE RECEIVE YOUR APPLICATIONS - THE MORE TIME THE GUIDANCE OFFICE HAS TO REVIEW AND PROCESS FOR YOU.

INFORMATION FOR SENIORS

COLLEGE ACCEPTANCES & SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS ALL Seniors must provide a copy of all College Acceptance Letters and Scholarship Award Letters (even if the scholarship was offered by a college you do not intend to attend in the fall). We require this data for end of year reports and statistical purposes. Seniors should hand these copies to Ms. Cassidy. You can also Email me these copies to cassidyl@waldwickschools.org

SENIORS MUST ENTER THEIR COLLEGE ACCEPTANCE RESULTS IN NAVIANCE Seniors must enter the college decisions they receive into Naviance. Go under the COLLEGES I'M APPLYING TO and click the RESULTS PENCIL ICON next to the specific college and it will bring you to a drop-down menu where you can record your results. 

SCHOLARSHIP DEADLINES - THE FIRST BATCH OF LOCAL SCHOLARSHIPS IS DUE MARCH 15!!!! HAND THEM IN EARLY! IF YOU WAIT UNTIL THE DEADLINE DATE, WE WILL NOT HAVE TIME TO REVIEW AND CATCH FOR ANY MISTAKES BEFORE THE APPLICATIONS GET SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOLARSHIP ORGANIZATIONS!!!!

College Admissions and SAT/ACT Scores

Peer Tutoring

Attention WHS Students:

 

We are looking for Student Volunteers (grades 9 -12) who would be interested in becoming a Peer Tutor to another WMS or WHS student. Anyone interested in Peer Tutoring for middle school and high school students please stop by the Guidance office to sign up. We are in desperate need of volunteers for all subjects. The tutoring will take place in the Media Center every Tuesday morning from 7:30am to 8:00am. For more information, see Mrs. Gastman in the Guidance office.  We will let you know when the program will start as we have to match tutors with students in need of assistance.

 

Thank you.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON SCHOLARSHIPS

THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF SCHOLARSHIPS

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NATIONAL Scholarships

LOCAL Scholarships

✓  NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS

National scholarships are offered to all students in the U.S.A., who meet the

scholarship criteria.  National Scholarships will be the bulk of the

scholarships posted from September through early January.  The

deadlines for the National Scholarships range from September

through June. Some of the scholarships are also Regional or State-based

scholarships. We will group those scholarship categories with the “National”

designation to keep the “Local” scholarships their own separate entity.

✓  LOCAL SCHOLARSHIPS

Local Scholarships are offered to students who reside in Waldwick and/or

attend Waldwick High School.  These scholarships are offered by the school,

community, and local service organizations.  Local Scholarships will be

published in January, February and March. The local scholarships have

deadline dates of March, April and early May.

HOW SCHOLARSHIPS ARE POSTED

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JR/SR WEEKLY BULLETIN

Scholarships will be posted in the Jr/Sr Weekly Bulletin which

will be emailed to students and parents every week (Friday)

starting early September.  

SCHOLARSHIP SUMMARY LIST

A summary of all scholarships posted to date will be emailed out on

a monthly basis.

SCHOLARSHIP WEBSITES

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☑ Naviance National Scholarship Search link

- http://connection.naviance.com/waldwick

☑ Employers – yours and/or your families

☑ Investigate each college website and/or financial aid office

☑ Search Organizations, Clubs, Companies, and Associations

(i.e. NJ Society of Women Engineers, Girls Scouts of America, Wal-Mart)

☑ Waldwick Guidance Office- - Jr/Sr Weekly Bulletin

☑ Waldwick High School Guidance website for scholarship handbooks and

scholarship information:

☑ Resource booklets provided to you at the Junior Conferences and Junior

Parents Night

☑ Websites:

https://studentaid.ed.gov/node/44

www.collegequest.com
www.scholaraid.com
www.collegeboard.org

www.actstudent.org

www.collegenet.com
www.fastweb.com
www.wiredscholar.com
www.petersons.com

www.FAFSA.ed.gov

SCHOLARSHIP SCAMS

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Scholarship SCAMS – if they are asking for money or your Social

Security number – that’s a problem!