Financial Aid Workshops

Bethesda-Chevy Chase

10/8

6:30

Virtual

Bethany Hubert Going Merry -team with Sherwood

Montgomery Blair

10/7 and 1/13

6PM (BOTH)

10/7 in person 

10/13 & 10/16 virtual in Spanish

10/20 & 10/22 virtual  

1/13 virtual

10/7 - I advertised the MCPS in collaboration with the MC Financial Aid Night event. All Blair students and their families attended who were interested 

10/13 & 10/16 - I advertised the CDI Financial Aid workshop in Spanish. All Blair students and their families joined who were interested

10/20 & 10/22-  I advertised the CDI Financial Aid workshop. All Blair students and their families joined who were interested

1/13 - Virtual Financial Aid Night in collaboration with CDI. Jill Semmens will be presenting beginning at 6:00pm. Awaiting on the zoom link from Jill to create the flyer 

James Hubert Blake

9/15 AND 10/7

6PM (BOTH)

9/15 VIRTUAL

10/7 IN PERSON

9/15-FAFSA OVERVIEW/ROB MADDOX

10/7-CYNTHIA HAMMOND-DAVIS/COMPLETING THE FAFSA

Winston Churchill

10/7,10/14,10/16,12/10

7:45 AM, 6:30 PM, 6:30 PM, 6:00 PM

In-Person, Virtual, In-Person, In-Person

10/7 Parent Financial Aid Coffee Chat with Churchill CCN, 10/14 Financial Aid Webinar w/Rob Maddox of St. Mary’s, 10/16 Financial Aid Workshop with Collegiate Directions, 12/10 FAFSA Completion Night with Jill Semmons

Clarksburg

11/20 and 1/15

6PM(BOTH)

11/20 & 1/15 are both Bilingual  in-person FAFSA Completion Events in partnership with MC and TRIO

Damascus

10/21, 10/23, 10/28 and  01/22, 

6 p.m. (ALL)

In-person

10/21 - Bilingual (Spanish) Financial Aid Night with Jill  Semmens from Collegiate Directions, Inc.

10/23 - Bilingual (Spanish) FAFSA Information Session and Workshop with MC Financial Aid Outreach Counselor

01/2026 - Little-Known Secrets of Paying for College

01/22 - Bilingual (Spanish) Completing FAFSA or MHEC One App with MC Financial Aid Outreach Counselor

Albert Einstein

9/22

11:20am (during lunch session)

Virtual

Admissions and Financial Aid: Understanding Timelines and Planning for Application Season with Jill Semmens (Collegiate Directions)

Link to Flyer

Albert Einstein

10/9

6pm

Virtual

Little-Known Secrets of Paying for College presented by the College Funding Coach

Link to Flyer

Albert Einstein

10/28

6-8pm

In Person

ACES FAFSA Completion Night with parents

Gaithersburg

November 5, 2025

6-8pm

In-person

Bilingual FAFSA Completion event hosted by the GHS Counseling Department

Walter Johnson

December 12, 2025

7pm

Virtual: Link

Scholarships/Financial Aid -  Mr. Rob Maddox - Director, Office of Student Financial Assistance (St. Mary's College of MD) 

John F. Kennedy

Sep 24, 2025 

Dec 17, 2025; 

Jan 7, 2026

6:30 PM

In-Person

College Applications  and Financial Aid Overview - Janae Robinson-Casey and Jill Semmens, CDI;

FAFSA Completion Workshop

FAFSA Completion Workshop

Col. Zadok Magruder

September 24th

October 13th

October 22nd

November 19th

December 10th

January 14th

February 18th

6:30 p.m.

6:30 p.m.

6:00 p.m.

6:00 p.m.

6:30 p.m.

6:30 p.m.

6:30 p.m.

