RED FOLDER ALERT!
If you have a 11/15 deadline, your Red Folder materials were due today (11/1)!
If you missed the deadline, please use this weekend to get caught up!
EARLY COLLEGE REGISTRATION OPENS NEXT FRIDAY (11/8)
The surprising source of kids’ stress lurking on parents’ phones
I’ve been reporting on kids’ mental health for more than a year now, and one concern keeps coming up in my interviews with parents and experts: school apps. Blackboard, Schoology, ClassDojo, the list goes on — these apps help teachers communicate with families, and parents and other caregivers keep track of their kids’ learning. Good, right?
Kind of.
Teen Ag Crew
Teen Agricultural Crew is a social entrepreneurial job where a crew of teens ages 14-18 raise vegetables naturally for the local food system, including food pantries and public schools. The crew participates in the full process of growing vegetables starting with initial business planning and decision making, to growing, maintaining, and harvesting the food. Teens work side-by-side with other community members and volunteers, and are supervised by the Farm Manager and an assistant.
Women in Cyber: It’s Hard to Be What You Cannot See
The second annual Women in Cyber Summit welcomed cybersecurity professionals, high school students, and Champlain College alumni to campus for a day of inspiration, professional development, and community-building in cybersecurity careers. Held on October 25, this summit coincided with Champlain Weekend and began with a candid panel featuring three recent alumni, who shared their experiences as young women in cybersecurity.
Mackenzie Marsocci ’20, Emily Platz ’20, and Samantha Moench ’17 opened the event by reflecting on the progress made toward gender equity in cybersecurity roles. They discussed how, although gender bias persists, it often stems from clients rather than within their companies. “I’ve been very lucky to work at organizations that have my back and value my well-being over retaining clients who treat employees disrespectfully,” shared Marsocci, a SOC architect at Hurricane Labs.
Their insightful discussion set the day’s tone and was followed by sessions from speakers at the FBI, the Center for Internet Security, CrowdStrike, the Vermont Attorney General’s Office, and Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS) Executive Director Lynn Dohm, the keynote speaker. Read on…
Wooden Boat School Welcomes New Director
WoodenBoat Publications, Inc., has hired Michael Gorman as director of its popular WoodenBoat School. Gorman, a deeply experienced boatbuilder and administrator, will assume his new role in mid-November 2024.
Gorman’s most recent position was with the internationally acclaimed Antique Boat Museum in Clayton, New York, where he established an educational and operational boatyard. Before that, he was a shipwright foreman and Maritime Preservation Specialist at San Francisco National Maritime Park; for six years before that, he managed the shipyard at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Maryland.
Gorman will become the fifth director in the history of WoodenBoat School, which was founded in Brooklin, Maine, in 1981 as an extension of the world-renowned WoodenBoat magazine. He replaces Director Eric Stockinger, who has held dual directorships of WoodenBoat School and The WoodenBoat Store—the retail arm of parent company WoodenBoat Publications. Under Stockinger’s three-year tenure, WoodenBoat School has explored new directions, and thrived. Stockinger will continue to direct The WoodenBoat Store.
Niche Direct Admissions Wins A Best Inventions of the Year Award!
10 THINGS JUNIORS NEEED TO KNOW ABOUT COLLEGE
Along with the New England foliage, college fever is at its peak this week. As seniors scurry about, trying to remember their middle name while making application deadlines, now might be a good time to get juniors focused on what really matters, hoping they can avoid this frenzy next year. Ready?
This is about you. A few of the seniors in your school are just discovering this, as they try to figure out how to tell their parents they’d rather go to the local college no one’s heard of, instead of the famous college that admitted them that they really hate. You don’t want to be that student next year—so don’t apply to any college you’re sure you don’t want to attend.
That means you drive the bus. The only way you get to stay in charge of things is for you to keep track of who’s doing what—and to make sure you end up doing most of it. So, you write your essays, you submit the applications, you call the college with any questions you have, you ask the teachers for the letters of recommendation, you talk to your counselors. Colleges say they’re hearing more from parents than students, and that hurts your chances of getting in. Grab the keys, buckle up, and get busy.
If you need help, say so. You don’t have to be a team captain or a born leader to get into college, but you’ll need to know how to ask your high school for your CEEB code, because you’ll need to ask your college for all kinds of things. And when you get the answer you need, remember that someone just made your life better. Say thank you.
There’s more to college than classes. If you ask any adult about their college experience, they’ll talk about the friends they made, the trips they took, and the life lessons they learned. Classes are part of the college experience, but only a part. Visit the campus that could be your home to make sure it feels like home, both in and out of the classroom. Read on…
Crazy Weird Scholarships and Halloween Internships
GradBetter Expands its College Cost Transparency Tools to High Schools
How Parents Can Support Teens Through The College Admissions Process
It’s no secret that parenting teens can be tough. Your once-chatty children may now come home, eyes glued to their phones, and disappear behind a closed bedroom door. As parents, we see the physical signs—messy rooms, late-night video game sessions, and a growing sense of disconnection. But what’s harder to see are the emotional signs: the anxiety, self-doubt, or the fear that often bubbles beneath the surface. Parents today face the challenge of guiding their children through one of the most high-stakes transitions of their lives: college admissions. Read on…
