Debra Strell

Supervisor of
Counseling Services
Dstrell@obenschools.org
Advice For Our Soon To Be Seniors
Deanna Cali
Grades 10-12/A-K
Dcali@obenschools.org

Rebecca Lieberman
Grades 10-12/L-Z
Rlieberman@obenschools.org

Lisa Lowe
Grades 7-9/A-K
Llowe@obenschools.org

Danielle Urtheil
Grades 7-9/L-Z
Durtheil@obenschools.org

If you havent done so already, please visit college that is on your list of schools
you are interested in.
To keep yourself organized, you should compile a list of schools you are interested
in on the Naviance website. By the time you begin your senior year in September,
that list should be narrowed down.

150 East Main Street

Oyster Bay, NY 11771
(516) 624-6526
Fax: (516) 802-8030

 Oyster Bay High School Counseling Center

9/7/2016 7:00p
For those of you entering grades 9 to 11, it is never too early to start planning. Take the time you Senior Year College Information
have over the summer and throughout the school year to stay involved. You shoul focus more on Night
excelling on fewer activites rather tan stretching yourself too thin with an exorbent amount of
activities. Colleges and universities want to see that you are active in your community. If you are 9/14/2016 12:30-2:00p
unsure of what careers you may be interested in, take the career inventory on Naviance or on the OBHS Mini College Day
NYS Department of Labor program called Career Zone. During this time, you also have the
9/18/2016 12-2:30p
opportunity to bank on sholarship money base don your overall performance between grades 9
Fall College Expo at SUNY Old
and 12. You should crate an account on Raise.me scholarship to begin the process. Many of you
hve summer Reading assignments, please make sure you complete them prior to the start of the Westbury
school year. 9/21/2016 8:15-9:45p
. OBHS Mini College Day

2015/2016 SAT and ACT Dates 9/28/2016 - 10:30a-12p

Please take a look at the deadlines for each exam. If you are a senior and you want to have your OBHS Mini College Day
scores back in time for deadlines, take the September ACT and October SAT. ACT will now be 10/2/2016 11:00a-3:00p
offered here at the high school in April. LI National College Fair at Suffolk
Community College, Grant Campus
SAT & SUBJECT TEST
REGISTRATION LATE REGISTRATION 11/2/2016
TEST DATE PSAT at OBHS
DEADLINE (additional fee)
*October 1, 2016 September 2, 2016 September 16, 2016 1/19/2017
*November 5, 2016 October 7, 2016 October 21, 2016
10th Grade College Information
December 3, 2016 November 4, 2016 November 18, 2016 Night
January 28, 2017 December 30, 2016 January 13, 2017
**March 11, 2017 February 10, 2017 February 24, 2017 2/2/2017 7:00p
*May 6, 2017 April 7, 2017 April 21, 2017 PSAT Giveback Night
June 3, 2017 May 5, 2017 May 19, 2017 2/8/2017 7:00p
Junior Year College Information
ACT TEST Night
REGISTRATION LATE REGISTRATION
TEST DATE 3/30/2017 7:00p
DEADLINE (additional fee)
*September 10, 2016 August 5, 2016 August 6-19, 2016 Financial Aid Night (Spanish &
*October 22, 2016 September 16, 2016 September 17-30, 2016 English)
December 10, 2016 November 4, 2016 November 5-18, 2016 4/27/2017 7:00p
February 11, 2017 January 13, 2017 January 14-20, 2017 8th Grade College Information Night
*April 8, 2017 March 3, 2017 March 4-17, 2017
*June 10, 2017 May 5, 2017 May 6-19, 2017 5/1-5/12/2017
Advanced Placement Exams

On behalf of the entire Counseling Center staff, we congratulate

the Class of 2016 and wish you the best that life has to offer!
To the rest of our students, we hope you have a great and
productive summer. We look forward to seeing you in September!
Oyster Bay High School 150 East Main Street Oyster Bay, NY 11771 IMPORTANT DATES
Newsletter Editors: Rebecca Lieberman & Deanna Cali
FOR 2016/2017
2015/2016