Please click HERE to view the Vineland High School 2007-2008 Profile.

Please click  HERE to view the 2007-2008 VHS Curriculum Guide.

Interested in next year?  To see the 2008-2009 VHS Curriculum Guide, click HERE.  

Marking Periods:

                 3rd Marking Period:  Thursday,  April 17th                                Final report card:  Thursday, June 19th

Upcoming 2007-2008 VHS South Guidance Programs

VHS Guidance Department’s College Admissions Seminar - Wednesday, October 10, 2007 –  There will be several presentations about aspects of college planning and the application process.  This program is open to all interested parents and students.  It begins at 6:00 p.m. in the VHS South Auditorium.

Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) testing - December 4, 2007  – 7:50 am, VHS South Auditorium.  The ASVAB is the placement test for every branch of the armed services.  However, you don’t have to join the military to take the ASVAB.  The results can be used to determine your career interests and aptitudes. In January you will receive the test results and do an interest inventory in combination with the results.  Sign-ups begin in late October in the Guidance Office.

VHS Guidance Department’s Financial Aid Workshop - Thursday, January 10, 2008 –  This presentation will teach you about completing financial aid forms and allow you to bring your income tax forms to have a financial aid professional help you get started completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).  This program is open to all interested parents and students.  It begins at 6:00 p.m. in the VHS South Auditorium.

VHS South Guidance Staff Duties

Besides working with the students at Vineland High School, the counselors have many extra duties and programs that help to better serve of school. Below is a list of those extras for the 2007-2008 school year:

Bev Dickerson: Minority Affairs

HELPFUL INFORMATION

TRANSCRIPTS: To request a transcript from Vineland High School, please click HERE and download the TRANSCRIPT REQUEST FORM.  Complete the form and mail it with appropriate fee to the address on the form.  Print information as requested and sign it on the signature line.

SUMMER PROGRAMS:  Click HERE to see a listing of summer program notices we have received as of May 6, 2008.     We do not receive many notices anymore because we so many people use internet searches to find these summer programs.

MINORITY STUDENT AFFAIRS:  Click HERE to view an extensive list of minority scholarship websites.  Please click HERE to see the February 12, 2007 notice of a few minority scholarships that are now available.  Click HERE to view the DFW International's Guide to Scholarships for New Americans and Minorities received by Ms. Dickerson in May, 2007.

SCHOLARSHIPS NOTICES AVAILABLE THROUGH VHS GUIDANCE OFFICE: Vineland High School receives many notices of area, regional and national scholarships. We spend a lot of time compiling these scholarships for students and parents in hopes many will apply.      Please click HERE to see the May 6, 2008 scholarship bulletin, the last of the 2007-2008 school year.

In December, 2007 we received a list of 50 scholarship links from Mr. Hoff.  Please click HERE to see that file.   

LOCAL SCHOLARSHIPS FOR 2007-2008: (Sorry, the deadline has passed.  Class of 2009 seniors should look for these in late January, 2009.)   Step 1: For information and directions for applying for the Local Scholarships, please click HERE.    Step 2: Please click HERE to view the complete VHS Local Scholarships listings.  Step 3: Please click HERE to view the 2008 Local Scholarship Application. Copy the application and paste it to a WORD document to complete it.  Step 4: To complete the application process, you will also need a checklist of scholarships. Please click HERE for the checklist.  NOTE: The application deadline is Friday, March 14, 2008 at 2 p.m. regardless of illness, field trips, procrastination or absence from school.  The scholarships are for VHS-South Seniors only. (Seniors: Have success in applying for local scholarships...write lots of essays!)

LEARNING MORE ABOUT COLLEGES AND THE PROCESS: There are two helpful websites to try. One is http://www.campustours.com/This site has a link to every 4-year college in the United States and a way to see a lot of schools from your home. Another helpful site is http://www.mapping-your-future.org/This site gives a start to finish narrative about the entire college process.

VHS South Guidance Department Links

Click on the web address to reach the site.

