College Forward overview & junior/ senior expectations.

1. WELCOME BACK TO
COLLEGE FORWARD!!!
Where am I???
Aneasha Lawrence

2. AGENDA FOR THE DAY
 Fill out “Tell it like it is” & “Parent Brag Sheet”
 Bring in your schedule
 Sign up for 1x1 with me
 Turn in any missing paperwork from your
application
 College Forward overview
 Senior year & Completion expectations
 Community service

3. ANNOUNCEMENTS!!!!
 My contact information
 Aneasha Lawrence
 Cell phone #: (818)726-2287
 Scholarship Opportunity
 Let me know if you’re interested
 Football game tomorrow night
 Manor vs. Elgin @7:30pm
 Anything else?
Anyone going to ACL?

4. JOIN US!
COLLEGE/UNIVERSIDAD 101*
*REQUIRED FOR NEW JUNIORS & THEIR PARENTS
Saturday Nov. 10th at Texas State University, San Marcos
9am to 4:30pm
Breakfast, lunch, bus transportation, and child care
provided—all free!
 First chance to take a full-length practice ACT, explore the
Texas State campus, and meet some of our current college
students attending Texas State.
 Parents will learn about college admission, financial aid, and
how to support their students’ college journey.
 RSVP for more details. Spanish speakers welcome!
 Call or email Lauren Newby, Office & Events Manager
 512.879.0055
 info@collegeforward.org

5. ICE BREAKER!!!
Train wreck!!!
 Get into groups and form a circle with one person in
the middle
 Mark your spot
 The person in the middle will share something
about themselves. If that statement applies to you,
then switch spots with other people who have that
commonality.
 If there isn’t another person to switch with, then you
must go in the middle

6. •What is it?
•What do we do during junior &
senior year?

7. Junior Year expectations
10 “Maybe” Colleges (December)
Intro to Colleges
(November)
Test Preparation
(February)
6 “Maybe” Colleges (June)
Intro to Self (October)
ACT/SAT Test
(April)
Road Trip (June)
ACT/SAT Test 10 “Maybe” Colleges (May &
(May) June)
Essays (May)

8. SENIOR YEAR EXPECTATIONS
Essay Workshops Submit College Apps.
(December) (October)
Scholarship Applications
(Ongoing) Work on Applications
(Sept. & Oct.)
Final Decisions on
Persistence Support
Colleges (September)
Begins (Summer)
Graduation! (June
Scholarship or May)
Workshops
(December)
Financial Aid Packages Arrive
(March & April)
Acceptances FAFSA
(Ongoing) (February)
College Transition
Classes (Spring)

9.  What are you most looking forward to during this
year?
 Why did you join College Forward?
 Why do you want to go to college?
 Any suggestions for how I can be a great coach?
 What ground rules should we have for the class?

10. COMMUNITY SERVICE
 Places I’ve served

11. NEXT WEEK
 Community service
 Beginning of year survey
 College of the day