Thinking about college for next year? Here you can find all the links you need to prepare for your next steps as well as informative videos to help you in the process. As always Mrs. Massey is available during the school year to help with applications and any questions you may have. Students and parents are welcome to email her to set up an appointment.
FAFSA Night
For the 2024/2025 school year we will be hosting a FAFSA night on December 11th at 5pm. This is an opportunity to apply for both Oregon Student Aid/Oregon Promise and Fill out your FAFSA forms. We will tentatively be hosting another FAFSA night in the spring for anyone that may need another chance to fill these out.
Sara Massey
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FAFSA
FAFSA stands for Free Application for Federal Student Aid form is an application for federal student aid. You need to complete the FAFSA form to apply for federal student aid such as federal grants, work-study funds, and loans.
The student and the parent that claims that student on their taxes will need to create a FAFSA account to fill out the yearly application. Parents, if you have had a FAFSA account in the past, at any point, you will need to try and access that account.
The website to access the FAFSA is studentaid.gov. (the Application for the 25/26 school year will be available starting in October)
FAFSA informative videos
Responsible Borrowing
Types of Federal Student Aid
How to Create a FSA ID
FAFSA Overview
Determining your Dependency Status
Next Steps after submitting
More videos can be found on the Federal Student Aid YouTube chanel found here.
Oregon Promise Grant
The Oregon Promise is a state grant that helps cover tuition costs at any Oregon community college for recent high school graduates and GED® test graduates. Students must apply during their senior year or immediately after GED® test completion.
For Class of 2024 award recipients a FAQ sheet can be found hereThis file is in PDF format..
Applications for Oregon Promise, and access to your Oregon Student Aid account can be accessed here. (this application typically opens at the beginning of October each school year)
Oregon Student Aid
Oregon Student Aid is Oregon’s way of helping students pay for and attend a post secondary educational program. OSA (Oregon Student Aid) is the website where Oregon Promise can be accessed, as well as many other resources. There are various grants and scholarships that can be applied for through your OSA account.
The scholarships application is open from November to April 1st, these are very strict deadlines. It is worth filling out the application if you plan to attend any Post secondary program (this includes trade school etc), there are many scholarships that only require a 2.0+ GPA and a good essay. Help for writing your essays can be found at AOS from various teachers.
