Senior Parent Night

Clovis West High School Class of 2024

Counseling Staff Vargas

Josie Vargas- Head Counselor Kendall East Becca Garcia Debbie Monroe Justin Taft Andrea Yang

Clovis Uniﬁed Graduation Requirements Vargas

Credits: 230

English: 4 years

Math: 2 years

Including Math 1/Algebra 1 & Math 2/Geometry

Science: 2 years

Including Physical (1) & Life (1)

Social Sciences: 3 years

PE: 4 years

Health: 1 semester

Graduation Recognitions Vargas

• Principals Medallion - 3.85 cumulative UNWEIGHTED GPA

• Students of Academic Distinction - 4.15 cumulative WEIGHTED GPA and 5+ AP Class

• Valedictorian - 4.00 UNWEIGHTED GPA (All As) • Salutatorian - (All A’s and one (1) B)

• CSF/NHS - Academic clubs that are application based. Follow the links for more information.

• Semester Awards

• Principal’s Honor Roll - 4.00+ • Honor Roll - 3.00-3.99

Senior Conferences Vargas

Senior Conferences will be held with counselors on September 20-21 and 27-28 through Government/Economics classes.

Counselors will contact students for make-ups.

Parents, please be on the lookout for an email from your student’s counselor in the coming weeks.

College Admissions Taft

Private Colleges

University of California

California State Universities

Community Colleges

Class of 2023Attended…. Taft

UC Santa Barbara Cal Poly
UC Santa Cruz UC Davis
USC

University of Notre Dame Northwestern University Grand Canyon
UC Berkeley Concordia
Loyola Marymount UC Irvine University of Hawaii

UC Applications Taft

https://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/apply-now.html ● Application is available beginning August 1st.
● Applications are accepted between October 1st -November 30th.
● Applications Fee $80 per campus ● Optional:
○ The Personal Insight Questions are a component of the UC Application.
○ Students must complete 4 of 8 questions.

●	Application Workshops on Campus: 9/19 & 10/11.

California State Universities (CSU) Taft

www.calstate.edu/apply

Applications open October 1st - November 30th. (complete as soon as possible).

Applications Fee is $70 per campus.

Eligibility index: Each campus has their own index needed for admission.

GPA 2.5 in A-G classes for the Fall of 2023

Smittcamp Honors College Taft

Full Scholarship to attend Fresno State (October 1- November 30th) - If you meet or exceed oneor more of the following criteria, then you should deﬁnitely consider applying:

• Minimum 3.8 high school GPA

• Ranking in the top 10% of your high school

graduating class

Two Mandatory Applications to apply for Smittcamp Family Honors College- President’s Honors Scholarship

• California State University Undergraduate Admission Application

• Smittcamp Family Honors College- President’s Honors Scholarship - deadline is December 14th,
2023

Private Colleges East

● Early Decision (Binding) v. Early Action (non-Binding) ● Varying deadlines
● Websites: Common Application, Send Edu, Coalition, Common Black College Application
● SAT and ACT

SAT/ACT East

SAT https://www.collegeboard.org/                 ACThttp://www.act.org/

●	Not all Universities are not requiring SAT and ACT scores as part of their admissions process.

●	Please check each individual University website for speciﬁc guidelines.

College Board Prep	Khan Academy Prep

Letters of Recommendation East

● Letters of Recommendation are for: ○	Private & Out of State Universities
○	Scholarships

● Students request letter through questionnaire on Counseling website under College Planning.
● Two week turnaround time for letters of recommendation. ● Create a resume using Microsoft Word or Xello.
● Xello access via Clever portal.

Community College East

● Community college rep available bi-weekly on Wednesdays

● Email: mckay.duran@cloviscollege.edu Phone: 559-325-5401

● Application workshop for Clovis Community College Center and FCC on Wednesday, November 1st and Thursday, November 2nd.
● Online Application available September 1 – April 25 (priority registration) ● December 1st – Opening of online orientation.
● Registration-to-Go On-line takes place: April 23- April 25

Leon S. Peters Honors Programs East

Fresno City College

GPA of 3.5 or ranking within top 25% of graduating class or score of 1200 on SAT or 24 on
ACT.

