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Money is available to help you pay for college, so don’t rule out any college you like just because of its cost.
Financial aid comes in different forms. Grants and scholarships, which don’t have to be re-paid; loans which generally carry a low interest rate and are repaid after you graduate or leave school; and employment, usually up to 10 to 15 hours per week. Most students receive a combination or “package” made up of all three types of aid based on “financial need”. The information below will direct you to useful resources to help you through the financial aid process.
NYS Scholarship Information
Scholarship Resources
On our Plainedge Support Services Website, we have complied a list of scholarship information.
College Cost – Scholarship – Financial Aid Information:
Federal Student Aid Estimator – The Federal Student Aid Estimator provides an estimate of what federal student aid you may be eligible to receive. To apply for financial aid, complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) form.
College Affordability and Transparency Center (CATC) – The CATC was designed by the U.S. Department of Education to meet requirements in the Higher Education Opportunity Act and to provide better information to student and parent consumers about college costs. It serves as a central point to several tools that allow users to compare colleges tuition and fees, net price, and other characteristics. The CATC is maintained by the Office of Postsecondary Education with support and technical assistance from the National Center of Education Statistics.
College Navigator – is a useful website that provides you the option to search for and compare colleges on all sorts of criteria including costs, net costs, majors offered, size of school, campus safety, and graduation rates.
Fastweb.com – a search service that matches skills, abilities, and interests to a database of more than 400,000 scholarships.
FinAid – information on financial aid and scholarship search.
FinAid Award Letter Comparison Tool – helps you compare and contrast the financial aid packages from the colleges that have admitted you. In particular, it highlights differences in the cost of attending each school.
FinAid Reduced or No Loans – This link includes a table of colleges that have taken steps to significantly reduce or eliminate the self-help level or eliminate loans from the aid package for lower income students.
FinAid Veterans and Dependent Scholarships – list information on educational assistance for relatives of veterans.
New York State Higher Education Services – The Higher Education Services Corporation (HESC) is New York State’s higher education student financial aid agency.
Plainedge High School Scholastic Awards
Every year Plainedge High School recognizes our 12th grade students at our Annual Scholastic Awards Dinner. Students are recognized for their various achievements, and receive both monetary awards and certificates.
If you would like to apply for a Scholastic Award – please complete the application for seniors, below and return to the guidance office by the indicated deadline. Scholarship Application for Plainedge High School Class of 2023 will be available in February 2023.
Forms You Need To Complete to Receive Financial Aid:
Free Application For Federal Student Aid – use to submit your application.
Federal Student Aid ID – the FSA ID website (FSA ID is needed to file for financial aid).
CSS Profile – The CSS Profile is administered by the College Scholarship Service (CSS), the financial aid division of the College Board. The CSS PROFILE is required by many private colleges and universities to determine your eligibility for non-government financial aid, such as the institution’s own grants, loans and scholarships. This profile should be completed in the fall of the 12th grade year. Please check with college or university if they require this document. For more information please select this link: Colleges/Universities Requiring CSS Profile
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On behalf of everyone here in the Plainedge Public Schools Central Administration, and the Board of Education, we wish you all a Happy and Healthy Spring Recess II and Passover! We look forward to seeing everyone back in school on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, and a reminder that on May 4th we will celebrate the Special Olympic Games at Plainedge High School! #springrecess #weareplainedge #plainedgeschools #plaindgepride #plainedgeproud
𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀!
Help us celebrate Law Enforcement and First Responders. Make a unique thank you for our Law Enforcement/First Responder Heroes for a chance to become an Honorary Grand Marshal in our L.E.A.D. Celebratory Parade on May 29th!
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Plainedge celebrates Law Enforcement and First Responders!
Please see the attached flyer to purchase your t-shirt to wear on May 29th! Proceeds will be donated to Detective Diller’s Family and NCPD FOUNDATION.
To order Law Enforcement and First Responder Appreciation Day T-Shirt visit BIT.LY/PLAINEDGELEAD
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Plainedge HS Drama Presents: Footloose! Don`t miss your chance to see this incredible performance!
April 18th & 19th at 7:00pm and April 20th at 1:00pm & 7:00pm
🎟️ Purchase your tickets by visiting PHSDrama.booktix.com
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🎶 We`re bursting with pride for our incredible music program! With over 2800 students that participate in one of our numerous music programs every year!
Our PHS Band did an incredible job at the Orlando Music in the Parks competition!
🔴 Concert Band - 1st Place in our division - Superior Rating
🔴 Wind Ensemble - 1st Place in our division - Superior Rating
🔴 Percussion Ensemble - 1st Place in our division - Excellent Rating
🔴 Jazz Band - 1st Place in our division - Excellent Rating
🔴 Wind Ensemble - Best Overall HS Band
🔴 Joel Rivera - Best instrumental soloist
🔴 Plainedge HS - Esprit de Corps award for best sportsmanship, citizenship, and spirit. This is only given to a single school at the entire festival and compares all schools across each division and age level, a truly coveted award.
Huge congrats to our talented musicians, directors, and everyone who supports our thriving music programs! #PlainedgeProud #MusicChampions #PHS #BAND #PLAINEDGEPRIDE #PLAINEDGEPROUD #CONGRATS #EspritDeCorps
🌍🤖Students coded their way through Earth Day challenges this morning at our amazing Student Robot Connection event at the Brian Moore Athletic Center. Thank you to our incredible STEAM Teachers, 5th graders, 8th graders, and high school volunteers who did a fantastic job serving as coaches for our 3rd graders!
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Our amazing Plainedge Special Olympics athletes are hard at work training for the Spring games on May 4th! Their dedication and enthusiasm is truly inspiring. We can`t wait to cheer them on as they showcase their talents and celebrate their accomplishments! #PlainedgeSO #Inclusion #Determination
Congratulations to our student-athletes who have committed to further their athletic pursuits at the collegiate level. This momentous commitment is a testament to their unwavering dedication, relentless effort, and outstanding achievements on and off the field. Congratulations to our athletes, their families, and coaches.
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Earlier this month Plainedge High School Seniors, Ashley Snyder and Safa Ghafoor competed over two rounds against 1000 students from across New York State. Safa earned 4th place in the New York State Science and Engineering Fair
Ashley Snyder wanted to explore the factors which might predict a patient being mistriaged in the emergency room. She found a dataset of anonymized patient data from an emergency room. She learned how to use machine learning – the same type used in large language AI models – to identify the patient complaints and diagnoses that were associated with mistriage. Ashley was able to demonstrate sex differences in complaints and diagnoses.
Safa Ghafoor wanted to examine whether reported disparities in organ transplants actually existed. Safa used a government database – OPTN – and built datasets organized by organ, sex, and race. She calculated a new measurement that normalized the resulting transplants to US Census data. Safa found that these new statistics showed that certain racial demographics received more or less organs relative to their proportion in the US population.
We are so proud of these two students for this outstanding accomplishment!
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Important information about the upcoming solar eclipse!
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