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Parent Newsletter Parenta parent’s guideNewsletter to the first year at Rocky Mountain College a parent’s guide to the first year at Rocky Mountain College Personal Identity – Family Weekend 2016 It Doesn’t Come Easily November 11-13 CollegePersonalBy Cynthia Hutchinson, Sleep Identity LCSW, LMFT Habits – FAFSA Information 16 RMC Counselor Remind students they need to complete a FAFSA for every year &It Anxiety/DepressionDoesn’t Come Easily Novemberthey are seeking federal aid. If 11-13they received a Pell grant, student 406.657.1049 loans, and/or work study this year and want federal aid again next By Cynthia Hutchinson, LCSW, LMFT year, they need to complete a 2018-19 FAFSA. RMCToday’s Counselor parents know more about their children’s lives By406.657.1049than Cynthia any other Hutchinson, previous generation. LCSW, LMFT With cell phones, text The FAFSA asks for income and tax information from two tax years RMCmessaging, Counselor email, social media, and computer history, a prior. 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It pulls information directly from the IRS, so • • IndecisionclearlyKeep criticismself-destructive. to a minimum. Your student(s) wants •Klindt RMC FieldTheater 12:00 production p.m. at Billings Studio Theatre •manual Evening(7:30 entry p.m. entertainment: errors - 9:30 are p.m.) eliminated. RMC TheFaculty DRT Music can also Recital save students in •• IsolatingEncourageyour approval from ways social and to connect; acceptance, situa- weekly even phone if he or call, she email, seems and their families time on the back end if they are selected for Losekamp Hall (6:00 p.m. - 6:45 p.m.) tionsornot packages to.due to physicalfrom home. dis- verification. DRT-provided information is already verified, so the •• comfortKeepAllow criticism your son to or a minimum.daughter to Your make student(s) mistakes. wants Let •verification RMC Theater process isproductionSunday, much faster November at and Billings easier 13 Studioif the applicant Theatre has • Feelingyouryour approval student of not beingknowand acceptance, ablethat toyou don’t even consider if he or shemistakes seems to used•(7:30 Chapelthe DRT. p.m. Service - 9:30 9:30p.m.) a.m. in the RMC Chapel “catchnotbe to.disastrous up” and you’ve made mistakes too. • Family Weekend Brunch in RMC Dining Hall: 10:00 •• OvereatingAllow your (oftenson or daughterrelated to to make mistakes. Let Studentsa.m. will - 12:00 also needp.m.Sunday, to reapply November for their 13institutional aid (merit “freshmanyour student fifteen” know that weight you don’t considerContinued mistakes on p. to 2 •scholarships,*All Chapel events Service are athletic FREE 9:30 scholarships, for a.m. students in the Bear and RMC grants) their Chapel byfamilies! completing an gain)be disastrous and you’ve made mistakes too. •RMC Family Grant Weekend & Scholarship Brunch Renewal in RMC Form. Dining This form Hall: can 10:00 be found online at rocky.edu > Financial Aid > Financial Aid Forms. • Test anxiety a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Continued on p. 2 *All events are FREE for students and their families! Please feel free to call or email: 406.657.1031 or [email protected]. Continued, p. 2 College Sleep Habits, continued from p. 1 Some examples of disruptive sleep behaviors are: Parents often pick up on habits that reflect increased stress and anxiety. Here are some methods of encouraging health- • Sleeping in during the weekend to “catch up” from ier habits: sleeplessness during the week. This can disrupt the Circadian rhythm, or internal body clock, that regulates • Encourage your college student to have a consistent the hours of sleep. sleep routine, where going to bed and getting up in the • Exposure to the blue light from computer screens, cell morning happens at the same time every day regardless phones, or other electronic devices, which stimulates of when the first class is. the brain and inhibits the ability to calm down. • Stop use of any screen device, including Netflix or other • Increased intake of caffeine from energy drinks, so- video programs, 30 minutes to an hour before going to das (like Mountain Dew), and coffee often used to get bed. through a day or evening of studying.