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 Tennessee Promise: 

• Offers 2 years of tuition free community or technical college to high school graduates beginning with the Class of 2015.
• No GPA, ACT or income requirements
• Complete 8 hours of community service
• Students must apply online at tnpromise.gov by November 1.
• Attend mandatory meetings at local high school
• Complete FAFSA by February 15
• Apply for community college or Tennessee College of Applied Technology (TCAT) by February 15
• Once in the program, students must maintain a 2.0, complete 8 hours of community service before the start of each term enrolled and file the FAFSA by February 15 each year.

 Tennessee Hope Scholarship (Lottery):

• Award Amount: Up to $6000/yr for 4 year institutions; Up to $3000/yr for 2 year inst.
• Students must have a minimum of a 21 ACT OR overall GPA of 3.0
• No income requirements
• Students must enroll within 16 months of high school graduation at an eligible institution.
• Complete FAFSA in order to apply for HOPE

Tennessee Scholars:

• Recognition Program that involves community business leaders to help motivate all students to complete a rigorous course of study that will prepare them for college and their careers.
• Medallion worn at graduation
• Wilson County Tennessee Scholar Graduation held at Cumberland University
• Gold seal on diploma
• Permanent stamp on diploma
• Preferential hiring for TN Scholars
• Local, state & national recognition
• TN Scholars requirements are on the web at tennesseescholars.org
• Note: 80 hours community service, NO out-of-school suspensions and 95% attendance is required
• TN Scholars Checklist

Senior Diploma Survey 2020 - Information

• Please fill out your first, last and middle names exactly as we specify. 
• Students must enter their name starting with a capital letter and ending with lowercase (not all caps or all lowercase)
• Counselors will be verifying student information. 

Senior Diploma Survey 2020

This information will be on their diploma!

2019 FASFA Assistance Day

Senior Parents can register here to sign up for an appointment to receive assistance in completing the 2020-2021 FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid). The FAFSA must be completed each year to receive financial aid for college, TN Promise money, and TN Lottery Scholarship money. 

Appointments are in 30-minute increments. **Before your appointment you and your student need to apply for your FSA ID in order to electronically sign the FAFSA. Both parent and student must apply for a FSA ID.  To register for a FSA ID please visit the following website. 

To make an appointment for the 2019 FASFA Assistance Day please click here. 

For help understanding the FASFA, click here to watch the following informative webinar.

Stay up to date will all information from the Counseling Department by signing up for Remind messages. 

To sign up for Class of 2020 announcements please click here.  

To sign up for Class of 2021 announcements please click here.

To sign up for Class of 2022 announcements please click here.

To sign up for Class of 2023 announcements please click here.  

To sign up for WCHS Dual Enrollment announcements please click here.  

The Jason Foundation 

The Jason Foundation (JFI) believes that awareness and education are the first steps to prevention. We want to establish a Triangle of Prevention by providing students, parents and teachers the tools and resources to help identify and help at-risk youth. This is accomplished through a curriculum unit for students and informational seminars for teachers and parents. The programs provide resources to accomplish this goal. The materials are easy to use and are intended to provide educational information. There is no intent to diagnose or treat suicidal ideation. JFI’s intention is to empower youth, educators and parents to help recognize when young people are in pain and know to get professional help involved as soon as possible.

Classroom presentaions will be done in all freshman classrooms.

Please find the Pre-Test link here.

Please find the Post-Test link here. 

2019 Govenor's School

The Tennessee Governor's Schools provide eleven challenging and high-intensity programs for rising 11th and 12th grade students nominated by high school faculty. Students interested in participating in a Governor's Schools program should obtain the application(s) from  a high school administrator, school counselor, or other faculty member.  Applications must be postmarked no later than Dec. 1, unless otherwise noted in the application. 

For more information about Governor's school please visit their website.