Bloomfield Hills High School Counseling Office & College Resource Center Newsletter

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1 January 8, 2016 Bloomfield Hills High School Counseling Office & College Resource Center Newsletter SCHOOL YEAR COUNSELOR ASSIGNMENTS A C (9-11) A - Brook (12) Carla Westerby cwesterby@bloomfield.org D - G (9-11) D - H (12) Jim Fogle jfogle@bloomfield.org H - K (9-11) I - M (12) Laura Hollyer-Madis lhollyer-madis@bloomfield.org L - O (9 11) Brown C (12) Dave Gilley dgilley@bloomfield.org P Si (9 11) N Sc (12) Melanie Brooks mebrooks@bloomfield.org Sj Z (9 11) Se Z (12) Tony Midea amidea@bloomfield.org

2 Counseling News Upcoming: Seniors: If you are graduating from high school in 2016 or you re already in college, you need to submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). To get the most, your application needs to be turned in by March 1. Make sure you do it right. Come to a MI College Goal event in February to have an expert help you fill out the FAFSA FREE at one of 30 locations in Michigan. Here is a list of some locations and dates in Metro - Detroit: Detroit Allen Academy, February 11: 4-6 p.m. Detroit Edison Public School Academy, February 3: 5-7 p.m. Chase Branch Library, February 13: 11 a.m.-3 pm. The Urban Life Center, February 14: 1:30-3:30 p.m. Osborn Neighborhood Alliance, February 6: 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Wayne State University, February 6 and 7 The American College Foundation File Your Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) Early Be sure to put yourself at the front of the line by filing your FAFSA early. Some colleges will even award "early FAFSA filing" grants. File Your FAFSA Online with the Department of Education. You will also need an FSA ID to complete the process. The College Funding Process Please be sure to review our website for help with the entire funding process. Included are details regarding: Funding Procedures FAFSA CSS/Profile Student Aid Report (SAR) Institutional Student Information Report (ISIR) Verification Award Letters Funding Eligibility Formulas Special Circumstances Pssst. Seniors

3 CRC News Lawrence Tech, Financial Aid Night January 13, 6:30 8:30 p.m. Register online at MEA Scholarship Opportunity Must be a dependent of MEA member or MEA retired member. $1800, seniors, deadline: February One-Day Filmmaking Workshop in January - Date: Friday, January 22, 2016 This workshop for high school students will bring aspiring film students together to write, produce, direct, shoot and edit a short film project under the guidance of film professionals. Motion Picture Institute offers a one day introductory FILM PRODUCTION WORKSHOP for individual HIGH SCHOOL students. Students experience the filmmaking process on an actual soundstage here at Motion Picture Institute under the guidance of our experienced professional staff and film grads. Students work together to craft a short script, storyboards, floor plans before going on stage to learn camera, lighting and audio techniques. Then they shoot. Once the production wraps the students work with an editor to produce a rough cut of their production. Each student then receives a digital copy of the raw footage (student must bring their own hard drive or USB flash drive) to take and edit their own version at home or school. Register: Call us at or info@mpifilm.com include your name, grade level, date of workshop, and phone number. TIME: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. LOCATION: Motion Picture Institute Crooks Rd, Ste. B, Troy, MI COST: $65 per student LIMITED SEATING: Each workshop is limited to 12 students. Upon registering each student will receive a confirmation . A workshop date is subject to cancellation due to lack of sufficient enrollment. In this instance the student will be given the option to move their registration to another open workshop date or receive a full refund. REQUIREMENTS: Students may attend by having an instructor or counselor contact Motion Picture Institute to book a date. Some dates are open registration that parents can call to register students individually. Home schooled students or parents please call. For more information please contact us at or info@mpifilm.com.

