SHARE: Originally posted on February 28, 2012 | By Robert McClory College Board and ACT have a few things in common. Both claim to assess students’ readiness for college. Both claim to be able to predict student success in college. Both report they assess major core academic skill areas....

SHARE: Breaks & Career Shadow: How are you encouraging your students to reach out to people in their field of interest? Donald Super, a career development expert, once declared that a vocational role model is the single greatest factor involved in identifying a career pathway that not...

SHARE: OK, you’re going to college. What for? And if you don’t know the answer to that question, the next question is this: For how long? Well, with the high cost of attendance (COA) today, you had better be able to answer that first question with some reasonable amount of...

SHARE: Studies suggest the best single predictor of whether a student will attend a particular college is whether that student has spent time visiting it. While visits are not required, they are important measures of whether it will be a good fit for you as a student. That means your visit...

SHARE: By Robert McClory Head Counselor, Ketchikan High School, Alaska What child escapes childhood without at least one serious game of hide and seek? As seniors, they should not make their high school counselor play that game. While counselors are willing and able to seek, students can...

SHARE: Unless you have a checkbook as thick as the biology textbook you’ll be purchasing for BIO 101, chances are you’ll be counting on and hoping for financial assistance. What is it, and how do you attempt to get it? That’s a good question and perhaps the key to finishing your...

SHARE: By Robert McClory College Board and ACT have a few things in common. Both claim to assess students’ readiness for college. Both claim to be able to predict student success in college. Both report they assess major core academic skill areas. Both will cost a student a full Saturday...

SHARE: By Robert McClory Ketchikan, Alaska is not the easiest place to set up College Fairs. An island school district — air and water are the only ways in or out. Anything aside from virtual visits will take time, money and intention. Since it’s easier to get a few college...

SHARE: By Robert McClory As Bing Crosby might start to croon, “It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, everywhere we go…” Make no mistake, students do not need regular announcements to know the holiday season is upon us. The holiday season means sales to shoppers. It means...

SHARE: There’s, well, a touch of finality that goes with those dreaded “Final Exams.” In our church services, the end of the mass finds the priest exclaiming, “The Mass is ended. Go In Peace.” Unfortunately, the final that all to commonly marks the end of the quarter, trimester...

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SHARE: By Robert McClory, counselor Ketchikan High School, Alaska In the Lower 48, students have the luxury of jumping in a car, hopping on a train, or relying upon a bus or subway to go explore potential school sites. Interestingly, some research suggests that a campus visit to a school...

SHARE: By Robert McClory, Ketchikan High School Counselor 2010 Finalist for School Counselor of the Year (American School Counselor Association) The start of the school year brings more than autumn leaves, new friendships and fresh challenges for students and staff alike. Students may...