Guidance Newsletter from the Pittsgrove Township School District Fall 2013

Arthur P. Schalick High School • 718 Centerton Road • Pittsgrove, NJ • 358-2054

Like us on How Can We Help You? FaceBook! he guidance department works diligently to provide service to all of our stu- A.P. Schalick High dents. Our goal is to assist them with academic achievement, personal and School Guidance social development, and career and college planning. We do this through indi- Department Tvidual counseling and group lessons. If you have any questions or concerns about your student, please contact us. If you would like to meet with your student’s counselor, please call and we will arrange Counseling Staff an appointment. Angela Williams, Director • AP Schalick High School [email protected] Fall is a busy time of year in the high school counseling office as students are November Visits Norma Brzycki, Guidance Secretary, completing the college application [email protected]  York College • 11/4 process. For more about the overall AP Schalick High School process, please see the reverse side. One  • 11.5 Corinn Cole, Counselor, A - F • of the early stages in the college applica- [email protected] tion process is learning as much as possi-  • Joellen Collins-Cardona, Counselor, ble about the colleges to which the student 11/12 wants to apply. To help students make this G - N • jcollinscardona@pitts-  Salisbury University • grove.net information gathering a little easier, the counseling department hosts admissions 11/13 Terri Probasco, Counselor, O - Z • representatives from a variety of colleges. [email protected] The upcoming college visits are listed in  DeSales University • 11/15 Dana Logandro, SAC, the box to the right. To sign up for a visit,  Caldwell College • 11/18 [email protected] log on to Naviance, go under the college tab and you will see visits. PTMS Jessica Botto, Counselor, 7th & 8th In addition, the department is hosting a trip to a college fair in Atlantic City in grade • [email protected] November and will be hosting two college campus bus tours this year. PTMS Tiffany Duca, Counselor, 6th grade • [email protected] Some PTMS students are taking part in a great new program administered by the guidance department. A group of 8th grade students recently traveled to Upper Pittsgrove School to go through a special mentor training in order to become Peer Olivet Elementary School Mentors. The mentors will work with their peers in a variety of situations. Dana Logandro, Counselor • Olivet, Elmer & Norma [email protected] Schalick students visited the elementary schools during Red Ribbon Week, the oldest and largest violence and drug prevention campaign in the country. It was origi- Elmer/Norma Schools nated to honor the life and death of DEA Officer Enrique Camerena who lost his life Tiffany Duca, Counselor • fighting the war on drugs. High School students visit the schools with Ms. Logandro [email protected] bringing anti-drug lessons to the younger children. HS Phone • 856.358.2054 Applying to College Things to Do … 12th grade Applying to college can be a daunt- I Develop a post grad plan ing task. Whether you attended yourself ACT Dates or your child will be the first in the To register visit, www.actstudent.org. I Sit in on admissions rep visits family to go, the process can be confus- Test Date Register By … I Apply to college ing and concerns about admission and Dec. 14, 2013 Nov. 8, 2013 I then paying the bill once a college has Visit Naviance and complete a Feb. 8, 2014 Jan. 10, 2014 resume and a student informa- been selected concern most parents. tion survey To help out, we have included a 11th grade checklist below of key steps in the Ë Try to stay organized through I Decide on dates to take the SAT process. Please let us know if you need Naviance or your own checklist or ACT help with any part of the process. system and pay close attention to deadlines. I Go on a college fair trip (see The College Application Process guidance for details) for Seniors Ë If using the Common Application, please remember to check whether I Visit Naviance and do the Super Ë Make sure to log on to Family or not your schools have supple- College Match survey Connection/Naviance and fill out ment forms as such is due at the 10th grade the Student Information Sheet same time as your application. I under surveys so your counselor Visit Naviance and take a career survey has the information needed to write Ë Check official college websites for your letters of recommendation. the most accurate information and I Keep your grades up • do your take the time to read thoroughly! homework and study Ë Review the resume tool to create an accurate reflection of your extracur- Ë Contact either College Board or 9th grade ricular, athletic, employment and ACT to have your official test I Visit Naviance and take a career service involvement. scores sent directly to your survey prospective colleges. Ë Give your counselor two weeks I Turn in the School Counts form Ë Please keep in contact with your notice prior to your deadline to I counselor regarding college Keep your grades up • do your request transcripts and letters of homework and study recommendation. responses as to update Naviance. We want to extend our congratula- Ë Please ask your teachers in person tions to you! to write a letter and then provide the teacher with a Teacher Letter of Recommendation Request Form, So where did they go … located in Family Connection/ Naviance in the document library Students from the class of 2013 were accepted to the section on the right side of your following colleges and universities... Home page. Please thank your Blue Ridge Community & LaSalle University teachers for his or her efforts as Technical College Louisiana Delta Community they are going above and beyond Bob Jones University College Salem Community College for you. Brigham Young University Millersville University Stockton College The College of NJ College of St. Elizabeth Montclair State University University of Cumberland County College Moravian College University of Pittsburgh SAT Dates Mount St. Mary's Virginia State University To register visit, Duquesne University Neumann College Wesley College www.collegeboard.org. Fairleigh Dickinson University Old Dominion University West Chester University Test Date Register By … Gloucester County College Penn State University Western New England Hampton University Rensselaer Polytechnic University Dec. 7, 2013 Nov. 8, 2013 Jacksonville University Institute Jan. 25, 2014 Dec. 27, 2014 James Madison University York College King's College Rochester Institute of Technology