SENIORS: Next week the counselors will be coming into the classrooms for you to get registered with a PIN number for the FAFSA.  Make sure you know your SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER.  If you don’t know it, ask your parents.  You will need this to register for a PIN number. The FAFSA is the free application for federal...Read More

  TIPS FOR FIRST-TIME FAFSA APPLICANTS There is no longer a reason to suffer pre-fafsa online anxiety.  The pop-ups and clarifications provided for first-time users seem to anticipate every possibility for confusion.  Keep in mind that the FAFSA can be completed in pieces.  Simply continue until the frustration level hits you red zone, then click...Read More

A demonstration site is available so you can increase your own understanding of the FAFSA on the Web before you apply after January 1,2014.  At the site, you can complete a sample FAFSA, make corrections, check the status of the application, and sign it electronically.  However, when  you choose “submit,” the information is not actually...Read More

Vegetarian Resource Group Scholarships:  Awards two $5,000 college scholarships to 2014 graduating U.S. high school students who have promoted vegetarianism in their schools and/or communities.  Vegetarians do not eat meat, fish, or fowl.  Postmark deadline is February 20, 2014.  Early submission is encouraged.  Applicants will be judged on having shown compassion, courage, and a strong...Read More

As soon as possible, apply for two Federal PIN numbers, one for the student and one for a parent or guardian.  Registration at: http://www.pin.ed.gov/index.htm Click on “PIN HOME”, “APPLY NOW”.  After registering,  you will be given a choice on how to retrieve your PIN.   Make sure you write down the keep handy the pass-phrase...Read More

I hope you enjoyed this Family Communique and the tips provided within. If you have not found us on our social networking sites, go to the top of our Odysseyk12.org website to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, LinkedIn and Picassa. We how you have a great week and wonderful school year!Read More

Seniors, The Public Education Foundation is in the process of adding the available scholarships to their website.  Make sure you are looking DAILY for the new scholarships.  Again, this is how you navigate through the website: 1.  Go to The Public Education Foundation website:  www.ccpef.org 2.  Find Programs and Initiatives on the tool bar 3....Read More

(by Charlotte Lazor; Associate Director of Admission Information Systems at Wesleyan University; and Elizabeth K. Lyons, Associate Director of Admissions at Hawaii Business College) 1.  Be yourself.  Choose a topic that is meaningful to you.  Speak in your own voice.  Write what you feel, not what you think the admissions committee wants to hear.  The...Read More

Open to all OCS K-8 Students, Families, & Friends! Crystal Palace Skating Center 3901 N. Rancho Drive Las Vegas, NV 89130 Phone: 645-4892Read More

Barbara Malloy Memorial Leadership Service Award Sponsor:  Soroptimist International of Greater Las Vegas Club Award Amount:  $200.00 Eligibility:   High School senior girl in an accredited southern Nevada high school under the age of 19 years of age upon graduation.  Have had significant and noteworthy accomplishment as volunteer and demonstrated initiative in both identifying a...Read More