Litchfield High School Counseling Corner

Welcome to the LHS Counseling News web page. Parents and students of LHS, please check this page often for information on college admissions information, courses or conferences on test or college preparation, scholarship announcements, and test dates. In addition, check out the links available to other web sites for information on financial aid and scholarships. Please feel free to contact Mrs. Cress with any questions you might have.

Seniors: 

*Search colleges via bigfuture.collegeboard.org, IllinoisCollege2Career, fastweb.com, studentportal.isac.org/student and overgrad.com.

*Get national scholarship information at fastweb.com.

*Listen to the morning announcements and check your email for announcements.

*Sign up to retake the SAT or ACT this fall.

*File your FAFSA ASAP on or after October 1, 2024. Governor Pritzker has made filing the FAFSA a graduation requirement. LLCC Litchfield site will host a FAFSA completion workshop in December, date tba. Due to the FAFSA Simplification Act, the FAFSA will not open until December 1st this year. More information will come.

*Make sure you apply to all prospective colleges by their deadline. Many have a November 1st priority filing deadline.

*Make sure you request your high school transcript be sent to any college you apply. 

Contact Information:

Mrs. Karen Cress

Litchfield High School

1705 N. State St.

Litchfield, IL 62056

217-324-3955

kcress@litchfieldpanthers.org