King Philip
Regional
School District
King
Philip Middle School
Guidance Department
The following Internet Sites are extremely helpful to Grade 7 and 8 students and their parents who are interested in researching colleges, scholarships and career opportunities.
THINK COLLEGE EARLY
The
Think College Early Massachusetts Web site is full
of useful publications and links that give students,
parents, teachers, and counselors the latest resources
for college preparations, including a database of
early awareness programs and listings of important
Massachusetts agencies.
The address is:
http://www.thinkcollegeearly.org.
COLLEGE PLANNING
- CollegeNet http://collegenet.com
- College View http://collegeview.com
- Higher Ed. Information Center http://www.heic.org
- College Board Services http://www.collegeboard.org
- The College Answer Service http://www.salliemae.com
- Peterson's College Search http://www.petersons.com
- College Express http://www.collegexpress.com
- Massachusetts Mentor http://www.massmentor.edu
FINDING COLLEGE HOME PAGES
Link To College Web Sites
STUDENT ATHLETES
FINANCIAL AID INFORMATION
- College Board Services http://www.fafsa.ed.gov
- The College Answer Service http://www.salliemae.com
- Private Scholarship Search http://fastweb.com
- http://www.finaid.org This site, sponsored by the national association of student financial aid administrators includes links to financial aid data bases, federal and state government web sites.
- Http://www.finaid.org/nasfaa This site features web versions of two financial aid publications: "Timely Information for Parents" and "Students and Cash for College"
- http://www.fastweb.com Financial Aid search through the Web is a searchable data base of more than 275,000 private sector scholarships, fellowships, grants and loans.
FAFSA Now Available on the Internet
- Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is now available on the internet through the higher ed. web site www.heic.org and the department of education web site www.fafsa.ed.gov
TEST PREPARATION
- College Board Services http://www.collegeboard.org
- Princeton Review http://www.review.com
- Kaplan Test Preparation http://www.kaplan.com
- Test Preparation http://testprep.com
2006-2007 PROGRESS REPORT & REPORT CARD DATES
PROGRESS REPORTS ISSUED (Week of)
Term I October 10 - October 13, 2006 Term II December 18 - 21, 2006 Term III March 5-9, 2007 Term IV May 7-11, 2007
REPORT CARD SCHEDULE
Term I Marks close - November 9, 2006 Report cards issued - November 22, 2006 (tentative) Term II Marks close - January 26, 2007 Report cards issued - February 9, 2007 (tentative) Term III Marks close - April 5, 2007 Report cards issued - April 27, 2007 (tentative) Term IV Marks close - June 19 , 2007 Report cards mailed by end of June