Ohana briefs

Advertiser Staff

College-bound?

A free workshop for students and parents on demystifying the college admissions and financial aid process will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Moanalua High School cafeteria.

Topics to be discussed include college admissions criteria, selecting high school courses, rating and choosing a college, financing a college education and financial aid programs.

For more information, call the Hawai'i Association for College Admissions Counseling at 956-4839.

Dine with family

Tomorrow is National Family Day, which encourages parents to make family dinners a regular event in their lives. National Family Day supports the effort to engage parents and their children in communication and family activities. The Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse reports that studies show that, on average, the more often a child eats dinner with his family, the less likely that child is to smoke, drink or use illegal drugs."

What they buy

Nearly three in four teens plan to work this school year, but more of their windfall will be seen by Britney Spears than by banks or brokers, according to a Junior Achievement/Harris Interactive Poll. In all, 57 percent of those polled said they will spend their money on entertainment such as movies, CDs and games; 50 percent will buy clothes; and 41 percent will spend their proceeds on a car. Coming in fourth was saving for college, at 33 percent.

Investing was near the bottom of the list (16 percent), followed by school supplies. Fourteen percent of working teens say at least some of their money goes to supplement the family income.