Dear Class of 2019 Parents/Guardians,

 

The Counseling Staff hopes your family had an enjoyable summer and we welcome you to this new school year. As the students get settled in their classes, we also direct our attention to applying to college. There are a number of layers to this process and our staff is here to assist you and your daughter as she works to complete each application. To begin, we hope to provide your family with the information needed to successfully navigate through the nuances of the application process.  

 

Due to the fact that there is a lot of information to cover, and certain information is more relevant to the timing of the spring and other information pertains more to the actual application procedures in the fall, we divided the College Application Information Meeting into two parts. You may recall, the first informational meeting was held in late May. The presentation walked students and parents through the "How To's" of preparing for and completing their applications. Part II of the College Application Information Meeting for the senior class will be held on Friday, August 24th from 10:45 am - 11:55 am in Mercy's Auditorium. This meeting will speak to the procedures students must follow in order to make application requests from Mercy's counselors and teachers; as well as provide students the opportunity to ask application specific questions once they begin working on their applications. 

We invite you as parents and strongly encourage you to attend this important informational meeting held next, Friday, August 24th.

To supplement these presentations, Counseling will post a series of "How To" videos on the Counseling page of Mercy's website and on Naviance Family Connection. The videos will provide step-by-step directions for common tasks found in the application process. This will give students and parents 24-hour access to directions for the tasks that students routinely need to complete and often have questions about. Look for the videos to be posted on mhsmi.org/counseling. Additionally, all college application related forms (specific to Mercy) can be found on both of these listed sites after the information meeting. 

We have sent a similar communication to your daughter about this upcoming college application information meeting on August 24th. Best wishes to you and your family. We look forward to the fall season and the opportunities it brings us to work more closely with your daughter.