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Tribal RV parks offer special winter rates Logan Road RV Park Logan Road RV Park’s Stay3Pay2 winter promotion is now available. Come stay at the beautiful Logan Road RV Park with a free shuttle to Chinook Winds Casino Resort for a great price now through March 31, 2013. Stay any three nights and only pay for two! Certain restrictions apply. Please visit loganroadrvpark.com or call 877-LOGANRV for more information. Come stay at the beautiful five-star Hee Hee Illahee RV Resort for a great price now through March 31, 2013. Daily and weekly stays are now 20 percent off! Certain restrictions apply. Please visit heeheeillahee.com or call 877-564-7295 for more information. Important information, deadlines for the college-bound Tribal senior • • • • • • • • FAFSA forms can be submitted Jan. 1. Do not delay – do this ASAP! Complete scholarships that are due. Check for Student Aid Report (SAR on the FAFSA website several days after filing out the FAFSA). Request mid-year transcripts be sent to colleges to which you have applied. Request transcripts needed for OSAC scholarship application. Send thank you notes to people who have helped you. Students who plan to apply for Tribal assistance for college must apply for FAFSA no later than Jan. 31 at fafsa.ed.gov. • • • • • • February • • • • • • First semester grades and mid-year reports are sent to some colleges. Check your school counseling office or ASPIRE center for scholarship information. Complete scholarships. Check with colleges applied to for verification they have received all nec- essary documents. Continue to moni- tor status of submitted applications. Check to see if your mid-year tran- scripts have been sent to the schools to which you have applied. Wrap up any scholarship applica- tions, essays and activities chart (for OSAC). Early bird deadline is in February for OSAC. March • • • • • Check for three Tribal scholarships at ctsi.nsn.us. Complete scholarships. Start working on Tribal higher educa- tion or adult vocational training grant application. This can be found on the Tribe’s website and is due June 30. Review the Student Aid Report (SAR). You should start receiving admission responses. April • • 14 Send thank you notes to people who have helped you. Make final decision about which college or university you will attend. • Siletz News • If you decide to decline enrollment to a college or university to which you have been accepted, send notice indicating this to the college’s admis- sions office. May • This is the deadline for final decisions for universities. Send letter of intent to registrar. Line up a summer job. Attend your Senior Awards Night. Review any award letters and be sure you understand the terms and condi- tions that accompany each type of aid. If necessary, arrange for housing and a meal plan (at school). Send thank you notes to any person/ committee from which you received a scholarship. June • • • • Tribal higher education and adult vocational training applications are due June 30! Attend graduation – congratulations! Make arrangements for your final grades to be sent to colleges and universities. Good luck! Do you plan to apply for Tribal education funds? Some requirements and deadlines to keep in mind 1. The once-a-year annual dead- line for funding is June 30 of each year (for funding for the upcoming fall semester or academic year). 2. Students must apply for FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) at fafsa. ed.gov between Jan. 1-31 each year. Your application for Tribal funding will not be accepted if you do not meet this deadline. January 2013 Kaiser, OHSU partner to offer scholarships Reading is an Investment, sponsored by the state treasurer and the Oregon Col- lege Savings Plan, promotes literacy and financial education among K-5 students. As part of the program, all public elementary school libraries received two free books, Three Cups and Spending Success. Students are encouraged to: Kaiser Permanente has partnered with the Oregon Area Health Education Center at OHSU to offer a $2,000 scholarship to one senior at each high school in its service district. Applicants must: • Hee Hee Illahee RV Resort January Reading program, scholarship available • • Read books related to financial literacy Track their time on the English or Spanish reading log By April 5, 2013, submit up to 10 entries for a chance to win a $500 college savings plan scholarship Questions? Contact the state trea- surer at oregon.treasurer@state.or.us or 503-378-4329. • • • • • Be a senior in the 2012-13 school year Be pursuing a career in health Have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 Reside and attend high school in Kaiser’s service area Be enrolling at a U.S.-accredited college or university in the fall of 2013 or winter of 2014 Submit applications by Jan. 18, 2013. Applications can be obtained online at kp.org/communitybenefit/scholarship/nw. emergency dental visits available Contact the Siletz Community Dental Clinic if you experience dental pain or a dental emergency. The staff will do everything possible to see you as soon as reasonably possible. Check-in time is Monday-Thursday from 8:30-9 a.m. and Friday from 10-10:30 a.m. Afternoon check-in time is Monday-Friday from 1-1:30 p.m.
