I’m not a fan of worksheets. I do love planning sheets to keep me organized. This is a great website only because it lists almost any kind of planning sheet, inventory tests, and career planning resource.

http://www.khake.com/page95.html

New mailout just came in from Student Finance Dept. It lists some allowable monthly costs that can be applied for on Student Loans. In summary:

• Living away costs are $429 for rent/mortgage/utilities and $512 for food/clothing/transportation/etc.
• Living at home costs are $432 for food/clothing/transportation/etc.

Special considerations may be given if the amounts you are applying for are more than this. You will have to give a copy of rent or mortgage agreement and copies of utility bills for the last three months.

If you work part-time during school the first $800 you make every month is exempt and will not affect your student loan.

Applications may be made in paper or online. Both are available in the late spring. Unfortunately you can apply online using a Macintosh computer. BOO! (Editorial comment: This just screams of laziness on the part of Alberta Education in not getting decent programmers for varioius web browsers other than Internet Explorer. If Google or Ebay or Amazon or . . . even Microsoft can get their sites to work on any computer than so can Alberta.)

To apply you will need your Alberta Student Number (ask at school). To find out how student loans work, complete the Counselling sesson on the EDULINX site. Or you can call 1-800-222-6485.

The University of Alberta is offering T2U: Transition to University. The cost of the program is $30. This includes a free success workshop in the fall semester and a free mixer. T2U is an online course that helps students with the transition from high school to university. For more information go to www.ualberta.ca/t2u.

I received the following email . . .I wish more programs offered similar resources.

The College of Commerce has created a new online resource for students,
parents and counsellors to obtain information regarding the First Year
Bachelor of Commerce curriculum and the registration process.

Visit http://www.commerce.usask.ca/programs/undergrad/tutorial.asp to view 4
short, informative registration tutorials – customized for the
First Year Commerce program!

As a “resource feature of the day” kinda post, I want to let you know about free planning guides. These are written for students and parents. They provide you with a series of things to do when looking toward your future post-secondary studies. It does not matter if you are headed to university, college, or an apprenticeship program. The guides are in pdf format and they can also be ordered in a print version.

And they are written for three levels: Grade 6, Grade 9 and Grade 12.

A link for all the guides is found here: http://www.alis.gov.ab.ca/learning/pset/planning.asp