HHS School Counseling Announcements

The   Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB)   is a multiple-aptitude battery that measures developed abilities and helps predict future academic and occupational success in the military. It is administered annually to more than one million military applicants, high school, and post-secondary students. Although it is most widely used with candidates for the military, the assessment provides valuable information to all students, as it encourages them to explore a wide variety of careers, rather than limiting their exploration by telling them what they can or should do. The test is a predictor of success in training and education programs, and measures students' knowledge 8 different sub-areas: General Science Arithmetic Reasoning Word Knowledge Paragraph Comprehension Mathematics Knowledge Electronics Information Auto and Shop Information Mechanical Comprehension HHS is pleased to offer this test free-of-charge to any interested 10th, 11th, or 12th grader. A representati

Please join us  next week on Thursday, November 16th during DSB in the Library  for our first Career Speaker Series of the year. This panel will focus on College and Vocational Training Programs. We will be joined by representatives from Boston BioProducts, Griffin Electric, and the Town of Holliston. Sign up using this link ! More information on the companies is attached. All are welcome (including parents/guardians), but please sign up in advance.

  Dear Students and Families of the Class of 2024 -   Please read this message in its entirety - there are a lot of updates regarding the financial aid and college application process at HHS.   You may have heard that there will be a significant overhaul of the processes and systems used to award federal student aid starting with the 2024–25 award year, which includes streamlining the  Free Application for Federal Student  Aid (FAFSA®) form. Here are the highlights: The FAFSA form previously opened on October 1st for the following academic year; in 2023, the FAFSA is currently projected to open in December to file for the 2024–25 award year. New term:  Contributor – Someone who is required to provide information on the FAFSA form. The new FAFSA is role-based, meaning that each contributor accessing the form will only see their section. The Direct Data Exchange (DDX) replaces the Data Retrieval Tool (DRT) to access tax information from the IRS. All contributors must consent to tax acce