All Grade Levels

NPX parent community, please support our Lunch & Learn Career Talks this spring by sharing your professional journey with our high school students. Simply indicate your interest in participating, and we’ll connect with you as we build the schedule.

Register your 6th-12th grade student for the Hispanic Scholarship Fund at ASU’s West campus for a free half-day college prep program.

HEFAR Group Presentation – Thursday, January 30 from 6 – 7 PM Zoom (link TBA). Learn more about the Higher Education Financial Aid Resources (HEFAR) organization that offers services to assist families and students in planning for the high cost of college. Unlike commercial for-profit advising services that charge hefty fees, the HEFAR Group’s services are free.

Great Hearts College Symposium – Saturday, March 1 from 3 – 6 PM at Scottsdale Preparatory Academy. Great Hearts sophomores, juniors, seniors and their parents are invited to this network-wide college fair; school uniform mandatory for participation. Register today!

Seniors

Learn more about college decision timelines, scholarship resources and more! The 2025-2026 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form will become available in December 2024,
not its typical release date of October 1. To prepare, we encourage all seniors and parents to create their own StudentAid.gov account now.

Important dates ahead:

• • Friendsgiving | Friday, November 22
    Please sign up to contribute a homemade or store-bought treat for your senior to share with classmates at lunch. Students will write thank you notes to faculty who they asked to write letters of recommendation for college applications.

• • Scholarship Drawing | Monday, December 2
    Seniors, participate in our monthly drawing for 2 – $5 gift cards on the first of every month through spring semester! Receive one ticket for each submitted scholarship application and completing the FAFSA or CSS Profile.

• • Dual Enrollment Registration Deadline | Monday, January 13
    Seniors, register online for spring semester dual enrollment credit opportunities.
    12^th Grade Spanish IV: SPA 202 at Arizona Christian University, 4 credits (2.5+ GPA)
    12^th Grade French IV: FRE 202 at Arizona Christian University, 4 credits (2.5+ GPA)
    12^th Grade Humane Letters IV: ENGL 3003 at Southeastern University, 3 credits (3.0+ GPA)

Juniors

Parents, thank you for attending Tuesday’s second quarter College Night webinar! Access the recording and presentation with live links. Encourage your Junior to complete the Corsava card sort, a discovery tool that introduces students to a broad scope of college characteristics.

Encourage your student to visit College Counseling or login to Naviance to access their PSAT/NMSQT score report. The average PSAT/NMSQT score is about 920. A score between 1210 and 1520 places your student in the top 10% of test takers. Review our standardized testing handout to learn more about test prep opportunities.

Sophomores

In Chemistry classes on Tuesday, students completed the Career Keys assessment in Naviance Student to learn their Holland’s code. Using the O*Net Online, the nation’s primary source of occupational information, sophomores researched future career opportunities.

Encourage your student to visit College Counseling or login to Naviance to access their PSAT score report. The average PSAT/NMSQT score is about 920. A score between 1210 and 1520 places your student in the top 10% of test takers. Review our standardized testing handout to learn more about test prep opportunities.

Freshmen

College Counseling hosted an engaging game of College Jeopardy during Geometry classes this Wednesday. In small groups, students learned about college lingo and majors plus what goes into a college application.