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Beyond the School Desk: Tips for High School Parents

Have a high school senior? What do you do next?

You can't believe another school year is about to come to a close.  Your head is spinning with all the yearend activities:  outings, proms, finals and graduation.  For parents of HS seniors you stressed through this year helping with college applications, financial aid forms, the dreaded FAFSA and scholarship applications, to help pay for it all.  Now you’re checking off your to-do-list preparing your senior for their next adventure.  For some it will be college, some tech schools, military or straight to the reality of life - working. 

Through this blog I hope to share tips I’ve learned along the way, while running the MHS Career Resource Center, to help parents of high school students navigate their way through high school and on.

Some of the topics as we near the end of this school year:

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  • Watch the mail / e-mail
  • Scholarship applications – when will we hear
  • Keep a list, check it off
  • Thank you notes
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