This October is filled with opportunities for your student to grow with us. We’re excited that we successfully launched our Future Scholars Program (FSP) on Tuesday, October 6th. Throughout October, FSP will cover a variety of topics that involve both hard and soft skills ranging from self-pride, cultural identity to calling for change and time management, which is especially important as for most of us, working from home, there is no longer a distinction between our home and our workplace. Lastly, students will be giving a virtual tour of American University to end the month with all treats and no tricks... well, unless you count your new time management tricks. 

Outside of FSP, this month offers great opportunities to have hard conversations with your student since October is Global Diversity Awareness Month, National Bullying Prevention Month, and Emotional Health Wellness Month. These monthly spotlights make it easy to start a wide range of conversations like celebrating the diverse cultures and backgrounds that our multicultural society has, acknowledging the need to respect and include other students to prevent bullying, or recalling the importance of checking in with yourself, try to find productive outlets for your stress and, above all, understand that it is normal to not be okay sometimes.