Counselor Connection
9/10/21
Welcome
The EHS counseling office is excited to support students and families in the 2021-2022 year!
You can expect a Friday Counselor Connection email with timely information and updates from the counseling office. The EHS comprehensive school counseling program includes lessons for students in each grade, parent seminars, individual student appointments and a variety of other services in the academic, career/post-secondary and social/emotional domains. For more details about our program and resources visit the Eagan High School Counseling Website.
Parents of Freshman:
On Wednesday, September 15th, ninth grade students will meet their counselor in English class during a “Welcome to High School” presentation. Counselors will spend a class period covering the following information:
Counselor role: Academic, Personal/Social, and College/Career Planning
How Counselors can help
Grade Point Averages
Grade/Pass Option
A question/answer session with current senior students
Parents of Juniors: College Entrance Testing Information/PSAT Registration
On Monday, September 13th the counselors will visit 11th grade Social Studies classes to provide information about college entrance tests (ACT, SAT, PSAT). The PSAT is designed for use primarily with juniors as a practice for the SAT college entrance exam, and for juniors to initially enter competition in the National Merit Scholarship Program. The PSAT is being held at Eagan High School on Wednesday, October 13th from 7:30-11:00 am (Periods 1-4). PSAT registration will be open to sophomores beginning Monday, September 27th on a space available basis. ACT/SAT Preparation options can be found on the EHS Counseling Website
Attention Parents of Seniors:
Counselors will be meeting with all seniors in small groups the week of September 20th.. Your son/daughter received a credit update letter and pass for this meeting in the US mail. Please have your student stop into the Counseling Office if they lost their pass or if they need to reschedule their meeting time. We will be discussing the following:
Family Connection online post-secondary planning tool
Graduation requirement reminders
Senior timeline
test scores
counselor forms
College visits
College representatives visiting EHS
College Fair
NCAA Clearinghouse
Reciprocity
Financial Aid
Scholarships
Common Application Student Seminar
The Common Application is a single online college application used by over 900 colleges and universities. Instead of filling out the same general information for each application students only do it once. However, each institution has some individual requirements and students need to work with their counselor. All Seniors planning to use the Common Application when applying for college are required to attend the Common Application Seminar on Wednesday, September 29th. Students will be able to sign up to attend the seminar during their senior meeting. Students applying with Common Application are also required to schedule an individual appointment with their counselor and bring their completed Request for Letter of Recommendation Form to the meeting.
College/Military Visits
The admission representatives that visit Eagan high school are the same people that review college applications. EHS College visits will begin starting the week of September 13th. We already have 31 colleges signed up for this month!!
Students can view these visits by logging into their Naviance Student account. Students should register on Naviance for both virtual AND/OR in person college visits. The registration in Naviance is the pass to leave class. If registering for a virtual visit during the school day, students should bring their iPad and earbuds to the counseling office to log-on for the visit. College visits are added daily, so students are encouraged to log into Naviance to see updates.
College Visits currently scheduled for the week of September 13:
Monday, September 13:
Illinois Institute of Technology - 8:00 a.m. (Virtual Visit)
University of Wisconsin, River Falls - 10:00am
Bradley University- 1:30 pm
University of Denver - 2:00 pm
Union College - 4:00 pm ( Virtual Visit )
Tuesday, September 14th:
University of North Dakota - 11:00am
University of Miami - 6:00 pm (Virtual Visit)
Wednesday, September 15th:
North Dakota State University - 10:30am
Soka University of America - 4:30 pm (Virtual Visit)
Thursday, September 16th:
Winona State University - 8:30am
** If students would like to attend any of these college visits, they can register on Naviance.
Selective School Information Session
Join admission representatives from selective schools for a virtual group presentation. Learn more about academic programs, student life, admission, and financial aid at these institutions. View session dates and register at:
Harvard, Princeton, UVA, Wellesley and Yale: https://admission.virginia.edu/hpuwy
Duke, Georgetown, Harvard, UPenn, Stanford: https://www.exploringcollegeoptions.org/
Dartmouth, Northwestern, Princeton, UC Berkeley, Vanderbilt:
https://www.coasttocoasttour.org/
Columbia, U Chicago, Texas at Austin, U Michigan, Yale: http://discoveringu.org/
Macalester Workshop Wednesday Recorded Sessions
Macalester College hosted a summer series to help students prepare for college applications. The workshops were designed for any student looking for motivation and inspiration as they begin the process (interest in Macalester is not required).
Topics include:
What is a Liberal Arts College
Writing a College Essay
Navigating Financial Aid
Getting Your Letter of Recommendation
Filling out the Common Application
Mac Admissions and Financial Aid Deep Dive
Naviance Student - Parent/Guest Access for Post-Secondary Planning
Naviance Student is a tool for college, career, academic planning and research. Counselors engage students in specific grade lessons each year using student’s Naviance Student accounts. Parents can access important college and career information from our Naviance Student site via Guest Access- password is wildcats (case sensitive). Students should still use their individual Family Connection accounts. Visit: https://student.naviance.com/eagan and select “I’m a guest.”
Grade/Pass Option Deadline is October 19, 2021
Changed for 2021-2022: Students can only sign-up for one class as G/P for the trimester. To earn credit, students must get to a passing mark of at least 60% and may be required to complete all essential learnings as outlined by the instructor.The application and information for Grade/Pass option form can be found HERE.
ACT Registration Deadline
The regular registration deadline for the October 23th ACT is September 17th. Students can choose to take the National ACT at EHS for the October and February national dates. Visit www.actstudent.org to register. ALL EHS Juniors will be taking the ACT during the school day on April 5th (no registration required).
SAT Registration Deadline
The online registration deadline for the November 6th SAT and SAT Subject Tests is October 8th. Visit www.sat.org/register to register.
Peer Tutors Needed for Trimester 1!
The Counseling Office is in need of Peer Tutors for T1. We need help from students with excellent grades and who like to help others. Students can click on the link below to sign up to BE a Peer Tutor. Once students complete the form, they will be added to a list of available peer tutors. A counselor or counseling office secretary will contact the tutor via Schoology when we find a match.
Contact your counselor if you have questions. Thanks for volunteering to help a fellow Wildcat!
Sign up to be a Peer Tutor HERE.
Eagan High School Counseling
For more details about our program and resources visit the Eagan High School Counseling Website.
EHS Counselors:
Susan Olsen (A-B) AVID
651-683-6929
Jolaine Haider (C-Gr)
jolaine.haider@district196.org
651-683-6924
Kayla Hammond (Gu-Kt)
651-683-6928
Michelle Lehmann (Ku-Ne)
michelle.lehmann@district196.org
651-683-6923
Dave Fritze (Ng-Sh)
651-683-6926
Norah Krohse-Hermon (Si-Z)
norah.krohsehermon@district196.org
651-683-6930
Student Support Specialist
Harry Sonie
651-683-6977