Los Alamos HS-2/23, Career Resource Ctr

From the Los Alamos Yahoo Group:

Test Dates and Deadlines
March 10 SAT in SF/ABQ only, (Reasoning Test only, standby only)
May 5 SAT at LAHS, 3/29 deadline
http://www.collegeboard.com

April 14 ACT at LAHS, 3/9 regular deadline
http://www.actstudent.org

AP Exam Registration
We will need to place our exam order during the last week of March. Because it takes some time to compile the order, we are asking students to register no later than March 23. Beginning on March 5, students may bring their registration forms and checks to the Career Center. This year's exm fee, set by the College Board, is $83.00 per exam. Fee waiver information may be found on the reverse side of the registration forms, which were distributed in class at the end of this week. Students who were absent should either check with their teachers, or pick information up in the Career Center.

Scholarships
New Mexico Mayflower Society Scholarship - $500 Award
The NM Chapter of the Society of Mayflower Descendants are offering a scholarship for the first time. Applicants do not need to be descendants of Mayflower voyagers to apply for this $500 scholarship. They do, however, need to be solid students and willing to write an essay of no more than 300 words relating to the Mayflower Pilgrims, another one of the same length relating to hopes and plans for the future, and provide two letters of recommendation, at least one of which should be from a teacher. Information in the Career Center.

Local Scholarship Packet
The .pdf file is on the LAHS web site.
http://lahs.laschools.net/forstudents/crc/scholfinaid.html
We have several copies for students to look through in the IMC, and Mesa Public Library will have a couple on hand as well.
Several of the scholarships are open to younger students, as follows:
Juniors may apply for the Art Center at Fuller Lodge Internship.
Sophomores and Juniors may apply for the Los Alamos Historical Society Internship.
Freshmen and up may apply for the Deborah Beene Music Scholarship.
Listings for these three opportunities are available separately.


TWO OVERSEAS PROGRAMS THAT ARE NEW TO US, JUST PASSING ON WHAT WE'VE BEEN SENT
Poznan University of Medical sciences, Poland
Among other things, this school offers a 5-Year Masters program in pharmacy for high school graduates, taught in English, they claim students eligible to take individual state licensing exams in US, though requirements vary from state to state so no guarantees, cost is currently a relative bargain, $20,400, financial aid available, approved for Stafford Loans. Go to http://www.mdprogram.com and http://www.amp.edu.pl

Tama University School of Global Studies, Japan
New four-year liberal arts program, in English, Tokyo area.
Go to http://sgs.tama.ac.jp/english/

Edwina Lieb
Advisement/Career Center
Los Alamos High School
1300 Diamond Drive
Los Alamos, NM 87544