Rosati-Kain High School
4389 Lindell Boulevard
St. Louis, MO 63108
Phone: (314) 533-8513
Fax: (314) 533-1618
Guidance
Making College & Career Count: Letter to Parents
On February 9, 2010 seniors will attend the "Making College and Career Count" presentation at R-K. For more information, and to download the letter to parents and press release, please click here.
Princeton Review: ACT prep course
This spring, the Princeton Review will offer a specialized course to prepare Juniors for the April 2010 ACT. For more information, a course schedule, and the enrollment agreement form please download this R-K Princeton Review packet.
Guidance Counselors: Ms. Cindy Deffenbaugh, Mrs. Judi Timmons
The guidance area includes a resource room for college and career research. College representatives meet with students here. Students of all grades make appointments for individual meetings with counselors. Rosati-Kain has a 100% college acceptance rate, with over 99% attending. All students take the ACT, and the average score at R-K is 26, which is 5 points higher than the national average.
The Guidance Department provides:
- College planning and guidance
- Career/major counseling (group activities and self assessment tools)
- Academic testing and interpretation
- Resource room available for students and parents
- Counseling for students and parents
- Consultation to discuss academic goals/concerns
- Referral process to community professional resources
- Wellness and prevention programs
College and University Research Links
General web-based resources
College Answer(www.collegeanswer.com)
CollegeBoard.com (www.collegeboard.com)
College Connector/College NET (www.c3apply.org)
CollegeNET (www.collegenet.org)
Mapping Your Future (www.mapping-your-future.org)
Common Application (www.commonapp.org)
National College Fairs (www.nacac.com/fairs.html)
Peterson's (www.petersons.com)
Princeton Review (www.princetonreview.com)
Associations, Consortiums & Councils
Associated Colleges of the Midwest (www.acm.edu)
Colleges That Change Lives (www.CTCL.org)
Association of American Colleges & Universities (www.aacu-edu.org)
Association of Christian Schools International (www.acsi.org)
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (www.aacte.org)
American Association of College of Nursing (www.aacn.nche.edu)
National Association for College Admission Counseling (www.nacac.com)
College Admission Testing Resources
ACT, Inc. (www.act.org)
College Board (SAT) (www.collegeboard.com)
Educational Testing Service (www.ets.org)
Tests of English as Foreign Lang. (www.toefl.org)
Resources for Student Athletes
National Collegiate Athletic Association (www.ncaa.org)
Financial Aid Resources
College Answer (www.collegeanswer.com)
College Scholarship Search (www.college-scholarships.com)
Educaid (www.educaid.com)
FastWeb (www.fastweb.com)
FinAid (www.finaid.org)
Free Application for Federal Student Aid (www.fafsa.ed.gov)
Student Financial Aid Resources by State (www.ed.gov/Programs/easistate.html)
Federal Direct Loan Program (www.ed.gov/offices/OPE/DirectLoan/)
MOHELA (www.mohela.com)
United Negro College Fund (www.uncf.org)
State and Federal Resources
US Department of Education- Think College (www.ed.gov/thinkcollege)
Resources for Students with Special Needs
Learning Disabilities Assoc. of America (www.ldanatl.org)
Association On Higher Education and Disability (www.ahead.org)
ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities (www.ericec.org)
American Assoc. of Univ. Affiliated Programs for *Persons with Developmental Disabilities (www.aucd.org)
Multicultural Resources
Minority Scholarships and Fellowships (www.sciencewise.com/molis)
Historically Black Colleges and Universitie (www.smart.net/pope/hbcu/hbcullist.html)
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