#TeamVPS: Education Ombuds Rachel Cason
Meet Education Ombuds Rachel Cason and learn how she helps students and families dealing with a discipline matter.
National Apprenticeship Week Virtual Career Fair (11/12/20)
The National Apprenticeship Week (NAW) celebration spotlights and increases community awareness about the benefits of apprenticeship, pre-apprenticeship, and trade programs to hundreds of young adults, job seekers, educational partners, and community leaders. November 12, 2020 from 4:00-6:00PM This virtual career fair (in conjunction with National Apprenticeship Week) will connect you directly with Washington state-approved apprenticeship [...]
New VSAA Career Center hub
We now have a Career Center hub to provide students with information about internships, college searches, financial aid, and more! It provides dates of upcoming college visits/career fairs and more, information about FAFSA, a career-oriented VPS newsfeed, and the ability to request an appointment with the VSAA Career Counselor. Visit our new Career Center hub
Golf Caddies Going to UW (Full-Tuition with Room & Board Scholarship)
The Evans Scholars Foundation awards over 280 full-tuition scholarships to golf caddies. Applicants from Washington State must plan on attending the University of Washington. Recipients of this scholarship LIVE in the Evans Scholar House on campus. This very specific scholarship may be just for you! Less than 1,000 students apply annually. Apply here. Deadline: October [...]
Free flu shots for Kaiser insurance members
Now through October 30th Kaiser members can receive a flu shot via drive-through or walk-up clinics. Hours are Monday-Friday 8am-5pm and Saturday 9am-5pm. Drive-through clinics--no need to exit your car, just drive up and roll up your sleeve: Longview/Kelso Medical Office, 1230 7th Ave., Longview Tualatin Medical Office, 19185 SW 90th Ave., Tualatin Tanasbourne Medical [...]
Blood donors receive free COVID antibody test
Blood donors donating through the American Red Cross receive a free COVID antibody test and a $5 Amazon gift card! For more details and to sign up go here and next to the Make an Appointment button enter code schoolofart instead of a zip code. Scheduling will be open through November 4th.
Free flu shots for the uninsured
Free drive-thru influenza vaccination for adults When: Noon - 3 pm Saturday, Oct. 17 & Oct. 24 Where: Free Clinic of Southwest Washington 4100 Plomondon St. Vancouver, WA 98661 Cost: Free for the uninsured in Clark County For other free resources, visit our Family Resources page
Scholarships 101
Searching for scholarships may feel like a job and seniors should treat it as such! It takes time, good research skills and organization to score scholarships. Here are some tips. KNOW WHERE TO GO FutureMe.vansd.org has a comprehensive list of scholarships that can be searched by GPA, industry or eligibility (just click Featured Scholarships) Local [...]
Assistance with Financial Aid Forms!
You don't have to fill out those financial aid forms in the dark! There's help out there (and here!) Step 1: Turn on the light :) Step 2: Check out this simple How To Create Your FSA ID (Federal Student Aid) to get you started (with pictures!) Step 3: WSU Vancouver has an entire staff [...]
AP Students Must Enroll Online
Calling all AP Students! October is a great month to make sure that you’ve enrolled in all of your AP class sections online! If you’re in an AP class, your teacher has asked you to enroll online in that AP section for the class. This process is very important to complete because it’s how we [...]