The College application season is steadily moving along. The School Counseling Department continues to work with seniors finalizing their schools, and getting their applications ready to go. If you or your child is feeling behind in this process, now would be a great time to call and make an appointment with their School Counselor. We strongly recommend that seniors wrap up the application process by December 16th. This is the last day to submit transcript requests before the holiday break. Please note: We are not here during the holiday break, so it is very important to get your requests in promptly. One quarter of the school year is completed and the report cards are in the mail. Please remember that accessing your child’s live grade book is possible in the PowerSchool Parent Portal. Connecting with each teacher and the School Counselor can be very instrumental in obtaining information about your child’s courses or their grades in those courses. Students are encouraged to monitor their courses, be aware of upcoming assessments, and pay attention to due dates. Students are also encouraged to meet with their teachers and/or school counselor to discuss any academic concerns.

We are excited to report that on our College Visit Day for seniors was a great success. 107 students visited a variety of schools across the states. Below is a list of schools that the students went to visit.

• Central CT State University
  
• CT Center for Massage Therapy
  
• International Inst. of Cosmetology
  
• Lincoln Tech.
  
• Middlesex Community College
  
• Naugatuck Valley Community College
  
• Plymouth State University
  
• Providence College
  
• Quinnipiac University
  
• Sacred Heart University
  
• Southern Connecticut State University
  
• Tunxis Community College
  
• UCONN
  
• UConn Waterbury
  
• University of New Haven
  
• University of Hartford
  
• University of Saint Joseph
  
• US Military Academy West Point
  
• Western New England University
  
• Yale University
  

On Tuesday October 25, 2016 Wolcott High School Counseling department took 40 students on a field trip to tour Quinnipiac University’s campus. The school counseling department started field trips during the 2015-2016 school year to offer students exposure to a college campus. Touring college campuses is a benefit to all students, in that it allows them to see what they would want in their own college experience. Often times a visit to a campus allows students to decide on a preference for campus size, location, and a major, through seeing what the school has to offer. It is a good opportunity for students to see the facilities that a college program has to offer. It is never too soon to start touring college campuses; in fact it is often beneficial to start the process earlier during the student’s freshman or sophomore year. At Quinnipiac University students participated in a 40 minute informational session, an hour long campus tour, and were able to dine in the school’s dining hall. Students had positive feedback about the field trip and said it was helpful to see the campus. The School Counseling department will be looking to host another college field trip in the spring, please stay tuned for more information.

Admissions representatives from Tunxis Community College (Dec. 12) and Naugatuck Valley Community College (Dec. 9) will be here at Wolcott High School accepting applications and answering questions. Students will receive immediate acceptance decisions if they have all required paperwork. Please sign up in the School Counseling Department Career Center if you are interested.

The deadline for payment of fall fee bills is November 22nd. A $50 late fee is assessed after this deadline. Instructions for making payment can be found at http://ece.uconn.edu/students/billing-payment/.

Please note that fee bills for spring courses will be sent electronically to students shortly. Payment for spring courses is not due until January 8, 2017.

Please contact UCONN at 860.486.5100 or ecebilling@uconn.edu for assistance.

The School Counselors recently met with the junior class to assist them with doing the Super Match College Search. This lesson is facilitated through Naviance, and will generate a list of colleges that may be a perfect fit for students according to their interests. Many students in the junior class have been meeting with their School Counselors to continue discussing the college process as a result of the lesson. Students will always have access to their generated results. To access the lesson, please refer to the below instructions.

Log in to Naviance

· Wolcott Public school site

· Click on red Parents box

· Click on Naviance WHS

· Log in

SuperMatch College search

· Go to Colleges tab.

· Click SuperMatch College Search.

Location

· Click on location click add to add.

· Click the X to remove areas

· Add how important it is to you kinda, very, or must have

Major

· Click on Major

· Click Bachelor or Associate

· Start typing your major and add the majors you are interested in.

· Add the majors you are interested in. Indicate if you would like the match to show a school with all or any one of the majors.

· Add how important it is to you kinda, very, or must have

These are the basics. There are many more criteria.

-to save one specific school in your Naviance.

• Click +Add to colleges I’m thinking about

(When you log back in you can find them by clicking on the colleges tab. Next click on colleges I’m thinking about.)

Pinning schools allows you to compare them.

· Check the "Pin It!" box.

· To compare the pinned schools: use the "I want to..." menu located above the results list.

-to save your entire search

· Click Save under My Search Options top of column

(When you log back in you can see your saved search by clicking on the colleges tab, SuperMatch College Search, and click on My searches.)

College Visits here at WHS

· Go to the Colleges tab.

· Click View All Upcoming Visits.

· Click Sign Up to sign up.

· Click the Sign Me Up button.

Enrichment programs

• Click the Colleges tab.
• In the College Research section, click Enrichment Programs.
• search enrichment programs by selecting a topic or searching by keyword

· filter the list to only show programs with future deadlines or added/updated since last visit or location. Sort by location by clicking on the Location heading.

Please note: There are fees for many of these programs.

Mrs. Taryn Villano-Corso

Seniors A-D 2017

Juniors A-E 2018

Sophomores A-D 2019

Freshman A-D 2020

Mrs. Alyssa Giedra

Seniors E-L 2017

Juniors F-Ma 2018

Sophomores E-L 2019

Freshman E-L 2020

Mrs. Kelley Brochu

Seniors M-R 2017

Juniors Mc-S 2018

Sophomores M-R 2019

Freshman M-Sa 2020

Ms. Aisha Mobley

Seniors S-Z 2017

Juniors T-Z 2018

Sophomores S-Z 2019

Freshman Sc-Z 2020