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Dean's Message

At Hansberry College Prep, our goal for 100% of seniors to graduate with a post-secondary commitment and at least 1 college acceptance, is bold. Our students deserve bold goals because they lead to bold outcomes. Ultimately we work to provide our students with opportunities that will maximize their best outcome. Our students deserve a team of college counselors who will partner with them through the collegiate process with Anti-racist college counseling in the forefront of our minds and equitable outcomes as the goal.

While this year is different for us all, our relentless support has not changed. If anything it is greater than it has ever been. We are re-envisioning education and college counseling to produce equitable outcomes for all Bengals.

To our students, work hard and know "We've got you!" To our families, thank you for your trust and partnership. It is an honor to serve you all, and we look forward to an amazing 2020-2021 school year together.

#All-In

Kameshia K. Ward

Dean of College Counseling

Meet the Team

Kameshia Ward- Dean of College Counseling

Bengal Village Member since 2013-14 SY
Areas of expertise include IB, personal statements, and building relationships.

"I love this work! I am honored to serve all students, families, and staff. I didn't choose education, I was called to it!"

Leah Rietveld

Founding College Counselor

Bengal Village Member since 2015-16 SY
Areas of expertise include Data Analysis and FAFSA

"I love to see students explore their next steps and find success in the path they choose. "

Maisia Reid

Alumni Coordinator and College Counselor

Bengal Village Member since 2016-17 SY
Areas of expertise include Alumni Relationships

"I do this work so that all students have access to higher education, and to help students not only get to college, but to finish college."

Parent FAFSA Info

FAFSA completion is a statewide graduation requirement in IL. The College Team at HCP is committed to working with families to assist with completion however needed.

PARENTS watch this video if you would like a quick overview of FAFSA directly from the Federal Student Aid Office
PARENTS watch this video on setting up your FSA ID. Students are setting up their FSA ID with their counselors. Here is a step by step guide to help parents set up an FSA ID.
PARENTS and STUDENTS complete this form together to let us know how you'd like to complete your FAFSA.
Here is the 9/30 FAFSA Parent Night Recording as well as timestamps to skip ahead if desired.

FAFSA Completion Raffle

That's right, complete the FAFSA with your student and be entered into a raffle for a $100 family eGift card (Food 4 Less, Target, GrubHub, and many others)!

That's not all.

The senior will receive a $25 eGift card (Old Navy, Game Stop, Bath & Body Works, Subway, and a few others).

How to enter the raffle?

Complete FAFSA by February 28, 2021.
Send your senior's counselor the confirmation email from FAFSA by 11:59 PM February 2, 2021.
Then check the portal and/or your email on Tuesday 3/2/21 to see if you won!

January FAFSA Completion Winner

Watch the below video to see this month's FAFSA completion winner!

College January-FAFSA Raffle Announcement.mp4

College Application Process/Timeline

This is the application process at Hansberry College Prep, which has been designed to ensure student applications represent the best version of your senior.

Once the student completes the application, they want to ensure their counselor reviews the application.
Submitting the application review request form, informs the counselor to review the application for any needed revisions.
The counselor will approve the application or inform the student of specific updates that need to be corrected.
The student should complete the revisions and/or submit the application. Be sure this is done ASAP to prevent missing the college's deadline.
Once the application is submitted, the student needs to request that the additional documents, such as the transcript, letters of recommendation, fee waivers, and etc. are sent to the college by submitting the transcript request form.

Once these steps are complete, seniors are expected to complete the additional steps for organizational purposes!

Update Naviance
- State that the application has been submitted.
- Once a decision is sent from the college, update Naviance again to state the decision.
Update their College Tracker
- Add the school to the application list tab once the application is submitted.
- Add the school to the acceptance tab once accepted

College CARS January Raffle Announcement.mp4

College Application Readiness

Watch the video on the left to see the 5 students who won the College Application Readiness Raffle!

Celebrating the Class of 2021

52% of Class of 2021 has at least 1 acceptance.

The Class of 2021 has a recorded earning of $5,365,708 in scholarships and grants.

POSTSECONDARY/COLLEGE SEMINAR

STUDENT OF THE WEEK 21 & 22

These students have stood out above their peers in their respective classes. We are extremely proud of these students.

A2- Dynia Bulliner & Laila Tulloch

Dynia is a Posse Scholar, and congratulations! She also has continued to check in with her counselor regarding her college process, and making sure she has the necessary items to complete her scholarship applications, which is applying to multiple. Keep up the good work. - Ms. Reid

Laila has applied to 7 schools and has been accepted to 5. She always thinks deeply about her college choices and tries to make the best possible decisions for herself. - Ms Rietveld.

A4- Jakalia McFarland & Samira Morris

Jakaila has decided to apply to another school and done the research to ensure it is a good fit for her and her family. She has committed to and expressed each step in the process she will need to take to make this a successful application. - Ms. Rietveld

Samira has done a great job at maintaining communication and working through her applications. She has followed every step of the application process. - Mrs. Ward

B1- Darren Shannon & Naomi Shavers

Darren has decided to pursue a Navy career. He has committed to the ASVAB and other steps to enlist and also has a strong back up plan for his education. - Ms. Rietveld

Naomi committed to starting applying to her colleges and took the first step to do so. - Ms. Rietveld

B3- Jaydon Marshall

Jaydon has been on his A game this week. He has been in constant communication about the process, completed his FAFSA, completed 3 college applications this week and has been accepted to his first college this week as well. .- Mrs. Ward

College in a Time of COVID

Watch this video for some insight behind how we are adapting our approach in a time of COVID-19. Shifts in standardized testing, personal statements, and college applications are discussed in this 8 minute video.

College Team Philosophy and Counseling Tools

Below are a series of videos highlighting content from a Class of 2021 Parent College Meeting. Please take time to review these videos whenever you'd like to prepare yourself about specific topics

College Team Philosophy

This 6 minute video introduces our College Team counseling philosophy.

Overview of Tools

A variety of college tools are utilized to provide an individualized approach to student collegiate experience and opportunity. This one and a half minute video provides a brief overview of those tools.

The Bot

The Bot is one of the main tools we use to provide data informed information to predict affordability, share African-American graduation rate, uncover odds of acceptance and so much more. Enjoy this three and a half minute video providing an overview of this counseling/research tool.

Naviance Odds Reports

At the height of the the college research process, student will begin receiving weekly Naviance Odds Reports highlighting the schools they are researching and/or applying to. This three minute video gives a brief explanation of what you can expect to see on a weekly basis between October and March.

Financial Aid: Class of 2021 Parent Meeting Recap

Below are the timestamps in the video to see specific information. Free free to skip ahead to see the information you need.

Why is FAFSA important? Start - 3:25

What is EFC & how is it helpful? 3:25 - 5:50

How to prepare for FAFSA completion? 6:00 - End

Special Circumstances 7:00 - 10
Rejections 10:00 - 12:10
Filing Taxes 12:25 - 14:20
FSA ID (Student and Parent) 14:20 - 17:15
FAFSA Next Steps 17:15 - End

Contact Us

Use the information below to contact your senior's college counselor directly or use the form below to contact the entire team.

Contact the team

Maisia Reid- mareid@nobleagcollegeprep.org/ (312) 914-3971 / Link to schedule appointments: (https://calendly.com/mareid-1)

Leah Rietveld- lrietveld@nobleagcollegeprep.org / (312) 544-9451 / Link to schedule appointments (https://calendly.com/msrietveld)

Kameshia Ward- kward@nobleagcollegeprep.org / (312) 248-3193 / Link to schedule appointments: (https://calendly.com/kward-hcp)

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