DestinationCollegeSUMMER
Crosby Scholars Newsletter, July 2020
Our Mission
We will assist public middle and high school students in Forsyth County in preparing themselves for successful college enrollment.
Our Vision
We seek to ensure that every public school student in Forsyth County has the opportunity to attend college.
This newsletter is published quarterly to keep you informed of activities, deadlines, and program opportunities. It is your responsibility to know deadlines and program requirements, so read your newsletter and log in to your Crosby Scholars student portal regularly to find out all the latest information. The June/July issue is the final issue of the 2019-20 school year.
ATTN: Freshmen
The DO's of Summer '20
Spend your time balancing relaxing activities with productive ones and your future self will thank you!
Do
Work - Employment is one of the most practical ways to build your resume while demonstrating initiative and responsibility. Any job is good, but working in a leadership position or in an academic area would be ideal. The more a job challenges you, the more it builds the skills that colleges and future employers are interested in seeing in applicants.
Volunteer - Community service is another great way to gain some valuable work and leadership experience. At the end of the year, teachers can always use help cleaning up in their classrooms and around school, and nonprofit organizations are always looking for volunteers, so it shouldn’t be difficult to find an organization near you that could use an extra pair of hands for a few hours a week during the summer.
Summer Enrichment - These programs are a good way to explore and gain experience in fields you may want to study in college. Many of these organizations have residential or day camps for high school students focused on specific topics such as music, creative writing, science, engineering and a variety of other areas of interest.
Visit Colleges - Campus visits should be part of any college applicant’s summer plans. Taking the time to explore your options early will help you throughout junior and senior years as you begin to narrow down your target list of colleges. You can fulfill your college fair/college visit requirement by taking this form with you on any college visits you attend.
ACT/SAT Prep - Standardized tests are an important part of the admission equation at many colleges across the country. If you've already taken the SAT or ACT, or even the PSAT or Pre-ACT, and your scores aren't what you think you'll need to get into your top choice colleges, then the summer is a great time to work through an exam preparation book or take a test prep class.
Source: ThoughtCo. - The Best Summer Plans for High School Students
Next Year's Community Service form is Ready!!!
As a Freshmen or Sophomore, the deadline for you to submit a community service form is April 14, 2021. The community service form is available here. You may volunteer and fulfill the requirement this summer. Don't forget to submit your form as soon as you volunteer, but no later than April 14. Watch for community service contest announcements - the earlier you submit your form, the better chance you will have to win prizes!
Remember, you can always go to the Crosby Scholars Community Service page on our website to see which organizations are looking for volunteers for their upcoming events. Please make a copy of your form or take a picture of the form with your cell phone before you submit it. It is always important to keep a record of the forms you submit to our office.
You voted...
...and the winners are (drumroll please...):
2019-20 Crosby Scholars Officer's for
Atkins: Javon Siddle, Zabdiel Villalobos, Zoey Yeboah
Carter G. Woodson: Victoria Ojo, Amy SIlva
Carver: Mary Prater
Early College: Mayar Eldeeb, James Taylor III, Michelle Cruzat
East Forsyth: Kari Caines, Regan Rhymes, Sophia Lecnar
Glenn: Skylar Peddle, Jajhayra Fonceca-Roque, Tyrena Davis, Odalis Soriana
Kennedy: Mirtha Medel Crispin, Conjah Legins
Middle College: Janet Hernandez Garcia
Mt. Tabor: Ehime Abhulimen, Nate Shuman, Mary Holton
NC Leadership Academy: Keely Hargan, Naudia Mckoy, Julia Davis
North Forsyth: Celeste Colato, Jacqueline Galan-Rodriguez, Trinity McCatty
Parkland: Gabriela Ochoa Caceres
Quality Education Academy: Aryannah Mais
Reagan: Divya Venkat, Jayla Summers, Lilian Jones
Reynolds: Kennedi Walker, Riley Reynolds, Danielle Moody
Walkertown: London Gray, Dayanara Andaya
West Forsyth: Lyba Qureshi, Mia Laws, Molly Jacobs
WS Prep Academy: Porsche Smith, Julianna Woody
Catch Up on Crosby Plus
CrosbyPlus engaged students in discussing topics to help prepare them for the college admission process and build a foundation of knowledge that launches them into junior and senior years.
After consulting students about the best way to serve their needs while accommodating their busy schedules, we decided to record short YouTube videos and answer questions during a live launch. This restructuring is designed to improve accessibility for all students at every high school.
Click here to visit our website to catch up on CrosbyPlus Videos from 2019-2020.
Summer Activities: Build Your Activities Resume in your Crosby Scholars Student Portal
How do you keep track of your membership in school clubs and activities, leadership roles, awards received, service provided, etc? You create an activities resume! The Crosby Scholars Program provides you with a guide to build your activities resume through your Crosby Scholars Student Portal. Log in and view the Activities Resume tab. Then start to build your resume by completing the chart provided. Building your resume now and keeping it current will make applying to college easier!
Remember, colleges want to see your commitment, passion and leadership and will be impressed by the depth and length of your involvement in few activities more than mere membership in several activities.
HOW TO USE A RESUME
You can’t believe all the uses there are for a resume. Here are a few:
- High school counselors, teachers and others have dozens of recommendations to write. Anything you can do to make their jobs easier—as in providing an activities resume—will be greatly appreciated. The truth is that offering a well organized, easy-to-read, comprehensive resume can only have a positive effect on what recommenders say on their recommendation forms and letters.
- You can also use a resume as a giveaway to a college admissions representative with whom you interview. What better way of “breaking the ice” with an interviewer than by giving him or her a copy of your resume as you arrive?
- Having a resume ready to give or send to a college coach, college professor or someone else you meet on campus or at a college fair is a good way of being remembered.
- Resumes can be used with scholarship applications and special program applications, such as research or volunteer internships, and even summer job applications.
Source: HuffPost's The Blog
Activities Resumes: A Surprising First Step to Having a Successful College Application Experience
Parents can monitor their student's Crosby Scholars student portal, view announcements and events, and confirm if their student has fulfilled program requirements by logging in to their Crosby Scholars parent portal. If you need assistance accessing your parent portal, please email highschool@crosbyscholars.org.
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