Keystone Series
Designing Your Future

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• If you are planning on attending a college or university after high school, you will need a minimum of two years of the same foreign language.
• Foreign Language is not required for high school graduation.

Pinnacle Viewer logins and passwords are the same as last year for any student who was in a Polk County School.
If you need the info, please email brenda.smith@lwcharterschools.com
Sample:
Login: firstname.lastname.gradyear@lwcschools.net
john.doe.17@lwcschools.net (graduating in 2017)
Initial password: Lw(six digit ID)
Example: Lw654321

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• The next registration deadline for the SAT is Nov.6th
• The SAT test will be on Dec. 6, 2014
• The next registration deadline for the ACT is Nov.7th
• The ACT test will be on Dec.13, 2014

LWHS College Admissions Seminar
2014-2015

Florida resident and a U.S. Citizen or eligible noncitizen
Complete the Florida Financial Aid Application
(FFAA) no later than August 31 after high school graduation
Earn a standard diploma or its equivalent from a Florida public high school or private high school
No previous criminal charges
Be accepted by a postsecondary institution within 2 years after graduation
Must enroll for at least 6 non-remedial semester credit hours per term

Florida Academic Scholars (FAS)
Florida Medallion Scholars (FMS)
Requirements for Scholarships

Graduate from high school with a Standard Diploma
Achieve the required weighted minimum 3.0 GPA in the non-elective high school courses
16 core credits required to graduate from high school within four years
Take at least 3 full credits in a single Career and Technical
Education program
Achieve the required minimum 3.5 unweighted GPA in the career education courses
Complete 30 service hours

Gold Seal Vocational Scholarship
Achieve the required minimum score on the ACT®,
SAT®, or Florida Postsecondary Education Readiness
Test (P.E.R.T.) exams
GSV awards may only be used at postsecondary institutions that offer an applied technology diploma, technical degree education program
(associate in applied science or associate in science), or a career certificate program.

Bright Futures uses the best section score from multiple sittings of the same exam to give the best overall composite score.
ACT Composite = English, Math, Reading and Science (rounded to the next whole number)
SAT Composite = Critical Reading and Math
Exams may be taken through June 30 of the student’s graduation year; no limit to the number of times a student may retake the test.
Students should request test scores be sent to one of Florida’s
12 state universities, colleges, or public high schools.

Documentation of service hours must be submitted to
LWHS by deadlines given
Hours must be completed when student is enrolled in high school and finished by graduation.
Proposal Form, Hour Log, Reflection krista.thompson@lwcharterschools.com
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Community Service Coordinator for LWHS

The award (or ineligibility) determination will be posted to a student's online Financial Aid Recipient History (FARH) screen and is viewable by the student. Login credentials will be sent to the student after the FFAA is submitted and enable a student to: view award status (eligibility determination) view/update demographic information view/update postsecondary institution view the amount disbursed each semester view the spring renewal GPA monitor hours remaining for the year and for the scholarship view all correspondence posted and/or sent from the FDOE

Please check your application and award status. It is imperative you provide your correct name, address, date of birth, social security number, and inform us of any changes.
Early Evaluations begin in March and Final Evaluations begin in July

The Florida Department of Education will:
Begin funding your scholarship during the fall term following your high school graduation.* The academic year begins in the fall and ends in the summer. Scholarship recipients are not eligible for funding during the summer term immediately following high school graduation.*
Send scholarship funds to the eligible Florida postsecondary institution of your choice prior to the beginning of each term.
The money will then be applied to your account after the last day of the drop/add period at your postsecondary institution.

Please contact the Student Services Department with any questions.
daniele.shick@lwcharterschools.com
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Assistant Principal of Curriculum anuj.saran, Director of Operations & IB krista.thompson, Director of Student Services anna.barcenas, Student Services Professional kaleigh.mccoy, College & Career Counselor tavaris.johnson, College & Career Counselor brenda.smith, Guidance Secretary mary.kipe, Guidance Secretary

Krista Thompson
Director of Student Services
Students A-F
Community Service
Anna Barcenas
Students O-Z
OJT/Guided Work
TaVaris Johnson
Students G-N
NCAA
Kaleigh McCoy
All IB Students
SAT/ACT Waivers

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