Spring, despite the inescapable beauty and rebirth all around us, can be a hard time in public education. I’ve got some seniors that I have struggled to get through to and their graduation remains in doubt. I’m planting seeds, I hope, some of which may take years to sprout. The job requires an enormous amount Read More
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Here are some nice worksheets that can be used by your students on topics of mental health that are offered free by My Group Guide.
Do your students want to start at a job with a $50K minimum salary? How about the ability to work remotely? To help younger workers, FlexJobs shared 10 entry-level, remote-friendly jobs in demand with competitive pay. The below list was created based on an analysis of 60,000 companies in its database and includes active* job Read More
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Here is a cool emotional awareness exercise that you might find helpful for your students. You can use it if you have students that struggle identifying or discussing their emotions. PDF & instructions are here: https://www.mygroupguide.com/emotionsgame/
Students think of all different ways to get off a waitlist, including delivering treats in person to admissions offices. Does anything work? Make no mistake about it: the waitlists are for the colleges’ benefit, and they can be quite long with only a small percentage receiving offers of admission. Consider these statistics from last year: Read More
Here are a couple different timelines you can share with your students to help them plan out their prep for the SAT and/or ACT Test (Courtesy of Rath Tutoring)
Here are the 2026-2027 SAT test dates you can share with your students (courtesy of Rath Tutoring)
The wait-list, commonly referred to as “admissions purgatory,” is that ugly and uncomfortable grey area – they didn’t like you enough to accept you, and they didn’t hate you enough to reject you. May 1st is College Decision Day, when students must decide and place a deposit at one college to which they were accepted. Read More
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