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Welcome to RBHS's Guidance Page
The
Guidance Office is open from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. each day. We
assist students
and parents in several ways including: class
scheduling, career planning, military
consideration, college preparation, scholarship opportunities,
individual counseling,
ACT testing, transcripts, and medical records.
Graduation
Requirements: 22 credits
Red Bud High School
requires each student in the Class of 2009, 2010, and 2011 to earn 20
credits, and the Class of 2012 to earn 22 credits in order to graduate
with the following specific credits being required.
English
4.0 credits
Math
3.0 credits
Science
2.0
credits
Social Science*
2.5
credits
Music/Art/Voc./Lang.
1.0
credit
Health
0.5 credit
Consumer Ed**
0.5 credit
PE***
1.25 credits
* Must include 1.0 credit Geography, 1.0 credit
American History, and 0.5
credit
American Government. Must also
pass examinations regarding the U.S.
Constitution and IL Constitution.
** Requirement can also be met by completing 1.0 credit
Business Technology
Concepts, 0.5 credit Economics, or
passing the
Illinois Consumer Education
Proficiency Test.
***Requirement can also be met by completing 5 semesters
of Band.
IBHE
General College/University Admission Requirements
4 years English
3 years Math (Algebra I and higher)
3 years Science (lab sciences)
3 years Social Science (emphasizing history and government)
2 years Music, Art, or Foreign Language
Please be aware
that individual schools may have higher entrance requirements.
For most current information, visit the college/university website.
Begin Lifelong Career Planning:
www.il.kuder.com
1.
Click New Users.
2.
Click Register Here.
3.
Complete the registration information and then click Register.
Welcome
to your Illinois College and Career Planning System Portfolio Home Page!
4. Take an Assessment
Batch Codes*
Career Search with Person Match
I762586SVY
Skills
Assessment
S762585SVY
Work Values
Inventory
V762587SVY
5. Print or save your results.
6. Build your Career Portfolio.
For more detailed instructions, see the Guidance
Office.
Contact NCASI Customer Service at 877-999-6227 with
any questions.
*Batch codes change annually.
IDES Career Information System:
www.ides.state.il.us
Scroll to Career
Information Resources
Click on Illinois Career Information System
User Name: ides
Password: jobs
Need
Help?
- The Violence Prevention Center
offers individual counseling, group education, court advocacy
(assistance getting orders of protection), and police advocacy.
Contact the Chester office at 618-826-5959, the Waterloo office at
618-939-3339, or the 24-hour hotline at 1-800-994-0096.
- The Human Service Center offers
individual counseling, substance abuse counseling, and case management
services. Call 282-6233, or call 618-397-0963 collect after
hours, weekends, and holidays.
- The Family Support Program is
an intensive, in home, educational, skills training, counseling
program. Their mission is to provide social services to at-risk
children, individuals, families, and communities in Randolph and Monroe
counties. Call 618-443-2228 for more information.
College
Planning:
- AnyCollege.com lists over 5,500
accredited colleges and universities in the
U.S. Students may search for a college by program, type,
location, and athletics. The site is completely free and requires
no registration.
- College Zone provides
college planning information for both parents and students.
Powered by the Illinois Students Assistance Commission, this site
provides information on college planning, financing, a scholarship
search, financial aid estimator, and more. Visit www.collegezone.com
Freshman and Sophomore Years
- Explore different career
areas and take electives which are non-academic
- Take interest and skill
assessments
- Consider various options
after high school
- Get summer jobs or
internships that relate to your career interests
- Participate in
extra-curricular organizations and clubs
- Volunteer in your
community and school
- Take challenging
coursework, even if it jeopardizes your GPA. Schools are more
impressed with a rigorous course load than a high GPA from courses that
are not challenging.
Junior Year
- Take the ACT in the fall
- Attend College &
Career Night in October
- Look online for college
information (academic programs, admission requirements, scholarship
opportunities, etc.)
- Meet with College Reps in
the spring
- Get jobs or internships
that relate to your career interests
- Participate in
extra-curricular organizations and clubs
- Volunteer in your
community and school
- Consider electives that
are non-academic
- Take challenging
coursework, even if it jeopardizes your GPA!
Senior Year
Fall Semester
- If unsure of what to
study, take interest and skills assessments again
- Attend College &
Career Night in October. Take a list of questions to help you
compare different colleges.
