College & Career

Seniors: Please come by the College and Career Center during 6th, 7th, academy, lunch and/or brunch to work on your common application and UC application. Tips and strategies provided during all sessions. MaiaLearning tutorials are also provided at each visit. Great tips here!
 
Sports Recruiting Presentation: Acalanes is hosting a presentation for families of student athletes. This will be held on Monday, Sep 9 at 7pm in the PAC. Students and parents of all grades and sports are welcome to attend. For more information, click here.
 
Frosh students can join a free webinar led by Revolution Prep on 3 Essential Skills Your Student Needs to Kickstart their School Year on Sep 24 at 5pm.

Seniors: Please come by the College and Career Center during 6th, 7th, academy, lunch and/or brunch to work on your common application and UC application. Tips and strategies provided during all sessions. MaiaLearning tutorials are also provided at each visit. Great tips here!
 
Sports Recruiting Presentation: Acalanes is hosting a presentation for families of student athletes. This will be held on Monday, Sep 9 at 7pm in the PAC. Students and parents of all grades and sports are welcome to attend. For more information, click here.
 
Frosh, Sophomores, Juniors Out-of-State College Fair:
When: Thursday, Sep 5, 6-8pm
Where: Las Lomas Library
Join the Las Lomas College & Career Center for an out-of-state college fair on Sep 5 at 6pm. This is an excellent opportunity to meet public and private out-of-state college admissions officers. The program will include short presentations, including one on the Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE) scholarship program.
Please sign up for the fair HERE.

PRACTICE SAT/PSAT/ACT: Our testing partner, Revolution Prep, is offering a free PSAT practice test on Sep 7, SAT practice test on Sep 21 and ACT practice test on Sep 14. Click here to learn more and register.

Frosh students can join a free webinar led by Revolution Prep on 3 Essential Skills Your Student Needs to Kickstart their School Year on Sep 24 at 5pm.

Career Quiz: Share this link with your students. It takes about 10 minutes to complete and provides insight into career opportunities.
 
Seniors: Please come by the College and Career Center during 6th, 7th, Academy, lunch and/or brunch to work on your common application and UC application. Tips and strategies provided during all sessions. MaiaLearning tutorials are also provided at each visit. Great tips here!
 
Sports Recruiting Presentation: Acalanes is hosting a presentation for families of student athletes. This will be held on Sept 9 at 7pm in the PAC. Students and parents of all grades and sports are welcome to attend. For more information, click here.

Career Quiz:  Share this link with your students. It takes about 10 minutes to complete and provides insight into career opportunities.
 
Seniors: Please come by the College and Career Center during 6th,7th, Academy, lunch, and brunch to work on your Common Application and UC application. Tips and strategies provided during all sessions. MaiaLearning tutorials are also provided at each visit. Great tips here!
 
Sports Recruiting Presentation: Acalanes is hosting a presentation for families of student athletes. This will be held on Sept 9 at 7pm in the PAC. Students and parents of all grades and sports are welcome to attend. For more information, click here.

SENIORS:
Senior exit survey is mandatory: If your student has decided on their post high school plans, please have them log into Naviance and finish their Acalanes senior exit survey. It is the only way final transcripts will be sent to colleges.
 
JUNIORS:
We’re excited to be partnering with College Essay Guy to offer AHS students a number of awesome college application resources and virtual workshops. Students can join any or all of these live online courses:

• How to Write A Personal Statement Boot Camp (Jun 3, 5, 7)
• How to Write A Personal Statement Boot Camp (Jun 17, 20, 21)
• The College Application + Supplemental Essays Crash Course (Sept 22)
• How to Answer the UC Personal Insight Questions Crash Course (Oct 5-6)

To Register:

• Go to the registration page: https://www.collegeessayguy.com/sub–ceg–live–students
• During the registration process, students will be asked to select their school from a dropdown menu.
• Enter name and email.
• Select the workshops your student would like to join.
• That’s it! A confirmation will be sent to the email address submitted with the form.
• A follow up email will be sent with next steps and instructions for assignments, as well as how to join the live events.

Quick info on College Essay Guy:

• Ethan wrote the current bestselling book on the personal statement, College Essay Essentials.
• He’s well-regarded in the college admissions field and is considered one of the go to resources on college essays.
• His website has hundreds of free resources for applying to college.
• He has a cool podcast!

