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FAFSA Festival
FAFSA Festival
For families who need personalized help completing their FAFSA, MEFA is holding a virtual FAFSA Festival. Families will be paired with an expert who can answer their questions and provide assistance completing the application. It’s completely free, and attendees can arrive any time during the two-hour block.
Register - https://mefa-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/zcCd_JGSTq6HCiouc15ojw#/registration
MEFA Financial Aid Night at GD
MEFA Financial Aid Night at GD
October 23 - 6-7:30pm
Donna Connolly from MEFA (Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority) will present Financial Aid 101 in the high school black box auditorium. Learn more about the different types of financial aid (grants, scholarships, loans) and the financial aid applications (FAFSA, CSS Profile) as your students prepare for college.
Free to attend. Please register for the event here: online registration form. This will also sign you up for important college planning emails from MEFA. If you have any questions, please reach out to your student's guidance counselor.
COLLEGE VISITS
Calendar of College Representatives visiting the high school.
You must sign up on Naviance in order to attend a college visit. Visits will occur during WIN block.
See your guidance counselor if you are having trouble logging into Naviance, or finding the college visit list.
Everything MEFA Click here for MEFA Information.
Financial aid updates
MEFA’s Financial Aid 101 webinar series presentation provides a helpful overview of the entire financial aid process, and includes information on financial aid applications and eligibility, types of financial aid, and how colleges determine the details of financial aid offers. Weekly webinars will continue through mid-December.
National Honors Society After School Tutoring Program
The NHS offers a student volunteer-based tutoring program for those requiring more help in their classes. Usually the sessions are after school and are free of charge. If you are interested in being tutored by an NHS member, students can fill out the form below. Please have the student fill out the form as it should come directly from their school email.
SELECTIVE SERVICE - ATTENTION ALL MALE STUDENTS
As required by law, we are passing along the following information regarding selective service registration.Virtually all male U.S. citizens, regardless of where they live, and male immigrants, whether documented or undocumented, residing in the United States, who are 18 through 25, are required to register with Selective Service. SELECTIVE SERVICE - ATTENTION ALL MALE STUDENTS
The law says men must register with Selective Service within 30 days of their 18th birthday. That means men are required to register with Selective Service sometime during the 30 days before their 18th birthday, their 18th birthday, and the following 29 days after their 18th birthday – that is a 60-day registration period.Men who do not register with Selective Service within the 60-day window are technically in violation of the law and should register as soon as possible. Late registrations are accepted up to the 26th birthday. However, once a man reaches his 26th birthday and still has not registered with Selective Service, it is too late!It’s important to know that even though a man is registered, he will not automatically be inducted into the military. Registering with Selective Service does not mean you are joining the military.
In a crisis requiring a draft, men would be called in a sequence determined by random lottery number and year of birth. Then, they would be examined for mental, physical, and moral fitness by the military before being deferred or exempted from military service or inducted into the Armed Forces.
PROCESS FOR ISSUING WORK PERMITS:
PROCESS FOR ISSUING WORK PERMITS:
If your child is a student at GDRHS, they may come to the office during school hours to obtain their work permit. If your child does not attend GDRHS, you can make an appointment to go to the Superintendent's Office 978-448-5505.
Please make sure to bring in the completed paperwork (the link is below), and proof of age (birth certificate, or passport, or physical driver’s license (learner’s permits are not acceptable).
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