Norwood High School

Post Secondary Planning 

Guidance Counselors and students meet multiple times during students' junior and senior years to develop post-secondary plans and review the application process.

Senior Year

September-December

Senior Seminars: Beginning term 1, students will work on resumes, applications, college essays etc with assistance of guidance counselors.

Individual College Meetings: Students meet and communicate frequently with their counselors while determining post-secondary plans.

Wednesdays, October-November

Procrastination Nation: Guidance counselors are available for students who need assistance with the college application process afterschool in the library.

Financial Aid Night hosted by MEFA: Visit www.mefa.org/seniors for all financial aid planning tips and advice.

Junior Year

January

Guidance Seminars: Counselors visit junior English classes where students utilize our Naviance college system (updated resume, completed a college search, viewed scattergrams, etc.)

College Planning Checklist

February

Junior Course Selections: Juniors met individually with guidance counselors to review senior year courses and review the college planning timeline.

March

Parent/Guardian Meetings: Junior parents/guardians are encouraged to sign up for individual counselor meetings to discuss the post-secondary planning process.

March 20, College Fair: TEC hosted more than 150 colleges at Westwood High School.

 Parent/Guardian Brag Sheet

April 3, 2013

College Planning Night: Introduction to the college process and an Admissions Counselor Panel

May

Junior Seminar: Half-way through term 4, students will meet with a counselor once a cycle to help navigate the college/career planning process

Exploration and Research Tools:

 COMMON APPLICATION- Application used by more than 400 colleges/universities; students must become member with username/password

www.commonapp.org

 COLLEGE BOARD- SAT/Subject Tests/AP Testing information

www.collegeboard.org

MASSACHUSETTS PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES:  http://www.mass.edu/campuses/phecampuses.asp

 US DEPARTMENT OF LABOR: Occupational Outlook Handbook http://www.bls.gov/oco/

NAVIANCE- School-based website encouraging career and college exploration; usernames and passwords are unique to each student

https://connection.naviance.com/fc/signin.php?hsid=norwood

LD ONLINE- Website devoted to learning disabilities and ADHD;  resource for college planning www.ldonline.com 

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