April 2010 Archives

Are you interested in taking a class online this summer?  Beginning April 30^th, you can register for Fulton County Virtual School classes from home! 

http://www.fultonk12virtualcampus.net/

You will need your student id number in order to register.  This number is located on the inside front cover of your agenda!  See your counselor with any questions.

Each year Eta Lambda awards scholarships to deserving high school seniors in the metropolitan Atlanta area. Each school should submit applications for deserving student's name as a nominee. Nominees are asked to submit their applications no later than May 7, 2010 to the Director of Educational Activities at the above noted address. All nominees will be notified of place and time of the interview upon receipt of their completed application.

2010ScholarshipForm.doc 

UGA Pre-College Summer Sessions for High School Students

http://www.georgiacenter.uga.edu/ppd/youth/overview_sessions.phtml

Our Pre-College Summer Sessions offer rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors the chance to see what college life is all about. During the two-week sessions, students will live on campus in the residence halls, experience college-level academic study, and begin developing the skills necessary to succeed at a university level. Pre-College is a wonderful chance for students to focus on high-level academics and participate in test prep and college admissions workshops, but it is also an important step in helping students build the social and interpersonal skills they will need to successfully navigate the college environment.

Summer Session students can enroll in two UGA Pre-College courses or one Intensive Option (including Pre-Med, Performance or Video Game Design). Courses meet daily for approximately 2.5 hours, and often include lectures, discussions, individual and group work, project-based assignments, and field work. All Pre-College courses are noncredit, and designed to help students rise to meet the standards of college-level work. When  not in class or studying, students will be making friends, attending campus events, participating in activities and workshops, and enjoying summertime on the UGA campus. In essence, they will be living the life of a college student - and learning to balance academic work with social obligations and co-curricular activities.

Fulton's Virtual Campus: Summer School Information

Georiga Virtual School: Summer School Information

Traditional "Face-to-Face" Summer School Information

Summer school will be held June 1^st through June 22^nd at Centennial High School in North Fulton County and at Banneker High School in South Fulton County.  1^st period classes will be 7:30 to 11:35, lunch will be 11:35 to 12:00, and 2^nd period classes will be 12:00 to 4:05.  Summer school registration will begin Monday May 3^rd and continue through Friday May 21^st.  Please see your counselor to register for classes and go to www.chattcougar.com for more information.  Remember:  classes are filled on a first come, first served basis, so register as soon as possible!

Chattahoochee High School

Summer School 2010

Summer School registration - 5/3/10 - 5/21/10

Summer School Dates - 6/1/10 - 6/22/10

REGISTRATION PROCEDURE:

1. Student obtains information packet from either the CHS Counseling Office or from the Chattahoochee website www.chattcougar.com. 

2. Student meets with his/her counselor to obtain registration form for course selection approval for one or two periods (maximum of one total credit).

3. Student returns the completed form (including parent and student signatures) and submits payment during designated times listed below. 

***Final deadline for registration is 4:00pm on May 21^st!   

 SUMMARY OF TUITION PAYMENT:

• Each half-credit course is $225 ($180 for free meal students ONLY)

• Each full-credit course is $450 ($360 for free meal students ONLY)

• Full payment is due at time of registration  

• No student will be allowed to register if he/she has unpaid fees/fines  

• No cash will be accepted.  Tuition must be paid by personal check, money order, or cashier check (made payable to Chattahoochee HS).  Personal checks returned for insufficient funds will incur a penalty 

• Review refund policy (see High School Rules flyer)

SUMMARY OF SUMMER SCHOOL SCHEDULE:

• Summer school will be at Centennial HS in North Fulton and at Banneker HS in South Fulton.  There will only be bus transportation to Centennial HS for students living in North Fulton; no bus transportation will be provided to Banneker HS for students living in North Fulton.  Buses will pick up students from their home school and transport them to Centennial HS only at the beginning of the day and at the end of the day.  Students taking only 1 course in Summer School will need to arrange for another form of transportation in the middle of the day. 

