The Kendrick Guidance
Department

Overview

The Kendrick High School guidance staff consists of four counselors and a guidance secretary. The counselors provide individual and group counseling as well as classroom guidance services in order to facilitate the academic, career, and personal/social development of each student. Counselors assist with parent/teacher conferences, peer relationships, academic guidance, post-secondary educational planning, self awareness, career planning, drug awareness, and other areas of need. Counselors also assist students with information relating to scholarships, college visitation, college and military recruiter visitation, financial aid, testing and test interpretation.

Information and links to helpful information:

HOPE Program

Georgia’s HOPE program helps students in several ways:

1. Scholarships for students in degree programs at public and private colleges and universities.
2. Grants for students enrolled in certificate or diploma programs at public colleges or technical colleges.
3. Awards for General Education Development (GED), high school equivalency certificate, recipients who are entering college.

HOPE Scholarship

Eligibility for the HOPE scholarship is based on a student’s grade point average in the core curriculum courses. Students must earn a 3.0 cumulative grade point average on a 4.0 scale if enrolled in the college preparatory curriculum. Students must earn a 3.2 cumulative average on a 4.0 scale if enrolled in the technology/career curriculum.

At public colleges/universities in Georgia, the HOPE Scholarship award covers tuition, HOPE approved mandatory fees, and a book allowance of up to $300 per academic year. At a private college or university in Georgia, you may receive a HOPE Scholarship award of $3,000 per academic year if you are a full-time student, or $1500 per academic year if you are enrolled as a half-time student.

HOPE Grant

High school graduates in Georgia who are attending a Georgia public technical college enrolled in a certificate or diploma program are eligible for HOPE assistance regardless of grade point average. The HOPE grant covers tuition, HOPE approved mandatory fees, and a book allowance of up to $300 per academic year.

HOPE Award for GED Recipients

Legal residents of Georgia who earned a General Education Development (high school equivalency) certificate awarded by the Georgia Department of Technical and Adult Education after June 30, 1993, may receive a one-time $500 HOPE award. This award can be used toward tuition, books, and other educational costs at an eligible public technical college or public or private college or university in a degree, diploma, or certificate program. You must use your HOPE eligibility within 24 months of the date of your GED certificate.

SAT/ACT

Students who plan to take the ACT or SAT should be well prepared prior to the test date. In addition to test preparation on the GAcollege411.org website, we also encourage students to visit www.collegeboard.com for SAT prep and www.ACT.org for ACT prep. Students may register for a free online SAT prep course—see your counselor for more information.

Guidance Links

Making It Count

KHS Senior Class (with scholarship information)

GAcollege411.org

www.collegeboard.com

www.ACT.org

www.gsfc.org/hope/

www.fafsa.ed.gov/

collegeanswer.com

finaid.org

gcic.peachnet.edu (user: kendrickhs) ( password: gcis500 )

Testing Information from the MCSD Web Site

Test Calendar from the MCSD Web Site

GA Department of Education Information about the Georgia High School Graduation Tests