SJND counselors are dedicated to guiding students to their highest academic potential. Starting in ninth grade, the students learn how to select academic course work and enrichment opportunities that encompass their interests and abilities.
All students are encouraged to pursue courses with the appropriate level of challenge for them, including Advanced Placement, Honors, and elective courses that fuel their interests and prepare them for the rigors of college. With the help of this guidance, students are able to find a good match for their life goals and their post high school plans.
The college counseling program at SJND takes a holistic approach to the college search, application, and decision process. Counselors advise students to approach the college application process with the intention of finding and ultimately enrolling in schools that will be the best fit for their talents, interests and life goals.
SJND’s college counseling program aims to cultivate in students a sense of self- knowledge, self-advocacy, college-going knowledge, and other applicable skills. It is a partnership with families, supporting parents and guardians through the sharing of information and resources, strategic planning, and dialogue. The guidance is based on a strong belief that effective college counseling is not merely getting a student admitted to a college of their choice. It is helping the student find their "best match" school so that they will persist and graduate with a degree. College counseling and the college choice process is merely the first step in facilitating college success.
SJND's college counseling staff helps students identify their college goals starting in ninth grade. This is a scaffolded, year-by-year, program to hone specific areas of college preparation. Students are encouraged to take advantage of college essay writing workshops, visits with college admissions representatives, and regular updates on college news and deadlines available through SCOIR, our college admissions software. SJND has a long history of impressive outcomes for college acceptances for graduating seniors.
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