Monthly College Counseling Update: October 2024

To celebrate the milestone, College Counseling hosted a donut, hot chocolate and coffee gathering during Work Period on Monday, November 4th. We congratulate seniors for their successful submissions. 

 

Quarter-one grades should be finalized. College Counseling will be sending out a form for all seniors to complete to inform our office if they want their grades shared with colleges they’ve applied to. An email will be sent when grades are available and when quarter one grade submission has been finalized. 

 

A communication about an optional, free, practice ACT was sent out last week. The date of the test is December 7th. We will begin at 8 AM and students must arrive to the SLC by 7:45 AM. Students can register here. Students needing extended time should reach out to Tara Higgins at 610-804-3740 or tara@franklinyard.com. Registration for our January 11th free, practice-SAT was sent out in the same communication. 

 

Our Junior College Panel will be at 6:30 on November 20th in the SLC. We’re excited to invite five admission professionals to participate in a Q&A to help juniors better understand the college search, application, and selection process. While many families have already started the process, this is the unofficial commencement of the class’ college search. Attendance is mandatory for the Class of 2026, parents and guardians are more than welcome to attend, as are all members of the Archmere community. 

 

As an FYI - Archmere will be hosting digital, in-school, SAT tests for the Class of 2026 on March 31st. This test is optional and Mr. Jezyk will be sending out registration information at a future date. 

 

Our Career Field Trip to the University of Delaware’s Engineering Department was a success. Twenty-two sophomores, juniors, and seniors used their day-off to tour campus, the design labs, the maker spaces, and sit in on a class exercise with Dr. Sheldon Hewlett.  

 

We will be sending out invitations next week for an optional career exercise offered during Work Periods on November 18, 19, and 20th. Six Lives is a workshop that focuses on successful lifestyles that are associated with careers and requires students to make their own definition of success. Please sign up if interested. 

 

Members of the Class of 2027 that are in an advanced math track are invited to also consider the free, practice, ACT test in December. Please also keep an eye out for College Counseling’s next newsletter with a theme of exploration. 

 

Students and families are more than welcome to attend the Junior College Panel on November 20th if they are interested in hearing good advice and some advanced information from the College Counseling Office. 

 

We will be sending out invitations next week for an optional career exercise offered during Work Periods on November 18, 19, and 20th. Six Lives is a workshop that focuses on successful lifestyles that are associated with careers and requires students to make their own definition of success. Please sign up if interested. 

 

We hope you’re having a smooth transition to Archmere both academically and socially. As you get comfortable, please continue to seek out opportunities to get involved to find things that really interest you. If some of your course work is challenging to a point of a struggle, please talk to your teachers and Mrs. Doroh to see what type of resources are in place to help you succeed. The College Counseling Office has a few touch-points in the Spring Semester to engage with your class. You are always welcome to stop in the Counseling Suite to ask questions. 

 

The College Counseling Office will be visiting UConn, TCNJ, and Drexel next month. We will also be hosting the College Counseling Roundtable program at Villanova in December. This program is attended by 60 - 80 college, independent, and school counselors twice a year.