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Brandon Daynorowicz • ext 212
Grades 10 and 12 Counselor
Heather Cook • ext 282
Grades 9 and 11 Counselor
Lori Chuba • ext 225
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A new survey of 500 top colleges found that 10% of admissions officers acknowledge looking at social networking sights such as MySpace and Facebook to evaluate students. 38% reported that what they saw “negatively affected” their views of the applicant. Wall Street Journal
The overall average acceptance rate across all four-year colleges has remained around 70%. Grades in college prep courses continue to be the most important factor in college admission decisions. School Counselor Dec. 08
Attention Junior Athletes!!! If you are planning on participating in a sport at a DI or DII school NOW is the time to register on the NCAA Clearinghouse website. Fee waivers are available for those who qualify. Stop in the Guidance Office if you need a fee waiver or have any questions. www.eligibilitycenter.org
Guidance News
Pine Grove Area School District Spring SAT Preparation Program
The program will be held in the evenings from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. beginning Tuesday, April 20th until Thursday, April 29th. It will be held in the high school in room 213. The cost of the program will be $25.00. Registration forms will be made available to all interested students and should be returned to Ms. Lutz in the guidance office first thing Monday, April 19th with your total payment. All checks should be made payable to the Pine Grove Area School District.
The May SAT will be given at the Pine Grove Area High School on Saturday, May 1, 2010.
Registration deadline for this test date is Thursday, March 25, 2010.
2010-2011 Vo-Tech Applications
The 2010-2011 school year vo-tech applications are now available in the Guidance Office. The deadline to submit the completed application for acceptance is March 18, 2010.
The Junior Volunteer Program (Ages 13-18)
The Schuylkill Medical Center Junior Volunteer Program gives students an opportunity to explore possible career paths while they obtain rewarding and interesting experiences in a healthcare environment. The hours may also be counted toward service time for their school curriculum, church, or civic involvement. Junior volunteers perform a variety of tasks during a minimum of one day per week and generally a minimum of three hours per shift. Stop in the Guidance office for an application. Applications must be returned by May 1, 2010.
Work permits
Work permit applications and official permits can be retrieved in the High School Guidance Office. Middle School students, stop in the Middle School's main office to get permission to walk over to the High School. Then, stop in the High School's main office to get directions to the Guidance Office. Work permit applications are not to be brought to the Guidance Office until after being hired by an employer. Should there be any questions, feel free to contact the High School Guidance by telephone, 570-345-2731 extension 216.
Career Planning Resources
National Career Focus • Pennsylvania Career Focus • US Military
National Career Focus
General Outlook of the U.S. Job Market The General Outlook search quickly guides you through our database to information such as the employment outlook, wages, and the education required for occupations.
The Occupational Outlook Handbook is a nationally recognized source of career information, designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives. Revised every two years, the Handbook describes what workers do on the job, working conditions, the training and education needed, earnings and expected job prospects in a wide range of occupations.
Pennsylvania Career Focus
Team Pennsylvania CareerLink is a cooperative effort to provide one-stop delivery of career services to job seekers, employers and other Interested Individuals.
PA Career Link- search engine for current jobs in Pennsylvania, internship opportunities, personal inventories, career searches, college and other post-secondary training searches, activities and information for parents and students concerning careers in PA.
United States Military
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College Search Engines
Embark-college search, apply for financial aid, apply online, scholarship search.
CollegeLink-college search, apply online, scholarship search.
Carnegie Communications-college search, apply online, links to scholarship search.
US News & World Report-college search, apply online, financial aid search, scholarship search.
GoCollege, the new, innovative, college oriented Internet search engine allows college bound students a quick and easy way to match their test results and desired majors, geographic location, and tuition dollars available to the appropriate schools.
Collegeview allows visitors to pick from a wide range of criteria when they search its database of two- and four-year colleges. With the InfoZap feature, students can ask participating colleges to send them more information.
Despite the cheesy sci-fi graphics, CollegeNet has a lot to offer. Its three search engines ferret out scholarships, generate lists of colleges based on your criteria, and search school sites for everything from microbiology courses to ultimate Frisbee teams. A word to the wise about a college search on CollegeNet: The first schools you will see are those that have paid for the site's online application service.
IPEDS College Opportunities On-Line College opportunities on-line allows users to find the right higher education options by searching through 9,000 colleges, universities, career, technical, and trade schools in the U.S. based on location, program or degree offerings.
Schools in the USA-This site provides you with everything you need to know to find the career and college that are best for you.
Fast Web- resource that provides scholarship searches, college searches, and resources to locate internships and jobs.
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NCAA Clearinghouse- registration for any student interested in participation in a DI or DII school.
The Princeton Review site has a fun feature called Counselor-O-Matic, which rates your chances of getting into a specific school. Each college listing comes with a link to what students are saying about the school.
Folks at myEssay.com won't write your application essay for you, but they provide tools to help plan an essay strategy, create a resume of achievements, and brainstorm topics. They also have actual essayswith explanations about why they were, and weren't, successful and a fee-based evaluation service.
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PennsylvaniaMentor your source for higher education in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Department of Education- resources, links, and information for parents and students on PA educationally related topics.
The ReDCo Group Workforce Investment Networks the local provider of employment & training services to Schuylkill County Residents offers employment & training related service opportunities to local residents and businesses deemed eligible for participation.
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Finanical Aid
Apply online for federal student aid, and learn about tax credits and loans-including how to pay them back. The site also has links to the Department of Education's college search page and tips on preparing academically and financially for college.
If you have a question about financial aid, you will probably find the answer on this site. Along with an exhaustive list of funding sources, it features calculators to measure loan payments and savings growth.
FastAid's searchable scholarship database boasts over 650,000 private awards. Privacy advocates may raise an eyebrow at the personal questions asked to create a profile, but the nonprofit site uses your information to cast a wide net throughout the database-and the information is not for sale.
National Research Center for College and University Admissions-find extensive financing information and planning resources
FAFSA- Free Application for Federal Student Aid
Scholarships
Scholarship Update - 3.12.10
Local Scholarships - 2.16.10
Dual Enrollment
What is Dual Enrollment-Frequently Asked Questions
College Board- information on SAT and PSAT, to register for the SAT, access practice SATs, access various college preparation resources.
The ACT test assesses high school students' general educational development and their ability to complete college-level work.
PSSA stands for Pennsylvania System of School Assessment and is the standardized test given to students in 3rd, 5th, 8th and 11th grades throughout the state.
The Pennsylvania 4Sight Benchmark Assessments are valid, reliable and aligned to the PSSA and provide an estimate of student performance on the PSSA, as well as PA Academic Standards and Assessment Anchor level data to guide classroom instruction and professional development effort
The ASVAB Career Exploration Program can help young adults identify and explore potentially satisfying occupations and develop effective strategies to realize career goals.
The ASVAB (Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery) is one of the most widely used, multiple-aptitude tests in the world, developed and maintained by the Department of Defense. Over half of all high schools nationwide administer the ASVAB test to students in grades 10, 11, and 12.
AP Exam Schedule-use this link to view exam schedule
AP Exam Registration-use this link to open a copy of the registration form
The better you do on Number2' s free SAT practice test, the harder the questions become. If you get an answer wrong, the site will tell you why. It also offers strategies for each SAT section.