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PARENT INFORMATION

High School Parent Evening Presentations
Listed below, you will find the information presented at our September 2020 parent presentations. Click on each link to view the PowerPoint 

2020-21
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Grade 11 & 12 Parent Presentation
  • Grade 11 Parent Presentation (AP Students)
  • Grade 12 Parent Presentation (AP Students)
  • Grade 11 & 12 Parent Presentation (IB Students)​

Grade 9 & 10 Parent Presentation
  • Grade 9 & 10 Parent Presentation (AP Students)
  • Grade 9 & 10 Parent Presentation (IB Prep Students)​

College Guidance for Parents Through CollegeBoard

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Helpful Articles/Resources for Parents

  • College Board College Advising Essentials-Vol. 1
  • College Board College Advising Essentials-Vol. 2
  • College and (the Real) You: A new push for authentic community service aims to reframe college admissions. Here's what students should know.​
  • For Families: Conversation Starters for Creating a Sane, Healthy College Admissions Process with Your Teen
  • ​For Families: Ethical Parenting in the College Admissions Process
  • For Families: 5 Tips for More 'Caring' College Admissions​
  • 'Soft' Skills Are Hard to Measure and in Demand. Can They Be Taught? 
  • Taming the Admissions Anxiety: How to parent through the college process — navigating hopes and expectations (yours and theirs) and the minefield of status and achievement pressure
  • The (Caring) Common Application: How parents can begin to structure conversations around ethical college admissions
  • Turning the Tide: Inspiring Concern for Others and the Common Good Through College Admissions
  • Turning the Tide II: How Parents and High Schools Can Cultivate Ethical Character and Reduce Distress in The College Admissions Process
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