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Brookfield R-III High School |
Financial Aid
FAFSA TIME IS HERE!!!
Informational FASFA meeting will be held October 7, 2022 @ 5:30pm in the High School
The free application for Federal Student Aid (also known as FAFSA) is available starting Thursday, October 1, 2020. The FAFSA online application can be found online at: http://www.fafsa.ed.gov. The application process is free, so if you are on a website and they ask a fee, you are on the wrong site! The FASFA priority deadline for the 2021-2022 school year is Monday, February 1, 2020.
Unfortunately, once again due to COVID 19, we have had to cancel our annual Financial Aid Seminar we always hold in the Fall of the current school year. This seminar and information seems to always make navigating the financial aid route a little more manageable to seniors and their parents/guardians. I will have some websites available on the Counselor's Corner which can be found and the Brookfield R-III and also in the high school bulletin aid presentation, discussing not only the FASFA, but also other opportunities for possible financial assistance. The evening will then end with an actual FAFSA work-session, in which our financial aid presenter will assist anyone desiring to have hands-on assistance in filling out the online FAFSA application for the 2021-2022 school year.
Computers will be provided. Please be aware that you must have certain information/documents in order to complete the FASFA online. If you do plan on attending the work-session, please go ahead and log onto http://www.fasfa.ed.gov website to make sure you and your student have your FSA ID's, passwords, and all of the necessary information/documents with you that evening so the presenter can give you maximum assistance!
If you have any questions please feel free to contact Cathy Carlson, BHS Guidance Counselor or Susan Almond, BHS Guidance Office Manager at 660-258-7242 or at the following email addresses: ccarlson@brookfieldr3.org or salmond@brookfieldr3.org
Complete the FAFSA at http://www.fafsa.ed.gov
According to the official website, http://www.fafsa.ed.gov, "the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, also known as FAFSA, is necessary for all students planning to Federal Student Aid, a part of the U.S. Department of Education, is the largest provider of student financial aid in the nation. At the office of Federal Student Aid, our 1,200 employees help make college education possible for every dedicated mind by providing more than $150 billion in federal grants, loans, and work-study funds each year to more than 15 million students paying for college or career school. We are proud to sponsor millions of American minds pursuing their educational dreams."
Assistance with the FAFSA: In recent years, Missouri Department of Higher Education has offered a list of dates and locations where students/parents/guardians can receive assistance in actually filling out the FAFSA on the internet. Once the list of locations and dates are determined, they can be found on the following website:
http://www.dhe.mo.gov/ppc/ffsites.php .
Please remember that this application is FREE, so if you end up on a website that asks for payment of some type, that is not the website you want. When you are on the official FAFSA website, which again is http://www.fafsa.ed.gov , there will be no charge for the submission of your application. Another point to remember is that financial aid deadlines for colleges/universities/technical schools vary. Please check with your college/university of interest to determine that school's particular deadline. Completion of the FAFSA can now utilize the previous completed table is now dee your taxes as soon as possible after the first of each calendar year and then fill out the FAFSA online. Federal money is awarded quickly, so the sooner the FAFSA is completed for each student, the better opportunity to be awarded federal money, i.e. grants, work study, etc. Also, A+ eligible students cannot access A+ Program funding unless the FAFSA has been completed and any potential grants have already been awarded to the students. If the Pell Grant covers the cost of tuition, the State of Missouri does not allow A+ Program funding to also be awarded. Bottom line is, complete the FAFSA no matter what if you are indeed looking at any type of post-high school education!
Unfortunately, once again due to COVID 19, we have had to cancel our annual Financial Aid Seminar we always hold in the Fall of the current school year. This seminar and information seems to always make navigating the financial aid route a little more manageable to seniors and their parents/guardians. I will have some websites available on the Counselor's Corner which can be found and the Brookfield R-III and also in the high school bulletin aid presentation, discussing not only the FASFA, but also other opportunities for possible financial assistance. The evening will then end with an actual FAFSA work-session, in which our financial aid presenter will assist anyone desiring to have hands-on assistance in filling out the online FAFSA application for the 2021-2022 school year.
Computers will be provided. Please be aware that you must have certain information/documents in order to complete the FASFA online. If you do plan on attending the work-session, please go ahead and log onto http://www.fasfa.ed.gov website to make sure you and your student have your FSA ID's, passwords, and all of the necessary information/documents with you that evening so the presenter can give you maximum assistance!
If you have any questions please feel free to contact Cathy Carlson, BHS Guidance Counselor or Susan Almond, BHS Guidance Office Manager at 660-258-7242 or at the following email addresses: ccarlson@brookfieldr3.org or salmond@brookfieldr3.org
Complete the FAFSA at http://www.fafsa.ed.gov
According to the official website, http://www.fafsa.ed.gov, "the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, also known as FAFSA, is necessary for all students planning to Federal Student Aid, a part of the U.S. Department of Education, is the largest provider of student financial aid in the nation. At the office of Federal Student Aid, our 1,200 employees help make college education possible for every dedicated mind by providing more than $150 billion in federal grants, loans, and work-study funds each year to more than 15 million students paying for college or career school. We are proud to sponsor millions of American minds pursuing their educational dreams."
Assistance with the FAFSA: In recent years, Missouri Department of Higher Education has offered a list of dates and locations where students/parents/guardians can receive assistance in actually filling out the FAFSA on the internet. Once the list of locations and dates are determined, they can be found on the following website:
http://www.dhe.mo.gov/ppc/ffsites.php .
Please remember that this application is FREE, so if you end up on a website that asks for payment of some type, that is not the website you want. When you are on the official FAFSA website, which again is http://www.fafsa.ed.gov , there will be no charge for the submission of your application. Another point to remember is that financial aid deadlines for colleges/universities/technical schools vary. Please check with your college/university of interest to determine that school's particular deadline. Completion of the FAFSA can now utilize the previous completed table is now dee your taxes as soon as possible after the first of each calendar year and then fill out the FAFSA online. Federal money is awarded quickly, so the sooner the FAFSA is completed for each student, the better opportunity to be awarded federal money, i.e. grants, work study, etc. Also, A+ eligible students cannot access A+ Program funding unless the FAFSA has been completed and any potential grants have already been awarded to the students. If the Pell Grant covers the cost of tuition, the State of Missouri does not allow A+ Program funding to also be awarded. Bottom line is, complete the FAFSA no matter what if you are indeed looking at any type of post-high school education!