College and Career Guidance Lessons

Students will begin receiving college and career planning lessons once a month during their CLIMB time. They will be creating an account through CFNC and will be learning about how to best plan for their career, college, and financial future.

This Month’s Lesson Topics

9th Grade - Making Decisions - Students will understand how the decisions they make during high school can affect post-secondary and employment opportunities. Students will gain skills for making better decisions.

10th Grade - Sophomore Progress Check - Students will learn about goal setting and understand high school graduation requirements to determine if they are on track to graduate.

11th grade - Junior Progress Check - Students will assess where they stand relative to their goals (including course selection and GPA) and learn strategies for finding a college that fits their preferences in terms of location, major, cost, etc. Students will take a virtual tour of some colleges at CFNC.org.

12th Grade - Senior Progress Check - Students will assess where they stand relative to their goals, record important senior year deadlines, and understand the importance of senior grades.

Field Trips

Upper school students in every grade level are given the opportunity to go on a field trip to a North Carolina college. This allows them a chance to be exposed to a college campus, ask admissions counselors questions, and get a better idea of the college options available to them. Below are the general field trips for this year--please be on the lookout for grade level specific emails with details about these opportunities!

Junior/Senior Advising After Hours

After school advising hours with Ms. Lafferty will be offered to students and parents after school on the second and fourth Monday of the month beginning September 23rd. This is a time for students and their families to work on college and career planning at a time outside of the school day. The September and October advising opportunities are listed below, please click on the link to sign up.

Sign Up for a September or October Appointment

Parent Workshops

Each quarter, we will host a parent workshop for upper school families focused on an area of college and career planning. Our first workshop will be for families of juniors and seniors and will be on the subject of paying for college.

Class of 2020/2021 (Juniors and Seniors) Parent Workshop

Paying for College

September 19th from 5-6pm
Upper School Classroom Location TBA

RSVP for the Workshop

For more information about the college and career program, please reach out to Ms. Chelsea Lafferty, Upper School Counselor and College and Career Counselor, at chelsealafferty@icimagine.org or 828.633.6491 ext. 4109.