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    8 STEPS To Better Grades and Scholarships:

    1. Check skyward at least once a week

    2. Attendance!!!!

    3. Use your planner/phone to stay organized

    4. Consult teacher when you don’t know why your grade is poor

    5. Ask to re-submit papers or re-take tests

    6. Consult the free online services of Kahn Academy or YouTube for help with core subjects

    7. Make GOOD grades in the “easy” classes

    8. Seek help from teachers/other students 

    Graduation Program Planning

    FloridaShines provides an array of academic advising, career readiness and distance learning resources for students and parents. These state-funded academic advising services make it easy for high school students to prepare for college or a career after graduation by enabling them to evaluate their progress toward high school graduation, college and career readiness and scholarship eligibility. In addition, they can explore Florida's college and university offerings (both traditional and distance learning programs), learn about financial aid and apply for admission. Dual enrolled high school students and those in accelerated education programs can even access online library resources used within Florida's colleges and universities.   

      

     

    Need a Bright Futures Scholarship?

    Transcript analysis available 24/7.  Go to www.floridashines.org   Under GO TO COLLEGE, click PAY FOR COLLEGE.  In the middle of the page, click “Check your eligibility for a Bright Futures Scholarship”.  Complete the form with your student number.  If that doesn’t work, try your Social Security Number followed by a capital X.  This information is updated two times a year in grades 9 – 11, and every week during the senior year.  The actual application is available to you starting October 1st of your senior year, but you can’t wait until then to start accruing volunteer hours.

    2024-2025 Bright Future Student Handbook

    https://www.floridastudentfinancialaidsg.org/PDF/BFHandbookChapter1.pdf

    Students needing community service hours for the purpose of a Bright Futures Scholarship:

    Hours can now be work or community service or a combination of both. Hour sheets are located in the back office. Once you have completed your hours you will need to document them and get them signed off by the supervisor of the site. Once you have completed the paperwork, you must turn the hours in to your counselor. A few non-profit organizations are Habitat for Humanity – www.habitat.org, working in a soup kitchen serving the homeless, volunteering at The Refuge at Jumper Creek - http://m-rconsulting.wix.com/therefuge or at a local hospital.  These are not the only options, but they clearly meet the guidelines of community service that qualifies for Bright Futures.

     

     

    More helpful websites:

     

    www.mycollegeoptions.org – finding the college that best fits you/scholarship info

    www.collegeboard.org  – ALL info regarding SAT (Junior/Senior year)

    www.actstudent.org – ALL info regarding ACT (Junior/Senior year)

    www.fafsa.ed.gov – FAFSA on the web (Senior year) – opens October 1st 

    www.floridastudentfinancialaid.org – sign up for Bright Futures (Senior year) opens October 1st