• There will be one 16-day session beginning Tuesday, June 1^st and ending Tuesday, June 22^nd

• There will be two periods:  Period 1 will meet from 7:30 am - 11:35 am and Period 2 will meet from 12:00 pm - 4:05 pm.  One class may be taken each period.  Students may only be on campus for the duration of their class(es) and lunch.

• For students taking only one semester of a year-long course, Period 1 will correspond to Semester 1, and Period 2 will correspond to Semester 2 except for courses with an associated EOCT.  In these cases, Semester 2 courses, as well as Economics, will only be offered in Period 1.

• For students taking a complete year-long course (for example, both semesters of Algebra II), the first eight days of Periods 1 and 2 will correspond to Semester 1, and the second eight days of Periods 1 and 2 will correspond to Semester 2

• Most courses are not available to students wishing to take them for the first time (see Course Offerings flyer for specific availability)

• All course availability is subject to enrollment and staffing

• Final course lists and schedules will be posted on the Fulton County Schools Website (www.fultonschools.org) on Friday, May 28^th  

OTHER IMPORTANT NOTES:

• Breakfast will be served in the cafeteria at the same cost as during the regular school year

• Lunch will be served in the cafeteria from 11:35 - 12:00 at the same cost as during the regular school year

• Attendance and promptness are mandatory.  Please read the High School Rules information carefully.  

• Due to the fact that summer school registration ends prior to the posting of 2^nd semester grades, students may wish to register for a course if there is a strong possibility of failing the course. Students may receive a refund in the event that a passing grade is received in the course as long as the refund request is made in writing to the summer school principal or counselor no later than Tuesday, June 1.

***Registration for the summer administration of the Georgia High School Graduation Test (GHSGT) and Remediation is a separate process. Please see your counselor for information about the GHSGT remediation classes and GHSGT re-tests!

We need to place a 1000 students by June 1^st. We also need employers that can use interns. Thanks

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Hello, my name is Rebecca Temple, Accounts Manager with the Atlanta Business League, and Program Coordinator of the ABL's Student-Business Shadow Project.

Attached is information on the ABL's 2010 Student-Business Shadow Project (SBSP), the program is returning for its 6th year, we are extremely pleased to be able to offer this much needed and well received program to high school students of metropolitan Atlanta. 

We are reaching out to our high schools within the metro Atlanta area, with an opportunity to nominate a student. The SBSP Project begins on Monday, June 7 and ends on Friday, July 30th.     

On Mondays our students are in class on campus at Atlanta Technical College and on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday the students are shadowing a successful business entrepreneur, indeed a positive role model. Fridays are field trip days. Selected students will receive awards, acknowledgements and monetary consideration upon completion of requirements met. 

Applications are attached along with a fact sheet, and of course available on our website (copy and paste this link)

www.atlantabusinessleague.org/site/c.hwKXJgNVJrF/b.1069949/k.B24E/ProgramsProjects.htm 

2010ABLSBSPAP.pdf

2010ABLSBSPfactsheet.pdf 

K - 12 students can take advantage of summer camps and other learning opportunities at the University of Georgia.

The activities range from sports camps to leadership programs to academic-intensive offerings and internships, with some camps offering students the chance to stay in the residence halls.

There are nature workshops for toddlers at the State Botanical Garden, animation and graphics camps for teens at the Georgia Center's Summer Academy and music camps for high school students at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music.

A new offering this year is the Drama Dawgs Summer Theatre Camp hosted by UGA's department of Theatre of Film Studies.

http://www.admissions.uga.edu/article/precollegiate_programs.html

Earth Island Institute established the Brower Youth Awards to honor founder and legendary activist David R. Brower. The Brower Youth Awards recognizes six young people in North America annually for their outstanding activism and achievements in the fields of environmental and environmental justice advocacy.

The winners of the award receive a $3,000 cash prize, a trip to California for the award ceremony and wilderness camping trip, and ongoing access to resources and opportunities to further their work at Earth Island Institute.

Contact:   http://broweryouthawards.org/article.php?list=type&type=54

Please share the following Student opportunity (deadline 5/28):

Samsung Techwin America is asking high-school students across America to write a 300-word essay on the topic of technology as an investment in education. Samsung wants to hear what high-school students think about the ramifications of spending on education technology as well as alternative ways to invest a school district's limited budget.