Clovis Community College

• GPA of 3.5

• Deadline: February 2, 2024

• Open: December 1, 2023

• Deadline: January 27, 2024 (11:59pm)

(Tip: Don’t wait until then)

College Ambassador Schedule East

Community College
	
McKay Duran
	
Bi-weekly Wednesday
	
Counseling Center

Fresno State
	
Dominic Moore
	
Tuesday/Thursday
	
Library

Fresno Pacific
	
Audrey Bradford
	
By Appointment
	
Counseling Center

Campus College Visits Monroe

Clovis West will be hosting representatives from various CSU, UC, Private Universities and Community Colleges.

Please visit the Clovis West Counseling website for dates and links to various colleges.

https://cwhs.cusd.com/CollegeCareerVisitations.aspx

Fresno Area College Night Monroe

Wednesday, September 13th

6:00-8:00 PM

Fresno Convention Center

848 M St, Fresno, CA 93721

Financial Aid Monroe

● FAFSA (www.fafsa.ed.gov) available in December.
● FAFSA Workshop December 18th, January 17th, January 29th, February 5th, and February 13th
● CAL Grant deadline April 2nd, 2024. ● CAL Grant GPA will be submitted.

FAFSA = MONEY Monroe

● No FAFSA means that the student is not eligible for: ○	Middle Class Scholarship
○	Work Study (getting a job on college campus)

○	Academic Scholarships (Smittcamp, Lyles College of Engineering, Craig School of Business, Colleges that give GPA or SAT/ACT monies)
○	Athletic Scholarships ○	Student loans
○	Community College paid tuition fees

● Includes 4-year, community college, trade schools and specialized program schools.

FAFSA COMPLETION IS CALIFORNIA STATE REQUIREMENT

FSA ID Monroe

● The FSA ID is a username and password used by student, parents, and borrowers
○	Login to US Department of Education websites ○	Electronically sign documents
● Multiple uses

○	To apply for federal student aid at www.fafsa.ed.gov ○	To receive federal student loans
○	To perform important tasks such as federal student loan borrower, such as choosing a repayment plan or applying for deferment

Financial Aid Resources Monroe

US Department of Education	Edfund

https://studentaid.ed.gov/

Funding Your Education and The Student Guide

https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/resources

http://www.edfund.org

Fund Your Future

http://fundyourfuture.org/

California Student Aid Commission

https://www.csac.ca.gov/

$cholarships Yang

● Check the Counseling Center website and ofﬁce for the scholarship bulletin,
which is updated monthly.

● Scholarship Awards Night: May 15, 2023

Subscribe to the bulletin today!

Helpful Scholarship search engines: Fastweb, College Board, Going Merry, Big Future

NCAA/NAIA Eligibility Yang

● Graduate from high school. ● Pass 16 core classes for
Division 1.
● Seniors should register now online if not done already.
● Contact Ms. Yang for a transcript release form or additional questions.

NCAA Eligibility Center Certiﬁcation www.ncaa.org

NAIA Eligibility Center Certiﬁcation https://play.mynaia.org/

Military Yang

Military recruiters are available during the school year for Air Force, Army, Marines, Navy, and more! Contact the Counseling Center to receive more information!

ASVAB Test:

● Juniors and Seniors

● Military Entrance test

● Interest, Aptitude, Career Exploration

Clovis West Support Services Yang

Academic

● Before school, lunch and after school tutorial. ● Golden Hour

Social/Emotional

● CSI (Clovis Support Intervention) - Group ● Peer Counseling

● Comprehensive Youth Services

● Mental Health Support Provider - Brittany Beer

Did you know???? Yang

CW Counselors send out many mass emails each year to students and parents to notify you of important events and information.

If you have not received an email from one of the CW Counselors this year--your email may be incorrect.

Parents: please go to Parent Connect and update/verify your email address.

Students: Please go to your Parent Connect and add your email address that you use frequently.

Ofice Hours/Contact Info Yang

Clovis West Counselors	● Schedule appts using calendar

Kendall East

Becca Garcia

Debbie Monroe

Justin Taft

Josie Vargas

327.2120

327.2053

327.2017

327.2122

327.2121

KendallEast@cusd.com

BeccaGarcia@cusd.com

DebbieMonroe@cusd.com

JustinTaft@cusd.com

JosieVargas@cusd.com

links on the CW Counseling Website by locating your student’s assigned counselor.
● Follow us on Instagram -@ClovisWestCounseling
● Class of 2024 Google Classroom

Andrea Yang	327.2119	AndreaYang@cusd.com

Make it a greatyear!

Thanks for joining us!

Best of luck during the 2023-24 school year!

The CW Counseling Staff!