COLLEGE ADMISSIONS TESTING:

SAT Test Dates: http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/sat/calenfees.html

ACT Test Dates: http://www.actstudent.org/regist/currentdates.html

Sample SAT Questions: http:/www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/sat/prep_one/prep_one.html

Sample ACT Questions: http://www.actstudent.org/testprep/index.html

Large Test-Prep Companies: http://www.kaplan.com/ ;  www.review.com

STATE GRADUATION (HSPA) TESTING

To learn about this important graduation test, please look over the March 2008 HSPA Student Preparation Booklet, from the NJ Department of Education, which explains the test and has sample questions.  Click here, on 2008 HSPA Student Preparation Booklet.  You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader.  

There was a required HSPA Science test in March, 2008.  This test was deemed not a graduation requirement by the NJ Department of Education a few months before the test was taken.  This Science portion of the HSPA has been discontinued.  This will be replaced by the new End Of Course Biology exam, which will be required of all students taking a biology course this year.  The test date is May 19th and 22nd.  No study guides are available yet.

For a parent guide to frequently asked questions about the HSPA tests, look over the HSPA: Your Guide to the HSPA. This 6-page primer is a Q & A for parents about the HSPA exam.  Please click here, on Your Guide to the HSPA.  You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader.  

Sample HSPA questions and test specs, for both the Math and LAL assessments, are available at the NJDOE website,  www.state.nj.us/education/njpep/assessment/index.html

COLLEGE SEARCH ENGINES

ACT Site: http://www.act.org/college_search/fset_col_search.html    This is a rudimentary search, but it works well. Nice features: You can plug in your high school GPA. Also, instead of putting in only states (Parts of PA are less than an hour away, while other parts are 10 hours away.) you may put in your zip code, then enter how many miles from that code you are willing to travel.  This is helpful when a student wants to stay within '2 hours' of home.

SAT Program website: http://apps.collegeboard.com/search/advhome.jsp    This search is more detailed than the ACT search.  Nice features:  You can plug in your SAT scores to match schools and you can search by division levels of sports. Also, some activities may be listed.

Princeton Review website: http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/    Click on the yellow "Counselor-O-Matic".  This search engine is helpful because you can rate your interest in many criteria on a scale of 1 -5.  Nice features: You can plug in admissions standards.  Also, the results list how much you matched with your criteria. You get all 100% matches and then partial matches. 

Ed Ref College Search Directory: http://www.edref.com   Edref is an unbiased information source of 7,500 US colleges and universities in the country and includes minority and athletic, religous search options.  There is detailed information on thousands of US colleges, universities, and post-secondary trade schools. School info. includes admission requirements, degrees & majors, contact info, test scores, student diversity, religious affiliations, athletics, tuition expenses, etc.

SCHOLARSHIP SEARCH ENGINES

The internet offers many scholarship databases to access at home or using your guidance counselor's computer:

FINANCIAL AID FORMS AND INFORMATION

Mark your calendar...  VHS Guidance's Financial Aid Workshop for Parents- Wednesday, January 24, 2007  - Have all your questions answered and receive assistance in completing the FAFSA form.

Expected Family Contribution (EFC) Estimator: www.collegeboard.com/article/0,3341,6-29-0-401,00.html?orig=sec Get an idea how much the federal government expects your family to put in toward college.  There are several other estimating tools for college costs, savings, loan repayment, etc.

CAREER INFORMATION

New Jersey Department of Labor:  http://wnjpin2.dol.state.nj.us/wnjpin/index.htm This site contains job descriptions, Vo-Tech school listings, New Jersey occupational license requirements and much more.

 America's Career InfoNet:  www.acinet.org/acinet   This is fairly technical information from America’s Career InfoNet, part of the Federal Department of Labor. Click on “Occupation Information”, then “Occupation Profile”, then you use the “Menu Search” by job families to get detailed descriptions and statistics of many jobs and career choices. 

The United States Military: www.myfuture.com/t2_ctoolbox.html  This site maintains a website that has a rudimentary Work Interest Quiz and a Personality Quiz.

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