Being a high school student can be very stressful. The pressure to do well can seem overwhelming. Staying on top of your schoolwork, writing essays, tests, and exams, choosing the right courses, figuring out what you want to do in the future and how to make your goals a reality can be very daunting. You don’t have to do it alone. I would like to help.
I help students and their parents overcome educational obstacles including:
- Navigating the secondary school system
- Overcoming academic challenges
- Enhancing study skills including organizational skills, time management, note taking, essay writing, test and exam preparation
- Advocating on behalf of high school students to facilitate access to optimum educational resources and opportunities to meet their individual needs
- Identifying strengths, academic abilities and interests
- Researching areas of study and career possibilities and pathways
- Determining optimum college, university and apprenticeship programs
- Selecting high school course options to qualify for acceptance to desired post secondary programs
- Taking action to improve chances for future program admission
- Navigating the post secondary school system
- Clarifying post secondary program application procedures
- Preparing for interviews
- Writing application essays and completing personal profiles
- Navigating the scholarship application process
- Understanding college and university admission criteria and making sure you are taking the right courses now