STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES
The LSW counseling staff is committed to helping students as they plan and prepare for their high school education and the next step in education beyond high school. Your counselor is one of your most immediateresources. The Counseling Center Staff gathers, coordinates, and disseminates information they receive with regards to community colleges, technical schools, military, colleges, universities, testing, scholarships, and financial aid. It is to your advantage to connect with your high school counselor as you explore the next step in your education.
Get to know your counselors.
Get to know your Counseling Center's procedures.
Read the Daily Bulletin for student opportunities and college visits and the Counseling Center News in the Talon for other information. These are available on the LSW website.
The LSW High School Counseling Team is trained to partner with you. Please invite them to help in your post-high school planning.
Since the student is the center of all post-high school activities, the student must be responsible for initiating and completing the following tasks:
1. Completing and sending in required registration materials for college entrance
examinations.
2. Requesting college applications and related materials.
3. Making appointments with counselors in completing their college applications.
4. Keeping track of important deadlines and other dates.
5. Informing parents of deadlines for applications and for filing FAFSA
(Free Application for Federal Student Assistance).
6. Continually reviewing bulletins and newsletters relating to college applications
and scholarships.