- Retake ACT if necessary
- Narrow college choices
and look more thoroughly at those websites
- Make note of priority
deadlines for admission applications
- Apply to colleges.
Look for "reduced" application fees (online or early date)
- Visit colleges to meet
with an admissions counselor and tour the campus
- Visit collegezone.com for financial
aid information. Use the College Aid Calculator to get your
estimated expected family contribution and other information
- If you plan to submit the
FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) online (at fafsa.ed.gov), register for a PIN
at pin.ed.gov.
- If you plan to submit the
FAFSA paper form, pick one up from the Guidance Office when they become
available
- Look for scholarship
opportunities in the school announcements and on the guidance webpage
- Get jobs or internships
that relate to your career interests
- Participate in
extra-curricular organizations and clubs
- Volunteer in your
community and school
- Consider electives that
are non-academic
- Take challenging coursework,
even if it jeopardizes your GPA!
Spring Semester
- Submit the FAFSA
(electronically or by mail)
- Select the college you
will attend
- If you have not yet
applied, APPLY NOW
- Finalize housing and
course registration for college
- Continue looking for
scholarship opportunities in the school announcements and on the
guidance webpage
- Keep in contact with your
college admissions counselor
- Get jobs or internships
that relate to your career interests
- Participate in
extra-curricular organizations and clubs
- Volunteer in your
community and school
- Consider electives that
are non-academic
- Continue those
challenging classes, even if it jeopardizes your GPA!
Testing:
No
testing at this time.
ACT
Testing:
Red Bud High School Code: 143-610
Red Bud High
School Test Center Code: 206550
Gibault High
School Test Center Code: 175120
Sparta High School Test
Center Code: 186370
SWIC (Belleville) Test Center
Code: 009540
Registration
packets are available in the Guidance Office. You may also
register
online at www.actstudent.org or by telephone at
(319)
337-1270. If registering by
mail, it is the student's
responsibility to complete the registration form and mail it to
ACT.
National test
dates are as follows:
June 14,
2008 - Testing is available at Red
Bud and other test centers.
Regular fee
registration deadline is May 9, 2008.
Late fee
registration deadline is May 23, 2008.
Financial
Aid:
- Illinois Student
Assistance Commission (ISAC) provides detailed guidance in
planning and financing college. Visit www.collegezone.com or call
(800) 899-ISAC (4722) for more information.
- FinAid is a comprehensive
and objective online resource for students and
parents looking for ways to finance college education and financial aid
tips.
Questions regarding the FAFSA are also addressed. Visit www.finaid.org for
more information.
- Paper FAFSA's are no
longer available in the Guidance Office. FAFSA on the Web Worksheets will be
available in late November. Students are able to obtain a paper
FAFSA by calling the Federal Student Aid Information Center at
1-800-433-3243 or by visiting www.edpubs.org.
Students may request up to three copies of the paper application and
should receive their FAFSA's in three to seven business days.
College/Career Days:
RBHS offers students an
opportunity to finalize post-high school plans during
the school day with proper planning and
notification. These days can be used to
meet with a college admission counselor,
military recruiter, or future employer.
Juniors and
Seniors are allowed two college days per year. They are not
transferable. Forms are
available in the Guidance Office, and completed forms must
be submitted to the
Guidance Office at least one day in advance. In order to
schedule a college
visit, a student must have an appointment with a representative
of the college they wish
to visit. Students are responsible for getting assignments
from teachers prior to the
College/Career Day.
Representatives visiting RBHS:
Students interested in meeting with the following school reps should
sign the
binder in the Guidance Office.
When the rep arrives, a pass will be sent to you
in class:
No one scheduled at this time.
Military recruiters will be available outside the cafeteria during
lunch on
the
following days:
No one scheduled at this time.
Websites: Colleges, Universities,
Technical Schools:
Job
Opportunities:
- The Ridge Golf and Country Club Swimming Pool
and Concession Stand is looking for reliable lifeguards. Call
939-4604.
You are Invited:
- SWIC
is offering two ACT Prep Workshops this
summer. Each workshop consists of three sessions, 9:00 a.m. -
3:30 p.m., with fees of $81 plus cost of the textbook.
Registration information is available in the Guidance Office or at
1-800-222-5131, ext. 5393 or 5618.
