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- College Awareness Day
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College Awareness at NMS
May 2023
We are excited to let you know about our third College Awareness scavenger hunt which will take place during an extended homeroom on Monday, May 1, 2023 coinciding with the unofficial College Decision Day.
Since the beginning of April, Blazers Live students have been introducing collegiate vocabulary terms such as tuition, room and board, scholarship, GPA, public school, private school, in state, out of state etc. Using the vocabulary learned, students will be engaging in a school-wide scavenger hunt. During the scavenger hunt, teachers and staff will be present in hallways wearing spirit wear from the college or university they attended. Students will approach teachers and staff asking questions regarding their college experience(s).
The goal is for our students to use language relating to college while gaining collegiate awareness.
When colleges found out what we had planned, they were incredibly supportive. In fact, we received over 1,000 giveaways from colleges including:
Alabama A&M University
Alfred University
Bard College
Brigham Young University
California State University, Channel Islands
California State University, East Bay
Carnegie Mellon University
Central CT State Univ
Claremont McKenna
Colgate University
College of William and Mary
Colorado School of Mines
Davidson College
Elizabethtown College
Five Towns College
Gonzaga University
Hamilton College
Hollins University
Ithaca College
James Madison University
Kansas State University
Kingsborough Community College
LeMoyne College
Lenoir-Rhyne University
Los Angeles City College
Loyola College of Maryland
Loyola Marymount University
Monroe College
Montclair State University
Nassau Community College
New York University
Norfolk State University
Prairie View A&M University
Quinnipiac University
Randolph College
Randolph-Macon College
Rivier University
Roger Williams University
Santa Monica College
Seton Hall University
Siena College
Springfield College
St. John's University - Queens Campus
St. Joseph's University
St. Louis University
St. Thomas Aquinas College
State University of New York at New Paltz
Suffolk County Community College
SUNY Buffalo State College
SUNY College at Geneseo
SUNY Fredonia
Temple University
The College of New Jersey
The University of Akron
The University of Scranton
The University of Tampa
Towson University
Tufts University
University of Central Florida
University of MA Amherst
University of New Hampshire at Durham
University of North Carolina Wilmington
University of Illinois
University of Kentucky
University of Mary Washington
University of Michigan
University of Oregon
University of Pittsburgh
University of Scranton
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
University of Virginia
Utica College
Vanderbilt University
Virginia State University
Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech
Warner University
West Virginia University
Western New England University
Williams College
Each student will receive one of these generously donated prizes upon completion of the scavenger hunt.
We hope you are as excited as we are about this event!
Sincerely,Dr. Tracey Segal, School Counseling Department Chairperson
Mrs. Michele Israel, School CounselorMrs. Heather Blasi, School Counselor
Mr. Jon Woods, School Counselor
Mrs. Tracy Murtagh, Counseling Center Secretary