Washougal High School Highly Capable (HiCap) Program
Mrs. Bohlin - Counseling Center - Monday through Thursday
Email: rhea.bohlin@washougal.k12.wa.us
Phone: 360-954-3127
Mrs. Bohlin is the HiCap Student Coordinator, housed at the High School. Her office is located in the Counseling Center and she welcomes communication with students, parents and staff! Her role is to help guide students through course selections, college searches and other post-high school options. She offers students help as they complete college and scholarship applications.
Junior Student & Parent Information Night - Thursday, February 16th @ 7:00 p.m. in the Auditorium. This presentation will focus on senior year, graduation, and post high school options--college/military etc.
To discover the value of AP, click this link -- What about AP? (Advanced Placement)?
In the 11/12 school year, WHS is offering AP Biology, AP Physics, AP World History, AP US History, AP English Language, AP English Literature, AP Studio Art, and AP Calculus.
AP exams are taken the first two weeks in May.
To find out AP credit policy for colleges and universities, click here.
All AP students will b receiving a booklet in February detailing the AP exam procedures and May's exam schedule. The booklet covers topics from exam basics and what to bring (and not to bring) on exam day to the services offered regarding the exam score.
Students will be receiving a letter in March explaining the exam registration process. The fee is $87 for the first exam and $77 for additional exams. If students meet the free and reduced lunch criteria, the fee is further reduced.
AP information can be found on the College Board web site: http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/about.html
It is time to be finalizing your after high school plans. If you are going on to a community college or university, find out the admissions requirements, think about your recommendations and the personal statement you may have write for the application - complete as many things as you can ahead of the deadline.
If you have decided on a school, see if they have an early action or early decision option - it will be to your benefit if you do that. Have fun taking the virtual campus tour on the sites and discover facts about the community the school is in! Consider applying to the Honors Program of the school - usually the class size is smaller, there is more contact with the professors, specific advising and more.
Request information from schools and set up visits to the campuses - you can to this through the web site of the school or by phoning the school and asking for "prospective student services".
Below are many helpful sites for your planning. Also, Mrs. Bohlin is offering to help students navigate the maze of the college application process. Students may see Mrs. Bohlin in her office during Panther Time Monday through Thursday.
There are several colleges that send representatives to our campus here at WHS in the fall. Please listen to or read the bulletin for those times!
Click here for an action plan for seniors going to college.
There are several colleges that send representatives to our campus here at WHS in the fall to talk to students. Please listen to or read the bulletin for those times!
Click here for an action plan for juniors planning to go to college.
If you took the PSAT in October, watch for score information coming out in January; see more information about this below under "Sophomores".
Click here for an action plan for sophomores planning to go to college.
The 2011 PSAT score reports will given to students in January, 2012. There will be an informational power point presentation posted on the Counseling web site to give aid in deciphering the score report as well as explaining the vast resources available to students. The web site is www.collegeboard.org/quickstart. The students will be prompted to create an account (free) before they are directed to the QuickStart site. Note: The students no longer need to enter "the online access code".
Please address questions to Mrs. Bohlin or your student's counselor.
Once you are familiar with our wonderful school, enjoy all we have to offer - clubs, challenging classes, sporting events, the performing arts productions and interactions with your fellow students and the WHS staff!
Click here for an action plan for freshman planning to go to college.
The president of the University of California has an interesting view on the SAT as an admission requirement. Click here for the article.
We suggest students take one or both of these tests near the end of their junior year. Statistics show that students in our area of the country tend to score higher on the ACT!
For free on-line testing preparation, click here and for another no-cost option, click here.
For information and registration for the ACT go to http://www.actstudent.org/
For information and registration for the SAT (and for sample test questions) go to http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/sat/reg.html
SAT question of the day, click here.
Online registration is recommended, our school code is: 481515.
Test dates for the SAT test dates, click here.
Test dates for the ACT, click here.
Typically, the students will be taking the SAT Reasoning Test. The test is given in Vancouver and Camas, the testing center will be chosen when the student registers on line. The student will want to send a score report to the colleges he/she plans to apply to. The first six score reports are free, additional reports require a fee.
For more information, please ask in the Counseling Center.
Web resources for the college-bound student
http://www.nacacnet.org/StudentResources/Pages/default.aspx
http://www.princetonreview.com/colleges-majors.aspx
Information on Community Colleges can be found by clicking here.
For a site for PARENTS who want to help and provide knowledgeable support to their students, click here.
Listed here are various sites that link you to college and university home pages.
http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/cdemello/univ.html
http://www.braintrack.com/us-colleges-by-state/wa
Here is a listing of American Universities and Colleges
http://www.clas.ufl.edu/CLAS/american-universities.html
This site gives specific and detailed data of numerous colleges and universities.
Additional general but helpful site:
http://cnsearch.collegenet.com/cgi-bin/CN/ZDispatch?pageName=.cnsearch.custom.index_html
Both of these sites are large and begin with the student filling out a profile.
The Pacific NW Scholarship Guide Online:
College Planning Network is a very good site for scholarships for seniors in Washington and Oregon: http://www.collegeplan.org/cpnow/pnwguide/instruct.htm
The Fast Web -
This site offers coaching for scholarship applicants as well as scholarship lists. The student must register to receive personalized list of scholarships. Keep the individual's password secure. http://www.fastweb.com
New!
TheWashBoard.org is a free, web-based non-profit scholarship clearinghouse for Washington students seeking college scholarships.
TheWashBoard.org makes scholarship searching easy!
There are over 75 scholarship providers from across the state registered on theWashBoard.org. These providers have over $11 million in scholarship funds available and anticipate making up to 4,000 awards for the 2011-2012 academic year. New scholarships are added each day to theWashBoard.org.
In addition, you will find other financial aid resources and information on theWashBoard.org.
Unlike other web-based scholarship search tools, theWashBoard.org is advertising and spam-free. Your personal information is safe and will never be sold.
Additional scholarship and financial aid information: http://www.finaid.org/
Washougal High School's current scholarship offerings, click here.
YOU NEED TO HAVE ALL YOUR TAX RETURN INFORMATION FOR 2011 TO APPLY - But you CAN estimate now if you don't have the W2's yet.
For general questions about filling out the Free Application for
Federal Student Aid, call the Federal Student Aid Information Center at:
800-4-FED-AID (800-433-3243)
Hours of operation are:
Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 12 a.m. (midnight EST);
Saturdays from 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. (EST).
For FAFSA on the Web questions, call 800-801-0576
Hours of operation: Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 12 a.m. (midnight EST);
Saturdays from 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. (EST).
To check existing application -- go to http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/ and select the "CHECK MY SUBMITTED FAFSA" tab.
For Federal Student Aid options, click here.
For helpful Federal Student Aid publications, click here.
This site has vast resources of information for every subject area!
http://HighSchoolAce.com/ace/ace.cfm
This site will help build vocabulary in a fun way.
http://vocabulary.com/
Twice gifted and general gifted: http://www.gifteddevelopment.com/
Exceptional Gifted: http://www.hollingworth.org/
National Association for Gifted Children: http://www.nagc.org/
Talented and Gifted Research: http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/
Internet Resources for Gifted Education and more - click here and here.
"All things gifted page", Hoagies' Gifted Education.