This is an informal time to connect with other parents and ask whatever questions may be on your mind about life at LWHS. We hope to see you there!

 

Contact LWHS PTSA President Mindy Lincicome if you have any questions.

Are you shopping online? Of course you are!  Use this link every time you shop at Amazon and they will donate part of the purchase to LWHS PTSA. It's easy!

 

If you haven't done so yet, please sign up for the Fred Meyer reward card. Go to www.fredmeyer.com/communityrewards and choose Lake Washington High School PTSA or find us by our non-profit number "87968." For those of you who have signed up, THANK YOU! We just received our first disbursement check from last quarter. 

This fall the LWHS PTSA's College Application Workshop program successfully guided seniors with essay support. The program now shifts focus onto juniors and sophomores by helping them start their college journey with weekly talks given by community volunteers and representatives from local colleges. Seminars will include topics such as affordable colleges; great schools for engineering, business and computer science; college opportunities in the arts; and lots more! Please bring these seminars to your student's attention!

 

Our first seminar will be Wednesday, February 8 at 12:40 pm (repeated the next day during ROO time) with Debbie Cossey of Rainier College Counseling speaking on "Cool Colleges - Schools with Unique Learning Environments." No registration is required and food will be provided. This seminar is open to all students; we hope to see many curious Kangs there! 

These will be held on Wednesdays after school, 12:40 pm, and on Thursdays during ROO, in the College & Career Center or library. They are student-only events, but we encourage parents to ask their kids what they learned.

If you missed the chance to take these practice tests in the fall, sign up now and use this opportunity to hone your test-taking skills in a stress-free environment! Please note: per the Princeton Review, these are the same tests that were administered in the fall.

Welcome parents and students of the Lake Washington High School Class of 2021 (current 8th graders)! Mark your calendars for Wednesday, February 8 from 6:30-8:00 pm. The LWHS Counseling Center will be hosting a parent presentation for our incoming freshman class for the 2017-2018 school year. This presentation is best suited for Class of 2021 parents and will be held in the LWHS theater, beginning at 6:30 pm. At the same time a club/athletics/elective fair will be held in the Commons for incoming freshman. The PowerPoint used will be available on our LWHS webpage and our Counseling Haiku page the day after the presentation date. Welcome to Lake Washington High School!

Spring sports begin on Monday, February 27.The deadline for registering for spring sports is Thursday, February 23. Sign up now; don't wait until the last minute and miss out. Sign-up information is on the LWHS Athletics webpage. As is the case each season, we have several offerings where no cuts are made; this spring that includes Badminton, Girls Tennis, and Track/Field. See all sports active this season on the website. Please encourage your student to participate in a spring sport and compete for the Kangs.

Annually, the LWHS PTSA awards the Louise Sheeley Scholarship to graduating Seniors in honor of Ms. Sheeley, a former counselor. This year, the LWHS PTSA will offer four $1,000 scholarships to LWHS Seniors who exemplify the characteristics of academic excellence, service to the school and community, perseverance, and motivation toward their future goals. Students are required to submit a response that details their qualifications, along with two letters of recommendation and an accurate completion of the application. Scholarships can be used for books, tuition, or room and board at a vocational, 2-year, or 4-year college or university. If you are 

a graduating LWHS Senior and plan to pursue further education after high school, we encourage you to apply.  The selection process is blind. All applications are due in the Career Center by Monday, April 10, 2017 (this is the Monday after Spring Break). Seniors can pick up an application in the Career Center or on the LWHS PTSA website.

Fifteen $1,000 scholarships are available through the Lake Washington Council PTSA.   In addition to merit scholarships, they offer one 2-year or  technical/vocational award, two education awards, a perseverance award and a turnaround award. Students may  apply for more than one scholarship. Learn more and download the applications!

Thank you, Acropolis Pizza & Pasta for your continued support of LWHS!  Your generosity helps the Senior Class of 2017, and sponsoring the class fundraiser is much appreciated.

ACT and SAT I: They sound more like alphabet soup than acronyms for pre-college tests. Four year colleges require one of these tests, and testing is normally done during the spring of the junior year and in the fall of the senior year.

The American College Test (ACT) or the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT I) is required by in-state and out-of-state 4-year schools. Colleges accept either one. The SAT I or ACT is also required of those planning to participate in NCAA Division 1 athletics, for those applying to military academies, and for those applying for most scholarships. SAT II subject tests are required for some of the more selective colleges; usually these colleges require two or three SAT II's.  It's a good idea to take one of these at the end of the junior year or as soon as the class is finished.   

Students are strongly encouraged to prepare for these tests by reviewing directions, reading sample questions, and taking a sample test. All of these -- including helpful tips -- are available online at www.collegeboard.com/  and www.actstudent.org . Because so many students take these tests in the spring, students need to sign up early.  Registering close to the registration deadline may mean testing as far away as Tacoma.

If your senior is currently completing a graduation requirement outside of LWHS (for instance, taking an online course), remember that we must receive the final grade/transcript documenting the credit earned by late May/early June. The final proctored exam at LWHS is May 3.

If your senior applied to colleges using SENDedu or the Common Application, counselors will automatically send the midyear report including an updated transcript that reflects first semester. As soon as grades are final and posted on transcripts, counselors will complete these reports.