Virtual

Virtual

In-person

In-person

In-person 

In-person

In-person

Little-Known Secrets of Paying for College

Financial Aid Overview Session

FAFSA/MDCAPS completion assistance (bilingual)*

FAFSA/MDCAPS completion assistance (bilingual)*

FAFSA/MDCAPS completion assistance (bilingual)*

FAFSA/MDCAPS completion assistance

FAFSA/MDCAPS completion assistance

* Families must register in advance

Richard Montgomery 

9/18

10/9

10/15

11/5

12/3

1/8

1/14

630p

6p

6p

630p

6p

6p

6p

Virtual

Virtual

In-person

In-person

In-person

In-person

Virtual

Financial Aid Info Session w/ St. Mary's College of MD

Financial Aid Info Session w/ MC

FAFSA Completion Night - English & Spanish

Financial Aid Info Session w/ MC - Spanish

FAFSA Completion Night - English & Spanish

FAFSA Completion Night - English & Spanish

Financial Aid Info w/ MC - Spanish

Northwest

9/15/25

11/6/25

12/10/25

1/8/26

2/10/26

6:00 PM

6:00pm

6:30pm

6pm-8pm

6pm-8pm

Virtual: Link

In-Person

Virtual

In-Person

In-Person

Jill Semmens; CDI: FAFSA overview 

MC- FASFA Completion 

MC- Spanish 

MC- FASFA Completion 

MC- FASFA Completion 

Northwood 

10/7
10/16

630 PM
630 PM

In person
Virtual

Jill Semmens CDI
Spanish-Wendy Ayala CDI

Paint Branch 

Sept. 25 

Sept. 30

Oct. 7

Oct. 21

Nov. 4

Nov. 18

Nov. 19

Dec. 16

Jan. 29 

Feb. 3

Feb. 26 

6:30pm

6:30pm

6:30pm

10:30am-12:00pm

6:30pm

6:30pm

10:30am-12:00pm

6:30pm

10:30am-12:00pm

6:30pm

10:30am-12:00pm

Virtual 

Virtual 

Virtual - TBA

In-Person

Virtual

Virtual

In-Person

Virtual

In-Person

Virtual

In-Person

Mr. Rob Maddox - Director, Office of Student 

Get Ready for 26-27 FAFSA App CDI - Jill Semmens

Financial Assistance (St. Mary's College of MD)/ Financial Aid Workshop (Loans, Grants & Scholarships) 

CDI
CDI 

Jill Semmens; CDI / Completing Financial Aid Applications

CDI

MC Financial Aid Outreach Counselor/ FAFSA & MHEC One App

CDI

MC Financial Aid Outreach Counselor/ FAFSA & MHEC One App

Poolesville

Sept. 24

Oct 9

6:30 PM

Virtual 

Link TBA 

Susan Erb - Associate Director of Financial Aid (Hood College)

MCPS College Success Preparation Parent Night: How to Make College Affordable @  MC Rockville Campus

Quince Orchard 

November 11, 2025

5:30 PM

In Person, Media Center

Karlyvette Acevedo,

Financial Aid Outreach Counselor at Montgomery College, SPANISH PRESENTATION - Hablemos de cómo pagar la universidad

Quince Orchard

November 13, 2025

5:30 PM

In Person, Media Center

How To Pay for College Presentation

Yvette Rood,

Assistant Director of Financial Aid and Scholarships at Mount St. Mary's University

Rockville

Sept. 17

Sept 18

Oct. 8

Dec. 3

Jan. 7

5:30PM

6:30pm

5:30pm

5:30pm

5:30

In-Person

Virtual

In-Person

In-Person

In-Person

Lisa Schaefer and Ms. Wolk/ Info session and account creation

SMCM Financial Aid & Ms. Wolk/ Info session

Ms. Wolk/ Financial Aid Completion 

Ms. Wolk & MC EOC/ Financial Aid Completion

Ms. Wolk & MC/ Financial Aid Completion and MC applications

Interpreters available for all

Seneca Valley

Sep 9

Oct 9

6:30pm

In-Person

College Information Night - Scholarships & Financial Aid / SVHS CCN & RC

MCPS College Success Preparation Parent Night: How to Make College Affordable @  MC Germantown Campus

Sherwood

Oct. 8 

6:30pm

Virtual - Once you register, you will be sent the virtual link

Bethany Hubert w/ GoingMerry - Financial Aid/FAFSA

Flier

Springbrook

September 24th

September 30th

October 10th

October 15th

November 4th

December 19th

February 11th

February 24th

6:00pm

6:30pm

10:30am

  8:30am

6:00pm

10:30am

10:30am

10:30am

In-Person

Virtual

Virtual

In-Person

Virtual

In-Person

In-Person

In-Person

CDI

CDI

MC

CDI

MC

MC

MC

MC

Watkins Mill

November 11th

November 12th

December 10th

6:30 pm

7:00 pm

6:30 pm 

Virtual

Registration required.

Virtual

Registration required. 

In-person

Visit the WMHS Career Center website for registration details.

Mrs. Cynthia Hammond-Davis-Completing the FAFSA: Opening the Door to Scholarships and More! English

Mrs. Maria Garcia-

Watkins Mill HS | Virtual Presentation on Financial Aid in Spanish

MC EOC/Financial Aid Completion (English & Spanish)

Wheaton

October 4th 

October 6th 

October 8th

October 13th&16th 

November 11

Winter/Spring 2026 dates (TBD)

10 a.m.-2 p.m. 

12 noon

6:30 p.m. 

6:30 p.m. 

11:50 a.m.-12:55 p.m. 

Virtual and In-person

In-person

Zoom sessions

(Spanish)

In-person 

MC 

Facilitated by Jill Semmens, Collegiate Directions Inc (CDI)

Facilitated by CDI

MC will be facilitating a workshop: How to Pay for College (FAFSA overview and completion) 

Walt Whitman 

October  9

October 29

December 12

6:00 PM

6:30 PM

7:00 PM

In-Person 

Zoom Link

Zoom  Link

MCPS College Success Parent Night: How to Make College Affordable @ MC Rockville

FAFSA and Financial Aid Virtual Presentation: Why you should submit the FAFSA (w/ BCC HS)

Scholarships/Financial Aid - Rob Maddox,  Director of Student Financial Assistance at St. Mary's College of MD

Flyer

Thomas S. Wootton 

Oct. 8 

October  9

November 20

(Back up date November 17 same time)

6:30pm

6:00 PM

6:30 PM

Virtual - Once you register, you will be sent the virtual link

In-Person

Virtual LINK

Bethany Hubert w/ GoingMerry - Financial Aid/FAFSA

MCPS College Success Parent Night: How to Make College Affordable @ MC Rockville

College Financial Aid Basics w/ Jill Semmens, Collegiate Directions Inc (CDI)