Contact:   http://www.samsungscholarship.com/

http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/ci_testing.aspx?PageReq=CI_TESTING_EOCT

TKE Triangle Achievement Scholarship Program sponsored by TAU Kappa Epsilon Fraternity - Beta Pi Chapter announces its 2010 scholarship program for 2010 for incoming freshmen men at the Georgia Institute of Technology.  Applicants must complete and submit packet no later than April 30, 2010 for consideration.  Applications are available in the College & Career Center in the GA Tech Information file.

Scholarships Available to Area High School Seniors

The Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce, through its Education Committee, announced it will award two scholarships this year to area high school students. Seniors attending Alpharetta, Chattahoochee, Centennial, Milton, Northview and Roswell High Schools are eligible to apply for either the George Wills Memorial Scholarship or the Bruce Wood Memorial Scholarship.

GNFCC Education Committee Chairman Andy Macke, Vice President, Government and Community Affairs for Comcast Cable Communications, announced applications were currently being accepted for the two scholarships. The George Wills Memorial Scholarship, created in 1981, aims to assist an outstanding business student with a $1,000 scholarship. The Bruce Wood Memorial Scholarship, created in 1984, aims to assist an outstanding senior who will attend a recognized trade/technical school through its $2,000 scholarship.

Students may apply for only one GNFCC scholarship. Applications are available at www.gnfcc.com/education and must be submitted by May 1, 2010. Questions about the George Wills Memorial Scholarship or the Bruce Wood Memorial Scholarship may be directed to Debbie Ryals, GNFCC Director of Communications & Events, at 770-993-8806, ext. 306.

Get Prepared for What's Ahead! 

Your students will soon be writing an important piece of non-fiction: their college admissions essay. They can learn the techniques and approaches prevalent in this genre through William Gruber's "Telling My Story: Reading and Writing Contemporary Non-Fiction". Scott Stewart's "Spectacular Soundtracks" explores the role of music in the cinema, surveying

film music from the silent film era through the present, with an emphasis on feature-length films from Hollywood. 

Do you buy sushi at the supermarket? Watch foreign athletes on television? You're experiencing globalization. "Globalization: The Sociology of a Shrinking World" with Frank Lechner discusses the way people are becoming more closely connected across large distances.Students visit the Carter Center, CARE, the Centers for Disease Control, Coca-Cola and CNN as you learn more about the impact such globalization will have on our lives now and in the future.

 Apply now! Application deadline is May 17.

 Atlanta Technical College

Institute for Males (AIM)

 SUMMER LEADERSHIP CAMP

The Atlanta Technical College Institute for Males is proud to announce that it will be holding the 2^nd Annual Summer Leadership Camp.  The camp will be held on the campus of Atlanta Technical College at 1560 Metropolitan Parkway, SW Atlanta, Georgia 30310 on June 7th to July 16^th 2010, Monday through Friday 8am to 4pm.

The purpose of "Summer Leadership Camp" is to provide young men with the opportunity to engage in Leadership Development, Entrepreneurship, Financial Literacy, Healthy Lifestyle and Career/College choices.  This is an intense educational process that is designed to equip your son with slight edge principles that will allow him to be competitive in both school and work. There is a $50 registration fees that covers all cost of the camp.

The mandatory induction ceremony is Wednesday, April 28, 2009 at 6:30pm sharp at Atlanta Technical College Academic Building. We are requesting that the participants wear a dress shirt, pants and tie. 

Please RSVP by April 22, 2010 - Registration packets are available in the College & Career Center.  

Funded by a grant from U.S. Dept of Education Office of Postsecondary Education

Henry M. Carter, MBA

Project Director

Atlanta Technical College

Institute for Males

1560 Metropolitan Parkway, SW

Atlanta, Georgia 30310

Office (404) 225-4620

Exploring Educational Excellence Information session for:

Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University,

Rice University and The University of Chicago

Will be held in Atlanta on April 25, 2010

W Atlanta Midtown 188 14th Street NE Atlanta, GA 30361

From 7-9 in the evening.

