Thank you for helping to make College Goal Sunday 2008
a success! We helped 3,421 parents and students and more than 84% of the
families who attended found the event helpful.
In an effort to improve the process of preparing your site for College Goal Sunday 2009, please find below information and forms to be used in planning the event and to be used at the event:
Poster- full size
Central Region Flyer - color
Northern Region Flyer - color
Southern Region Flyer - color
Save the Date Postcard
Survey Instructions
Student/Family Survey - English
Student/Family Survey - Spanish
NASFAA's Foster Youth: Tips for Completing the FAFSA
FAFSA PowerPoint Presentation
Sign-In Sheet
Scholarships, grants and state aid make college possible for NAU student
Josh Barreda made a decision during his senior year of high school that is paying big dividends now. He decided to forgo the Westwood High football team and instead use his time to apply for scholarships for college. Each day after lunch, Barreda went to the career center at the Mesa, Ariz., high school for an hour. “I dedicated an hour to applying for scholarships every day. I looked at it as a class,” he says. He worked on his personal statement, resume and references and received help from the counselors staffing the center. Many days an adviser would hand him a scholarship application and suggest he apply. He applied for 15 scholarships and received six. As a result of his hard work, he received enough financial aid to cover his costs at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff. A combination of scholarships, a federal Pell Grant and state merit-based aid are funding his tuition and living expenses. “If I didn’t have financial aid, I would not be going to college,” he says. “I’d be working in a restaurant, saving money and attending community college when I could. It definitely would have postponed my graduation by several years.” Barreda and his family moved to Arizona from California when he was in the 8th grade. His father had lost his job, and they came to the state to live with an aunt. Although his dad found work soon after arriving, with four children in the family, bills and rent, Barreda says there’s no money for college. He and his older sister share an apartment in Flagstaff, and both receive financial aid to attend NAU. Barreda is working toward a degree in hotel-and-restaurant management and hopes one day to open his own hotel and restaurant. A straight-A student in high school, Barreda says freshman year is going well so far. Does he think he made the right choice in high school? Absolutely. “Applying for scholarships instead of playing football definitely helped me in the long run,” he says. —Courtesy of USA Funds
Josh Barreda made a decision during his senior year of high school that is paying big dividends now. He decided to forgo the Westwood High football team and instead use his time to apply for scholarships for college. Each day after lunch, Barreda went to the career center at the Mesa, Ariz., high school for an hour. “I dedicated an hour to applying for scholarships every day. I looked at it as a class,” he says. He worked on his personal statement, resume and references and received help from the counselors staffing the center. Many days an adviser would hand him a scholarship application and suggest he apply. He applied for 15 scholarships and received six. As a result of his hard work, he received enough financial aid to cover his costs at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff. A combination of scholarships, a federal Pell Grant and state merit-based aid are funding his tuition and living expenses. “If I didn’t have financial aid, I would not be going to college,” he says. “I’d be working in a restaurant, saving money and attending community college when I could. It definitely would have postponed my graduation by several years.” Barreda and his family moved to Arizona from California when he was in the 8th grade. His father had lost his job, and they came to the state to live with an aunt. Although his dad found work soon after arriving, with four children in the family, bills and rent, Barreda says there’s no money for college. He and his older sister share an apartment in Flagstaff, and both receive financial aid to attend NAU. Barreda is working toward a degree in hotel-and-restaurant management and hopes one day to open his own hotel and restaurant. A straight-A student in high school, Barreda says freshman year is going well so far. Does he think he made the right choice in high school? Absolutely. “Applying for scholarships instead of playing football definitely helped me in the long run,” he says. —Courtesy of USA Funds