John DeBenedetto, Principal ~ Susann Crossan, Assistant Principal ~ Michael Gabriel, Assistant Principal

GUIDANCE FACILITATOR & COUNSELOR
Mr. Matthew Poole

GUIDANCE COUNSELORS
Mr. Michael Conlon
Mr. James Jordan
Ms. Tammy MacPherson
Mrs. Holly Rizzi

Guidance Telephone (631) 744-1600 ext. 7901
Time: 7:15 to 1:40 Monday-Friday

COLLEGE BOARD AP/PSAT/SAT/ACT EXAM SCHEDULES

College Board Examination Schedule
Visit the school calendar link

COLLEGE BOARD (PARENT CONSENT FORM)
Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD)

The College Board is committed to ensuring that students with disabilities receive appropriate accommodations on its tests. These tests are:

  • SAT® and SAT Subject Tests™
  • Advanced Placement Program® (AP®) Exams
  • PSAT/NMSQT
Visit this web page which includes general information for parents and students regarding:
  • Eligibility
  • Applying for accommodations
  • Use of accommodations after approval

Download a copy of the Parent Consent Form and return it to Mrs. Vecchio in the Guidance Department.

GUIDANCE E-BOARDS

College Visits 2011-2012

The guidance office has a current listing of some websites for various companies that are offering scholarships. Please stop by our office to receive a copy of the list. Click the image below for the latest list of scholarships.

Scholarship Information

Summer Programs, Enrichment, and Careers

HONOR ROLL CRITERIA

  Principal's List High Honor Roll Honor Roll
Total unweighted GPA
(Grade Point Average) of
95.00-100
90.00-94.99
85.00-89.99

CAREER & COLLEGE HANDBOOK

(52 Page Booklet Available Online in Adobe PDF) Of the thousands of colleges and universities in the country, there are undoubtedly hundreds that could meet your basic requirements. Your first action should be to choose the right set of colleges rather than the one  right college.

Determine why it is that you wish to go to college. Many students begin the college selection process because they feel they are expected to attend college or because they simply haven't thought about doing anything else after high school graduation.

Unless you understand your personal reasons for wanting to go to college, it will become increasingly difficult, and in some cases even impossible, to match up the strengths and characteristics of various institutions with your needs and your expectations of a four-year education.

To successfully proceed in selecting a college, you do not need to know exactly what it is you want to study or what career you want to pursue. Read more.....

LINKS

GUIDANCE DEPARTMENT NEWS


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QUESTIONS ABOUT FINANCIAL AID?

New York State's College Financial Aid Awareness Network provides financial aid information. For questions about financial aid, either visit the websites listed below OR call 1.888.NYS.HESC (1.888.697.4372)

The New York State Financial Aid Administrators Association (NYSFAAA) was founded in 1968 by a group of people involved in the financial aid process.

HESC is the state agency that helps people pay for college. HESC administers the Tuition Assistance Program (TAP), guarantees federal student and parent loans, provides guidance for college planning and provides a highly-rated 529 college savings plan.

OCCUPATIONAL OUTLOOK HANDBOOK

handbook
Occupational Outlook Handbook

MILITARY

July 2011

In an effort to keep you informed, please read the very important information pertaining to your child that is stated below. All U. S. high schools across the nation are required to provide a directory of juniors and seniors to military recruiters under a provision of the No Child Left Behind Act, which was enacted in 2001.

Parents must sign a form to keep their child off the directory list we must provide to the military. Please sign the form below if you do not want your child’s name to be published in the directory provided to recruiters of the armed forces .

Print off a copy of the form

ROCKY POINT SCHOOL PROFILE

Click for the school profile in Adobe PDF for easy downloading and printing.

Regents Exam Prep

money starts here

  <Link to FSA Pin Registration at 

http://www.pin.ed.gov/>

<Link to FAFSA on the Web at 

http://fafsa.ed.gov/>

ACT link

College Board


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