Saranac High School Counseling News
Vol 17
Scheduling, Scheduling, Scheduling
It is that time of year again! Mrs. Rosenbaum and Mrs. Sproule have met with almost all of the juniors to begin the scheduling process. During each full period meeting, juniors identified career and college interests, went over how to sign up for an SAT and ACT, reviewed their transcript, discussed "summer homework" (including a college essay and a brag sheet), and chose courses that would be most appropriate. The counselors also reviewed two field trip opportunities (College 101 in March and SUNY North Country Day in April) available to college bound students and strongly encouraged students to choose at least one. Each student was given a folder with all of this information to bring home and we hope that you get a chance to go over this with them! We will begin similar meetings with sophomores beginning next Monday and will share information in these meetings that are appropriate for them, and then we will move onto the freshmen.
Career Cruising Assessment
We will begin the Career Cruising assessment with sophomores, during English classes, when we get back from April vacation. Two days will be spent helping the students identify their strengths and interests, and matching those up with potential careers. This is a chance to start the conversation with our sophomores about what their plans could be after high school and how to make the most of their time here.
CV-TEC Field Trip for Sophomores
10th grade students that have signed up and returned permission slips will be attending a field trip at CV-TEC tomorrow. If we have a snow day, the field trip will take place on Friday, March 9th.
College 101 Field Trip for Juniors
On Wednesday, March 21st, juniors will have the opportunity to attend College 101 at Clinton Community College. This field trip will have an admissions panel, a student panel, and a small college fair with two and four year colleges as well as state and private universities. This is a great chance to learn more about the college admissions process from admissions counselors as well as a chance to network with prospective colleges your child might be interested in. Space is limited so first come first serve. Permission slips are due next Monday, March 12th.
CAP and AP Payment Due
Please remember that CAP payment is due to Clinton Community College by Friday March 23rd and AP Payment is due to Saranac High School Guidance Office by Friday March 30th. Please make checks out to Saranac Central School District for the AP Exams.
Scholarships
We have many scholarships available for our seniors continuing their education next year. Please have your child check the bulletin board outside of the Guidance Office to see what is available. We have scholarships specifically for healthcare fields, education, business, members of the credit union etc. Deadlines for many of these scholarships are fast approaching, so please encourage your child to take advantage of what is available!
Important Dates
- 3/8/18: CV-TEC Career Day-sophomore field trip
- 3/10/18: SAT (register by February 9th www.collegeboard.org)
- 3/13/18: CCYB Leadership Conference
- 3/21/18: College 101-junior field trip
- 3/30/18: AP Exam Fee Day
- 4/18/18: ACT (register by March 9th www.act.org)
- 4/24/18: SUNY North Country Day-junior field trip
- 5/5/18: SAT (register by April 6th www.collegeboard.org)
- 5/9/18: AP English Exam
- 5/10/18: AP Government Exam
- 5/11/18: AP U.S. History Exam
- 5/15/18: AP Calculus Exam
- 6/2/18: SAT (register by May 3rd www.collegeboard.org)
- 6/5/18: CAP French and Spanish Exam
- 6/9/18: ACT (register by May 4th www.act.org)
Contact Us
Website: http://www.saranac.org
Location: 60 Picketts Corners Road, Saranac, NY, USA
Phone: 518-565-5810