- Kendall
College is offering weekend
and summer camp opportunities in culinary arts, baking, and pastry.
For more information, visit www.kendall.edu
or call 312-752-2206.
- Bradley
University is offering a Summer
Enrichment Program the week of June 15, 2008. This one
week, residential program (in Leadership and Nursing) is available to high school students who have just
completed their sophomore or junior years. For information
and application, visit www.bradley.edu/ccd/summerenrichment
or call (309) 677-2404.
Scholarship
Opportunities:
Scholarships
are listed on the announcements and webpage as they become available to
us. Students are encouraged to also contact the college to learn
about scholarship programs.
- Juniors and Seniors are encouraged
to visit www.scholarships.com
for financial aid information and a free scholarship search.
- Visit www.SchoolSoup.com for
scholarship opportunities, test prep information, and college searches.
- AnyCollege.Com offers a $2,000
scholarship four times a year. Students may sign up to win
by visiting www.AnyCollege.com
and
clicking on "Win a Scholarship".
- Seniors planning to become teachers
are invited to apply for the Golden
Apple Foundation Scholarship Program. For nomination, see
Mrs. Jokerst as soon as possible.
- The Prairie du Rocher Teachers Association
has established a scholarship fund. Seniors who graduated 8th grade from
Prairie du Rocher should send a letter of application to Prairie
du Rocher School, 714 Middle Street, Prairie du Rocher, Attn: Kathy
Franklin. Please include your GPA, class rank, ACT scores,
extracurricular activities, and a short description of your future
plans. Deadline is May 12, 2008.
- Seniors with a 2.75 GPA who have been
accepted at an accredited higher education institution in Illinois and
pursuing an agriculture or agriculture-related degree are
encouraged to apply for the Excellence
in Agriculture Scholarship. Applications are available in
the Guidance Office. Deadline is May 15, 2008.
- Senior males planning to attend University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are encouraged to apply for the Tau Kappa Epsilon Scholarship.
Applications are available in the Guidance Office and can be requested
at asundt2@uiuc.edu. Deadline is
June 6, 2008.
National
Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA):
To register for the NCAA Initial-Eligibility
Clearinghouse, prospective student-
athletes should access registration
materials by visiting the clearinghouse website
at www.ncaaclearinghouse.net.
From the home page, click on "Prospective
Student-Athletes", which will link the
student-athlete to the necessary information.
It is
extremely important that prospective student-athletes read the guide
carefully and understand the NCAA
initial-eligibility requirements. You may contact
the clearinghouse at (877) 262-1492 if
you have further questions.
Announcements:
- A tutor
will be at RBHS on Mondays and
Wednesdays to help students with math. If you are
interested, please see Mrs. Jokerst.
- Summer
school opportunities are offered through SWIC High School Academy at Sparta,
Waterloo, and Chester High Schools. Students can retake failed
english or math classes and work ahead in areas of health, consumer
education, government, American history, and biology. Contact the
Guidance Office for more information. Deadline for first semester
session is May 12, 2008.
- Seniors
planning to attend four-year universities are reminded that the
application process starts early. Schools are already accepting
applications, and many priority deadlines are first semester. Get
online and check these things out!
- The Illinois
Mathematics & Science Academy (IMSA) is accepting
applications from students who have
exceptional talent and interests in the areas of mathematics and science.
For more information, visit www.imsa.edu.
- Excelling
at school and looking for a challenge? Visit www.springfield.k12.il.us/ilgovintern
for information and application to the Illinois Governmental Internship
Program.
- A reminder
to all guys: you are required by law to register with the Selective Service when you turn
18. You can register at the post
office or online at www.sss.gov.
When you are 17 years and 3 months, you can
pre-register and be automically registered when you turn 18.
- Have you ever considered hosting a foreign exchange
student? For more information, contact Julie
Weber at julieweber1969@charter.net
or 618-539-6057. Paula is from Sweden and is looking for a host
family for next school year. She is 16 years old, with interests
in sports, movies, and shopping. For more information about Paula
or the exchange program in general, please contact Sue at (618)
939-1334 or suefoozle@hotmail.com
- AYUSA Study Abroad is a non-profit organization which provides
cultural exchange opportunities for high school students.
AYUSA is offering full scholarships for high school exchange programs
in selected countries. For information, visit www.ayusastudyabroad.org.
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