4 CRC News Tulane School of Architecture, Career Explorations in New Orleans, July 10 - July 29 Michigan State University, Alumni Club of Oakland Scholarship $1500. Applications in the CRC, see Mrs. English. Caddies Wanted at Oakland Hills Country Club Benefits are flexible hours, 2 college scholarship opportunities, Monday golf and Caddie tournament. Register online: BANSON NYC Fashion Summer Camp June and July Scholarship Reminder This is a reminder that the scholarship deadline is fast approaching. Please remind your students to mail, or hand deliver their applications to the address below so that they arrive by the application deadline Once again the University of Michigan Club of Greater Detroit is sponsoring unique scholarship awards to twelve outstanding freshman applicants to the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. By completing the scholarship application, students will be considered for the Lloyd & Laurie Carr Scholarship Award, the Harold ducharme Scholarship Award, David J. Hallissey Memorial Scholarship Awards, the Jerry & Anne Hanlon Scholarship Award, the James LoPrete Scholarship Award, the Frederick C. Matthaei Scholarship Awards, the Gary & Ann Moeller Scholarship Award, and the Elaine and Roger Zatkoff Scholarship awards. This is an unusually attractive opportunity for outstanding students to consider; not only for the generous financial aid but because there are "no strings", except that the first-year applicants must enroll at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor and be quality citizen-students. BBFA Presents: How to Handle THE TALK Teens, Tweens & Sex Tuesday, January 12, 2016, at 10 a.m. ~ Presented by Michelle Miletic Sex is everywhere. You can't ignore it and you can't pretend kids today aren't having it. Just say "no" doesn't work anymore. Join us for a frank discussion about talking to your kids about sex and sexuality where we'll cover the who, what, where, why, when and how of teen sexual behavior. This program is presented by Michelle Miletic and is free and open to the public. There is NO need to pre-register. Click HERE for more information. This program will be held at The Booth/Doyle Center located at 7275 Wing Lake Road, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301

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7 If you are graduating from high school in 2016, you need to submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). To get the most assistance for college, your application needs to be turned in by March 1. Make sure you do it right. Come to a MI College Goal event to have an expert help you fill out the FAFSA FREE! Not sure about college? Apply for the money now and decide later. If you wait, chances are you ll get less.

8 Education Unlimited Elite College Tours East Coast and California Campus Tours East Coast Tour Grades 11 & 12 East Coast College Tour visits the top schools throughout the north east. Students arrive in Boston by Saturday evening and make their way south from Boston to Washington DC, visiting top universities and sampling the local culture along the way. Students visit 10 colleges over the course of seven days, and choose from visits that may include: Harvard University Boston University MIT Boston College Tufts University Wesleyan University Columbia University Barnard College NYU University of Pennsylvania Swarthmore College University of Maryland American University Georgetown University George Washington University California College Tour Grades 11 & 12 Join us for our California College Tour, which visits the top schools in the state of California. Students arrive in San Francisco, and make their way south from the Bay Area to San Diego. Along the way, student visit 10 colleges and enjoy excursions, including a visit to Disneyland. Students choose from visits that may include: US Berkeley Mills College San Francisco State Stanford University Santa Clara University US Santa Cruz US Santa Barbara Pepperdine University UCLA Cal State Fullerton The Claremont Colleges USC San Diego State US San Diego

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10 National Honor Society About National Honor Society (NHS) National Honor Society is an organization formed by the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) to recognize academic achievement and promote leadership and character development in the school. A major tenant of National Honor Society is the commitment to community service. Each student member of the Bloomfield Hills High School Chapter of National Honor Society completes additional hours of community service beyond the service hours required for graduation, a portion of which is devoted to academic tutoring and peer mentoring. Eligibility Requirements for NHS Current sophomore or junior Attended BHHS for at least one complete semester Genuine personal (student) interest in pursuing NHS membership Recognized by teachers and peers as a positive leader in the school community Earned a cumulative GPA of 3.50 (not rounded) Completed and document 25 of the 40 district-required community service hours Submitted a complete application by deadline (generally available to students early February) Eligibility Deadline Eligible students who wish to be considered for membership for the school year must have their community service hours submitted to Mrs. English in the CRC by Friday, January 22, 2016.Students who do not meet this deadline will not be considered. Students who meet the GPA and community service requirement will be notified of their NHS eligibility via letter.