College Family Connection Saint Thomas Aquinas High School will use the College Family Connection from Naviance to assist with our college counseling. College Family Connection enables our counseling office to offer a comprehensive website that you and your child can use to help in making decisions about colleges and careers. College Family Connection is linked with Succeed, which we use in our office to track and analyze data about college and career plans, so it provides up-to-date information that s specific to our school. College Family Connection will allow your child to: Keep track of the process Build a resume, complete on-line surveys, and manage timelines and deadlines for making decisions about colleges and careers Research colleges Compare GPA, ACT scores, & other statistics to actual historical data from our school for students who have applied & been admitted in the past Sign up for college visits Find out which colleges are visiting our school and sign up to attend those sessions College Family Connection also lets us share information with you and your child about upcoming meetings and events, local scholarship opportunities, and other Web resources for college and career information. Parents can obtain their own registration code. Contact Ellen White (319-2456) or Barb Bruns (319-2477) in Academic Counseling for your unique registration code. The Web address for College Family Connection for our school is: http://connection.naviance.com/stasaints/ All communication in regards to college applications and scholarships will be done through this website so sign up now and don t miss important notices! We hope that you will find this resource helpful. If you have further questions about College Family Connection, please contact Barb Bruns at BBruns@stasaints.net. College Visit Info Policy for excusing absences for college visits for seniors. Parents must call Mrs. Jordan in the Attendance Office to inform her of the date of the visit. Students will be required to obtain a statement or letter from a college representative with their signature indicating the date of the visit. The student will return this information to Mrs. Jordan when they return. At that point, the absence will be changed to indicate it is an excused absence. Failure to comply with this policy will impact the senior exam waiver. Seniors can use at the maximum three days for college visits. Students are encouraged to visit colleges on the days when STA does not have class. Please direct all questions concerning this policy to Mrs. Jordan.
$cholarship Info The scholarship list for seniors is posted on the College Family Connection website for parents and students to use. All necessary information about a scholarship will be listed, such as the name, school, qualifications, amount and deadline. If applicable, the website will be listed and you can link directly to the website of the scholarship sponsor. Pay attention to deadlines and qualifications. Hard copies of some of the applications will be available in the Academic Counseling Office. The website list will be updated approximately every Friday as necessary. The College Family Connection website is the only source for this list. Go to http://connection.naviance.com/stasaints and enter the student or parent registration code. There is also a link to College Family Connection on the STA home page. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Final Stats on Class of 2013 241/243 Graduates to College Type of School # % 4 year Schools 227 94% 2 year Schools 12 5% Out of State 72 30% Catholic Colleges 25 10% JCCC 11 4% KSU 63 26% KU 76 32% 875 Applications/Transcripts sent out for Srs 3.5 average per Senior
College Fairs Sept 10: Private HS College Fair Rockhurst HS 6:30pm Sept 12: Catholic College Fair STA during STA period Oct. 10: Nat l College Fair Downtown Conv Center 5-8pm Oct. 11: Nat l College Fair Downtown Conv Center 9am-2pm Oct. 16: Shawnee Mission East College Clinic 6:30pm Private High Schools College Night Tues., Sept. 10 th, 2013 6:30-8:30pm Rockhurst High School Gym Arizona State University Austin College Avila University Baker University Benedictine College Bowdoin College Bucknell University Butler University Carleton College Central Methodist University Centre College Christ College Coe College Colgate University College of Saint Benedict College of Wooster Colorado State University Columbia College Cornell College Creighton University Culver-Stockton College Denison University DePaul University DePauw University Dominican University Donnelly College Drake University Drury University Earlham College Embry-Riddle Aero University Emporia State University Fontbonne University Furman University Georgetown University Graceland University Grinnell College Haverford College Hendrix College Illinois Wesleyan University Indiana University Bloomington Iowa State University Johnson & Wales University JCCC Kansas City Art Institute Kansas State University Knox College Lehigh University Lindenwood University Loyola Marymount Univ Loyola University Chicago Loyola University Maryland Loyola Univ New Orleans Marquette University Maryville University McKendree University Miami University, Ohio Middlebury College Millikin University MO South State University Missouri State University MO Univ of Science & Tech MO Western State University Newman University NW MO State University Northwestern University The Ohio State University Oklahoma City University Oklahoma State University Ottawa University Pittsburg State University Providence College Pomona College Purdue University Quincy University Regis University Rice University Rockhurst University Saint John s University Saint Louis University Saint Luke s College of Health Sciences Saint Mary s College Indiana Saint Olaf College
Savannah Coll Art & Design Seton Hall University Sewanee: Univ of the South Simpson College Southern Meth University Spring Hill College Stephens College Texas Christian University Trinity College Trinity University Truman State University Tulane University United States Naval Academy University of Alabama University of Arkansas Univ of Central Missouri University of CO Boulder University of Dallas University of Dayton University of Evansville University of Iowa University of Kansas University of MO Columbia University of Missouri KC Univ of Missouri St. Louis University of Nebraska University of Notre Dame University of Oklahoma University of Portland University of Saint Mary University of Tulsa University of Virginia University of Wisconsin Vanderbilt University Vassar College Villanova University Virginia Military Institute Warren Wilson College Washburn University Washington & Lee University Washington Un St. Louis Webster University Wesleyan University Westminster College William Jewell College William Woods University ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Juniors and Parents: Put September 4 on your calendar now. There will be a College Admissions Workshop at 7:00pm in the Auditorium. All juniors and their parents need to attend. Mrs. Bruns will talk about the application process and student responsibilities. She will discuss events that need to happen during the junior year. You don t want to miss this session! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Register for the SAT Get test dates, registration information and more About the SAT The SAT is offered seven times each year in the U.S. and six times internationally. It is offered in October, November, Dec, January, March, May and June. Upcoming Test Dates Deadlines expire at midnight, EDT (U.S.). SAT Date Registration Deadline Oct 5 Sep 6 Nov 2 Oct 3
Here are the dates for the ACT for the 2013-14 school year. Please note that the September test is the STA Homecoming weekend. Students must register and upload a picture on the ACT website www.actstudent.org. Test Date Registration Deadline (Late Fee Required) September 21, 2013 August 23, 2013 August 24 September 6, 2013 October 26, 2013 September 27, 2013 September 28 October 11, 2013 December 14, 2013 November 8, 2013 November 9 22, 2013 February 8, 2014 January 10, 2014 January 11 24, 2014 April 12, 2014 March 7, 2014 March 8 21, 2014 June 14, 2014 May 9, 2014 May 10 23, 2014