Welcome to the Lawton-Bronson Jr./Sr. High School Counseling page. Mrs. Erin Benson is the 7-12 School Counselor and is here to help students with Career, Academic, and Personal Issues.
SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION
- FFA scholarships Deadline: February 6 FFA.org/scholarships
- HyVee Scholarship Deadline: February 8 https://www.hy-vee.com/corporate/our-company/community/scholarships/
- Iowa Newspaper Foundation Deadline: February 15 www.INAnews.com
- Siouxland Community Foundation Scholarships Deadline: February 15 www.siouxlandcommunityfoundation.org *Several LB students are eligible for!
- Iowa Financial Know-How Challenge Deadline: February 22 www.IowaStudentLoan.org/Enter
- Tip Top Tux Scholarship Deadline: March 1 https://www.tttuxprom.com/scholarships/online-scholarship-application/
- Iowa Automobile Dealers Foundation for Education Deadline: March 1 Apps in my office. Must be committed to the pursuit of auto-related studies
- NEW Cooperative's scholarship program Deadline: March 1 www.newcoop.com
- Matthew Shepard Scholarship Deadline: March 1 matthewshepardscholarship.com
- Tip Top Tux Deadline: March 1 www.tttuxprom.com/scholarships
- Farmers Mutual Insurance Association Deadline: March 8 www.fmiahull.com
- Morningside Nursing Scholarship Deadline: March 8 Apps in my office.
- Quota International of Sioux City Deadline: March 15 Apps in my office. Must be pursuing post secondary education who are deaf or hearing impaired or going into Audiology, Speech Pathology.
- First Friday Breakfast Club Deadline: March 15 Apps in my office. Awarded to seniors committed to reducing homophobia and increasing tolerance of LGBT issues in the community.
- Tyler S. Bay Scholarship Deadline: March 18 Apps in my office. Selection is based on overall quality of application, community involvement, extrac. activities, special circumstances.
- Home Builders Assoc. Scholarship for the Trades Deadline: March 29 www.siouxlandhba.com
- Ronald McDonald House Charities of Siouxland Scholarship Deadline: March 29 http://rmhc-siouxland.org/alumni-scholarship-application/.
- Siouxland Sportsmanship Scholarship Deadline: March 29 Apps emailed to all seniors
- SFM Foundation Deadline: March 31 www.sfmfoundation.com
- Brian Pearson Memorial Scholarship Deadline: March 31 https://www.iowagames.org/brian-pearson-memorial-scholarship/
- A.G and Rosalee Ireland Scholarship Deadline: April 5 Apps in my office. Student must NOT be in the top 10% of their class.
- Moville Area Medical Clinic Scholarships Deadline: April 19 Apps in my office. Must be planning to study a medical related field
- Pearl Hull Falk Scholarship Deadline: May 1 Apps in my office. Must be of the Protestant faith and attending the University of Iowa $800
- Woodbury County Cattlemen's Association Deadline: May 1 Apps in my office Must be planning a career in or related to agriculture
Example: University of Iowa scholarships can be found at admissions.uiowa.edu/finances/scholarships
FAFSA Assistance
Mary Joan Dougherty at the Iowa College Access Network
515-402-4211 or 877-272-4692
mjdougherty@icansucceed.org
ICAN Tip of the Week
https://www.youtube.com/user/IowaCollegeAccess?feature=g-high-u
College Representative Information
Juniors and Seniors interested in attending a college visit at Lawton-Bronson, must sign up first with Mrs. Benson the day before the scheduled visit. All visits are during Success in the Counseling Office unless noted otherwise. I will have these on the announcements!
Upcoming Visits:
- April 8--WITCC
Regent Admission Index (RAI)--Board or Regents State of Iowa http://www.regents.iowa.gov/RAI/
4 Factors included in RAI are: 1) ACT/SAT score 2) High school rank 3) Cumulative GPA 4) Number of core courses (English, Math, Science, Social Studies, Foreign Language)
Factors to consider when choosing a college
1. Type of school (2 year, 4 year, public, private)
2. Size of school (U. of Iowa--33,300; Morningside--2,800; USD--11,000)
3. Location
4. Academic programs
5. Activities
6. Financial Aid
ACT Information
ACT Registration and Testing Dates
Test Date Registration Deadline
December 8 November 2
February 9 January 11
April 13 March 8
June 8 May 3
July 13 June 14
ACT FEES
ACT--$46
ACT with writing--$62.50 (Check https://actapps.act.org/writPrefRM/ to see if the colleges you are considering require or recommend the ACT writing test). Check out www.actstudent.org also for sample essays.
To register, click on www.actstudent.orgSchool Code: 162-440
Test Prep
PRACTICE WORKBOOKS from ACT are available in my office!
ACT prep class in the Spring at WIT--Chad Cargill ACT prep workshop--more information to come SPRING 2018!
Transcript Information
- Requests for high school transcripts can be made by contacting Erin Benson at bensone@lb-eagles.org
- Requests for college transcripts (WIT courses) can be made by contacting WIT by:
- online at https://www.witcc.edu/onestop/transcripts.cfm
- calling 712-274-6403
- ALL SENIORS who have completed courses through WIT will need to do the step above upon graduation to ensure your WIT transcript gets to your post secondary institution
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Helpful Websites
- Financial Aid--www.fafsa.ed.gov or www.fafsa.gov
- Scholarship website: https://www.iowacollegeaid.gov/
- College search-- www.collegeresults.org *Quick and easy way to compare schools in just a couple clicks!
- Iowa college guide--http://www.collegeaffordabilityguide.org/schools/iowa/
- College prep resource--http://www.icansucceed.org/
- College Search resource--www.collegeraptor.com
- ACT Registration-- www.actstudent.org
- ACT Practice tests-- http://www.varsitytutors.com/practice-tests
- Scholarship search-- www.fastweb.com or www.scholarships.com or www.finaid.org or www.schoolsoup.com or www.ICANsucceed.org/scholarships
- High School planning-- https://secure.ihaveaplaniowa.gov/Home/_default.aspx
- Military planning-- http://www.military.com/
- **NCAA Clearinghouse-- https://web3.ncaa.org/ecwr3/
- **NAIA Clearinghouse-- http://www.playnaia.org/
**Seniors who wish to play college athletics will need to go to either NCAA or NAIA website and register** You will need to have yourACT scores be sent to them directly from ACT (www.actstudent.org)
Upcoming Events
JUNIORS--
- No announcements at this time
SOPHOMORES--
- No announcements at this time
Factors in the Admission Decision (Source: NACAC Admission Trends Survey, 2011)
- High School Grades
- Grades in college prep course
- Strength of curriculum
- Admission test scores (ACT)
Contact Information
Erin Benson
100 Tara Way
Lawton, IA 51030
Phone number: 712-944-5181
Fax number: 712-944-5568
School code for ACT, NCAA, NAIA is 162-440