Preparing our students for College and Career is at the heart of everything we do at North High.
North High School’s school counseling team is here to help our Viking Scholars navigate their high school experience and prepare for college and beyond. Please click button below and visit the Counseling Department Website.
North High School’s School Counseling team is here to help our Viking Scholars navigate their high school experience and prepare for college and beyond. To make an appointment with your counselor, please send email or text.
The North Counseling department:
North High’s Counseling Department also includes the following resources:
Explore internships and apprenticeships offered through the Department of Career and College Success. Click here for more information.
North’s Counseling Department is here to help you with your plans for college and career after graduation. Have you been to the North High Future Center yet? Visit today for lots of valuable information and help with college applications and scholarships!
The North Side High School Alumni Scholarship Foundation has an endowment of over $1 Million and are proud to award over thirty scholarship awards each year to graduating seniors of North High School. $80,000 in scholarships were awarded in 2020. Many alumni have contributed to the Alumni Scholarship Fund over many years to assist our young Vikings in pursuing their choices for post-secondary education.
The Alumni Association has been awarding scholarships to North High graduates since 1984. The Alumni Association has awarded over $750,000 in scholarships to deserving North graduates since that time.
North High’s Future Center has application packets for the awards. Applications are due mid-March. View the descriptions of the available awards.
The Denver Scholarship Foundation Future Center at North High is located in the Library Atrium.
Mission: The Denver Scholarship Foundation inspires and empowers Denver Public Schools’ students to enroll in and graduate from post-secondary institutions of higher education, by providing the tools, knowledge, and financial resources essential for success In addition to providing need-based scholarships to DPS graduates, DSF provides college and financial aid advising services through its Future Centers in 16 DPS high schools, and partners with Colorado colleges to support the success of DSF Scholars. To date, DSF has funded more than $33 million in scholarships to more than 5,650 DPS graduates.
Visit the Future Center scholarship page.
Get a jump on college! There are scholarships open to 9th – 11th graders. View the list.
Your Future Center is your High School’s college resource center, where you can get information about colleges, financial aid and scholarships. The Advisor at your Future Center will help guide you through every step of the college application and financial aid process. Here is a brief list of the services and resources available at your Future Center:
Every year the Denver Scholarship Foundation awards thousands of scholarships to qualifying DPS graduates who attend one of our eligible colleges in Colorado. DSF Scholarships are renewable for up to four years. DSF depends on donations from the community to pay for its scholarships, and award amounts can vary from year to year. Applications are due on April 1. View information on how to apply.
To qualify for a DSF Scholarship, students must meet these requirements:
For more information, please visit www.denverscholarship.org
Scholarship amounts depend on the following:
The DSF Scholarship is available to qualifying DPS graduates who enroll in any one of Colorado’s eligible technical, community or four-year colleges and universities.
Official DSF Partner Colleges are denoted below with an asterisk. These colleges provide our scholars with additional support on campus to help them be successful. The support includes such services as mentoring, tutoring and special workshops. New Scholars in 2013-14 who attend one of the official DSF Partner Colleges also receive larger scholarship awards than those who attend non-partner schools.
Visit our website at www.denverscholarship.org/colleges for details about award amounts, Campus Contacts, Student Success Requirements and required DSF Transition Workshops.
Visit the FAFSA School Code Database. You can use the Federal School Code Database to search for colleges you’re interested in to include on your FAFSA. You can also find detailed college information, like tuition and fee amounts and graduation rates, and compare information for up to 10 colleges at a time.
Life beyond high school is different than what it used to be. Most jobs in Colorado now and in the future require training or education beyond high school. When students graduate from a DPS high school, their diploma must be a diploma of possibility that opens the door of opportunity for their success.
Beginning with the Class of 2021, DPS has redefined our expectations for earning a DPS diploma so that our graduates will be successful in any path they choose. Read complete information and watch a video about the new DPS graduation requirements.
The change in graduation requirements means students must demonstrate their competency (or what they know how to do) in courses that reflect Colorado academic standards and 21st century skills in order to graduate from high school. This new approach is less about the time spent in a classroom, and more about students demonstrating they are truly prepared for the world after high school.
By completing these important components to earn their DPS diploma of possibility, our students will be empowered for success to make their plan for the future a reality!
Learn more about current graduation requirements and the new requirements. For more information about graduation requirements, please contact your school counselor or the DPS School Counseling Department at 720-423-6810.
Additionally, North High has additional Graduation Requirements for our Vikings Scholars.