R.S.V.P. at www.exploringeducationalexcellence.org

 The Chattahoochee High School Bite-size Bootcamp in April & May

Welcome! So you want to know about the Chattahoochee Bite-size Bootcamp in April & May, huh? Here are a few details.

What?

The Chattahoochee Bite-size Bootcamp in April & May:

Quite possibly the greatest event you'll ever attend.

When?

13th April '10 - 4th May '10 from 4:30-6:30pm

Where?

Chattahoochee HS. Lovely place.

Sign Up Today!

There are 15 seats left!

Book your place now! You know you want to.

If you have any questions, please contact us at:

contact@hobnobjobs.com

Sign Up Now!

Free-low cost Mentoring & Tutoring Programs.xls

The Jewish Guild for the Blind has created an annual scholarship program for college bound high school students who are legally blind . Applications will be accepted from students at the beginning of their senior year, with recipients selected and scholarships awarded later in the year.

The GuildScholar Program will award 12 to 16 scholarships of up to $15,000 each.

Calendar

• Application and supporting documents must be at The Guild by September 15th (at the beginning of the senior year).
• Scholarship recipients announced by mid December semester break.
• Scholarships will be awarded by June 15th.

Award Criteria

1. Completion of the GuildScholar Online Application.

2. Proof of legal blindness: Verification should be in the form of a statement from a state rehabilitation agency, an ophthalmologist or an optometrist.

3. Proof of US citizenship: A passport, birth certificate, naturalization papers or proof of legal residency.

4. Documentation of academic achievement: Copies of school transcripts and copies of SAT and/or ACT results.

Please note: Numbers 2, 3 and 4 above, must be submitted in one of the following formats: tif, jpeg or pdf.

5. Three letters of recommendation: Two letters should attest to the candidate's academic skills. Each letter must include the name, address and telephone number of the person writing the reference.

6. Two personal statements: One describing the educational and personal goals of the applicant (500 words or less) and the second describing the influence of an outstanding teacher on the applicants education.

Please note: Numbers 5 and 6 above, must be submitted in Microsoft Word.

7. Your chosen college must be accredited by a body recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.

8. All college admissions policies must be non-denominational and open to applicants of all religions, faiths and beliefs.

The GuildScholar application is an online process. All supporting documents should be scanned and forwarded electronically as attachments to the application.

Apply for the GuildScholar Award Online

To request additional information, please contact:

Gordon Rovins
Phone: 212-769-7801
E-mail: guildscholar@jgb.org

Opportunity for 13 to 22 year old students (application deadline 5/15):

Earth Island Institute established the Brower Youth Awards to honor founder and legendary activist David R. Brower. The Brower Youth Awards recognizes six young people in North America annually for their outstanding activism and achievements in the fields of environmental and environmental justice advocacy.

The winners of the award receive a $3,000 cash prize, a trip to California for the award ceremony and wilderness camping trip, and ongoing access to resources and opportunities to further their work at Earth Island Institute.

Contact:   http://broweryouthawards.org/article.php?list=type&type=54

Deadline 5/28

Samsung Techwin America is asking high-school students across America to write a 300-word essay on the topic of technology as an investment in education. Samsung wants to hear what high-school students think about the ramifications of spending on education technology as well as alternative ways to invest a school district's limited budget.

http://www.samsungscholarship.com/

Is your high school experience ready for more?

If you are looking for more challenge, class flexibility or just want to get a head start on you post-high school career, Dual Enrollment options might be a good fit. Dual enrollment is a process through which high school students who have applied and been accepted by a Georgia public/private university or technical college may take classes and earn high school and college credit at the same time.

Options may include Accel (Hope Scholarship), HOPE Grant, Early College, Move On When Ready, Gateway to College and Residential. In some cases, students can earn both a high school diploma and college credit at the same time and tuition for the classes may be provided through the Hope Scholarship/Grant or local school system funds.

Visit your Guidance & Counseling Office for More Information or Advisement