The Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA) at Chief Sealth Internaitonal High School is doing its part to help students prepare for the next phase of their education. This information session should be quite helpful to those wanted to go on to college.

The Chief Sealth PTSA invites you to How to Pay for College without Going Broke! on Thursday, April 28th from 7:00 – 8:30 at Chief Sealth International High School, Room 222 or the library.  Our presenter, Paula Bishop is a CPA and Certified College Planning Specialist.  She will walk us through the ins and outs of paying for college. This is the second in a series of information nights for parents and students.  If you have specific questions you would like her to address please send them to Leslie Menstell in advance at lmenstell@hotmail.com.  
 
Questions such as

• How can we afford public or private colleges?
• How can we get scholarships?
• How does the financial aid system work?
• Do we qualify for financial aid?
• How do colleges determine aid?
• How do 529 plans and the GET program work?
• We haven’t saved enough, what do we do?

—will be answered during this session.
 
We look forward to seeing you!
 
Leslie Menstell
Chief Sealth PTSA

CSHS is located at 2600 SW Thistle Street. Map and directions here 
About the Presenter, Paula Bishop, CPA, CCPSMs. Bishop is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified College Planning Specialist. Her expertise is working with families to develop strategies to find the best college for their student at the lowest cost to the family. Paula has been a practicing CPA for the past 20 years which allows her to combine her tax knowledge with the complexities of the financial aid system. Paula frequently conducts seminars to high school groups, sports groups, PTAs and professional organizations to include CPAs, Financial Advisors and Attorneys on “The Secrets of Financial Aid for College”.

Paula holds a BS from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and a MBA from the University of California at Berkeley. She is a member of the Washington Society of CPAs, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the National Society of Tax Professionals. Paula is the Past President of the American Society of Women Accountants in Bellevue, WA. Paula holds the designation of Certified College Planning Specialist (CCPS) and has received extensive training and continuing education in college financial planning. There are fewer than 500 CCPS professionals in the country who have earned this designation from the National Institute of Certified College Planners (NICCP).