College & Career Planning
Freshman/ Sophomores
What you need to know:
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Having trouble with your classwork? Chat with a live tutor at no cost to you! This service is provided by GearUp, talk to Mrs. V for more information.
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Go on https://tcoe.cacareerzone.org to discover possibilities, explore industry sectors and develop a career Hub. Make sure you sign in and make an account!
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Participate in extracurricular activities. Academics aren’t everything. Explore your interest in a sport, school club, music or drama group, or community volunteer activity. Remember that colleges would rather see real involvement in one activity instead of a loose connection to several. Use Trinity High School's Community Service form to keep track of your volunteer activities for college. Turn it in to Mrs. Corp in the counseling center to receive participation credit in our Academic Awards ceremonies.
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Get a jump start on learning about Financial aid from the following website: https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/
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Make sure to look for a job, internship, or volunteer during the summer! Check out Trinity's partnership with A Cradle to Career here in an effort to give more of our students access to job shadowing and internships
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Learn about the importance of taking the PSAT
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Most importantly- keep your grades up to get the best financial aid package possible and reach your college goals!
Juniors
What you need to know:
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Keep up to date on the latest ACT and SAT information here. Make sure to take one or both of these tests before the end of your junior year. Remember, you can take it more than one time to find your best score possible. Fee Waivers are available in the THS counseling center for those who qualify.
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If you are interested in playing sports in college, make an account with the NCAA.
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Interested in joining College Connections for the fall, sign up here, deadline is March 1, 2020.
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Plan on visiting a college campus? See the ACT's guide to college campus visits.
Seniors
Senior year is a BIG year! While all of your focus may be on graduating and participating in as many extra curricular activities as possible. It is important that you don't forget about applying for scholarships, colleges, trade schools or building your resume.
Please see below the helpful links to help get you started.
Planning on visiting your desired college? Check out the ACT Guideline to visiting colleges.
Keep up to date by checking the website and our announcements frequently.
Scholarships
Scholarships
(Scholarships are listed in order they are received, please pay close attention to deadlines)
Local Scholarships: |
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Scholarship | Description/ Eligibility | Award Amount | Deadline | |||
Trinity Lake Alliance | Please see application | $1,000- $3,000 | May 13, 2021 | |||
Dream Quest 2020/2021 |
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$500 | April 15, 2021 | |||
Cabrillo Civic Clubs of California Scholarship |
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$500 | March 15, 2021 | |||
Shasta-Trinity Counties Bar Association |
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$1,000 | May 1, 2021 | |||
Coast Central Credit Union |
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$5,000 | March 12,2021 | |||
Zippia (Career Expert) | Open to anyone 18 years or older | $1,000 | December 31, 2021 | |||
Sierra-Cascade Logging Conference |
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$500-$3000 | ||||
Scholarship Finder | Please see website link. | N/A | N/A | |||
Human Response Network Scholarship |
*This scholarship is not available to HRN employees or their relatives.
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$500 | April 7, 2021 | |||
PB&J Scholarship |
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$500-$1000 | May 31, 2020 | |||
Trinity County RCD Natural Resources Scholarship |
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$500 | April 3, 2021 | |||
Trinity Scholarship Foundation | 2020-21 TSF Application - Fillable Version.pdf | N/A | March 5, 2021 | |||
Native American Education Scholarship |
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$500 | May 29, 2021 | |||
Five Counties Central Labor Council |
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$1,500 | April 22, 2021 | |||
Continuing Education Scholarship | Continuing Ed Scholarship Application.docx | N/A | March 6, 2021 | |||
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*See application
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N/A | March 13,2021 | |||
Humboldt Area Foundation | Please see website link. | N/A | March 16, 2021 | |||
Rotary Club of Redding |
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$1,500/ $500 | March 13, 2021 | |||
Golden 1 Credit Union |
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$20,000 | January 30, 2021 | |||
Future of Forestry Scholarship |
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$14,000 | Feb 1, 2021 | |||
Tri Counties Bank | Please see website link. | $1,500/ $1,000 | March 11, 2021 | |||
Nor-Cal Retired Coaches Association |
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$1,200 | March 14, 2021 | |||
The McConnell Foundation | Please see website link. | $30,000 | March 5, 2021 | |||
FBLA Scholarships | Please see link. | N/A | N/A | |||
The Bert And Ethel Haurken Foundation | Hauerken Foundation Imergent technologies.pdf | 1,000 | April 30th,2021 | |||
2020 Straight North STEM |
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$1,000
$250 for two runners-up
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June 30, 2021 | |||
Shasta Regional Community Foundation | Please see link. | see link | N/A | |||
JR Morris Scholarship | NWMORAPF20NEW 3-8-2021_FILLABLE.pdf | 4/30/21 | ||||
Other Scholarships: |
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Scholarship | Description/ Eligibility | Award | Deadline | |||
CarBrain |
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$1,000 | April 1,2021 | |||
Chegg Scholarships | Please see link. | N/A | N/A | |||
fastweb | Please see link. | N/A | N/A | |||
Scholarships.com | Please see link. | N/A | N/A | |||
Scholarship America | Please see link. | N/A | N/A | |||
Mattress Advisor's Sleep Science |
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$1,000 | March 20, 2021 | |||
Successories |
See scholarship for additional details.
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$1,500 | January 31, 2021 | |||
eQuality Scholarship Collaborative | The criteria on which scholarship recipients will be selected include:
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$6,000 | January 31,2021 | |||
The Hagan Scholarship |
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$6,000 | November 15, 2021 | |||
Quest Bridge | N/A | N/A | N/A | |||
Scholarship for Student Caregiver | The SeniorHomes.com Caregiver Scholarship is intended for students who are passionate about helping seniors live healthy lives and are pursuing careers in senior care. The award can be used towards tuition and/or books. | $1,000 | June 30, 2021 | |||
CollegeBoard | Applying to college is a complicated process, so we've created a program that guides you through it. It doesn't require an essay, application, or minimum GPA. Instead, it rewards your effort and initiative. Complete key steps along your path to college for a chance to earn scholarships. | N/A | N/A | |||
Scholarship Tips: |
7 Tips for finding scholarships | |||||
FAFSA Help
FAFSA Information ( 3 minute video)
What happens after you submit FAFSA
The Parents Guide to Filling out the FAFSA Form
After you are done with your FAFSA make a Web Grants for Students in order to accept your Financial Aid!