Weekly News from the NHS Counseling Department
3/14/25
General updates & contact information:
- NHS Counseling contact information:
- Counseling Office Contacts
- SEL Counselor: Ms. Dianna Shamus, [email protected]
- Senior Career Counselor: Mr. Chris Ferrell: [email protected]
Registration for the 2025-26 school year:
- We are now in the “Review” phase of Registration- Counselors have been meeting with students 1 on 1 in their English classes.
Grief Support Group offering: In conjunction with our community partner, the New Hope Center for Grief Support, we will again be offering a school-based Grief Support Group for students who have experienced loss. This 6-week support group will run during Seminar from 8-8:50am and will start on Thursday, March 13. Please see this letter for more information and to complete the caregiver permission form: Spring '25 NHS/New Hope Grief Support Group caregiver information letter
Appointments:
- For student appointments:
- Students are able to schedule their own appointments with their counselor on the Counseling Website! Counselors have appointment slots available during Seminar and daily during lunch. These appointment slots are for students only.
- Students are also able to utilize “ Drop Ins”! A counselor will be available daily at lunch periods as well as Seminar periods to answer any general questions.
- For parent appointments:
- Parents may continue to contact Ms. Kresnak directly at 248.344.3810 or [email protected] to schedule an appointment.
Events:
- March 22, 8:00 am- 4:30pm, Michigan Tradeswomens summit Event Flyer
- March 23: NACAC Virtual College Fair- U of M Presentation at 1 pm. Register here.
- April 2,6 pm: Oakland Univ Paying for College Presentation (Virtual) Register here
- April 3, NACAC College Fair: Register Here
- Get the app to start planning your day at the fair
- April 9, 6pm: Schoolcraft Edge/ Early Middle College Information Night Link here
- April 17, Meet the Guard (National Guard) 9 am @ Taylor Armory
- April 27: NACAC Virtual College Fair- U of M Presentation at 1 pm. Register here.
Attention Sophomores and Juniors:
- Enrollment Requests for the programs at William D. Ford Career Technical Center are now OPEN for the 2025-2026 school year. There will be a second round deadline of April 11, 2025.
- Students must before complete the Ford Tech Out of District Enrollment Request Form (25-26) in order to be considered. Please see your counselor with questions or for more information!
Attention Seniors:
- Local Scholarship information is available on the Counseling Page.
- We hosted a FAFSA Workshop on 2/4- here is the handout from the workshop.
- Mid Year reports or mid year grades request from colleges:
Some colleges might request additional information to consider your application. They might request your mid-year grades. Please follow the steps below to send your updated transcript to the colleges that might ask for it.
- Log into Parchment
- Click “order” transcript and type in the name of the college that you want to send your transcript to.
If you have a college that is requesting something other than mid year grades, please reach out to your counselor or stop by and see them at lunch drop ins next week.
This is a reminder to continue to check the Counseling Scholarship and Financial Aid webpages for updates.
- Scholarship & Financial Aid Helpful Hints
- Newsletter from Studentscholarships.com
- Follow us! @northville counseling on Instagram
Thank you!
NHS Counseling Department