If your student can’t make the live course dates, they will have access to the courses through the end of the year, and recordings of the sessions will be available to all who sign up.
 
Please visit our College & Career Counseling website any time for additional information and support.

SENIORS:
Senior exit survey is mandatory: If your student has decided on their post high school plans, please have them log into Naviance and finish their Acalanes senior exit survey. It is the only way final transcripts will be sent to colleges.
 
JUNIORS:
We’re excited to be partnering with College Essay Guy to offer AHS students a number of awesome college application resources and virtual workshops. Students can join any or all of these live online courses:

• How to Write A Personal Statement Boot Camp (Jun 3, 5, 7)
• How to Write A Personal Statement Boot Camp (Jun 17, 20, 21)
• The College Application + Supplemental Essays Crash Course (Sept 22)
• How to Answer the UC Personal Insight Questions Crash Course (Oct 5-6)

To Register:

• Go to the registration page: https://www.collegeessayguy.com/sub–ceg–live–students
• During the registration process, students will be asked to select their school from a dropdown menu.
• Enter name and email.
• Select the workshops your student would like to join.
• That’s it! A confirmation will be sent to the email address submitted with the form.
• A follow up email will be sent with next steps and instructions for assignments, as well as how to join the live events.

Quick info on College Essay Guy:

• Ethan wrote the current bestselling book on the personal statement, College Essay Essentials.
• He’s well-regarded in the college admissions field and is considered one of the go to resources on college essays.
• His website has hundreds of free resources for applying to college.
• He has a cool podcast!

If your student can’t make the live course dates, they will have access to the courses through the end of the year, and recordings of the sessions will be available to all who sign up.
 
Please visit our College & Career Counseling website any time for additional information and support.

SENIORS:
Senior exit survey is mandatory: If your student has decided on their post high school plans, please have them log into Naviance and finish their Acalanes Senior Survey. It is the only way final transcripts will be sent to colleges.
 
JUNIORS:
AUHSD hosted a webinar last week for all Junior parents on the new college search platform, MaiaLearning. If you missed this webinar, you can now click HERE to view the  MaiaLearning Parent Webinar.
 
JUNIORS, SOPHOMORES, FROSH:
Stanford University Admissions Night: May 14 from 6:30-7:30pm in the Campolindo CPAC. Open to all students, parents, and caregivers in the district. Learn about Stanford University from Admission Counselor, Neha Patel. This will be an overview of Stanford University and the programs they offer.
 

 
Please visit our College & Career Counseling website any time for additional information and support.

SENIORS:
Senior exit survey is mandatory: If your student has decided on their post high school plans, please have them log into Naviance and finish their senior survey. It is the only way final transcripts will be sent to colleges.
 
JUNIORS:
Thank you to those parents who were able to make it to last week’s Rising Senior Parent Night! For those who couldn’t, you can view the slides from the evening here.
 
JUNIORS, SOPHOMORES, FROSH:
Stanford University Admissions Night: May 14 from 6:30-7:30pm in the Campolindo CPAC. Open to all students, parents, and caregivers in the district. Learn about Stanford University from Admission Counselor, Neha Patel. This will be an overview of Stanford University and the programs they offer.
 
Support for LGBQTIA+ students: Please explore these links to learn more about schools that are more welcoming.
 
Please visit our College & Career Counseling website any time for additional information and support.

SENIORS:
Senior Exit Survey is Mandatory: If your student has decided on their post high school plans, please have them log into Naviance and finish their Senior Survey. It is the only way final transcripts will be sent to colleges.
 
JUNIORS, SOPHOMORES, FROSH:
Support for LGBQTIA+ students: Please explore these links to learn more about schools that are more welcoming.
 
Please visit our College & Career Counseling website any time for additional information and support.

CAREER TRADE FAIR!
Interested in Careers in the Trades? Representatives from the Contra Costa Building/Electrical/Sheet Metal Associations and DVC’s Career Education amongst others will be attending. The Trade Fair will be held during lunch on Wednesday, Apr 24 in the front quad.
 
SENIORS:
Water Polo Scholarship: The Lafayette Water Polo Foundation is accepting applications for seniors who play water polo. These are due on Apr 30.
 
JUNIORS, SOPHOMORES, FROSH:
Summer Ideas: DVC Career Academies, St. Mary’s College of California Summer Academy for High School Students, UC Berkeley Summer Sessions, UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Summer Springboard,
Girls Who Code Summer Program