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Shalom
Christian
Academy
Phone:
(717) 375-2223
Fax:
(717) 375-2224
E-mail:
dmikeshank@
shalomca.com
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  Located outside the high school teachers'
lounge, the guidance bulletin board contains information regarding college visits, missions opportunities, SAT
dates, and more!
There
are various pamphlets, magazines, and books (several of which are highlighted below) available on the display case
in the library to the right of the school counselor's office. If there is more than one copy of something, feel
free to take an extra copy.
The
school counselor distributes 4-5 handouts (October
'07, December
07, January
'08, February
'08) of available local scholarships to seniors. The one page handout
lists scholarship criteria, deadlines, and web addresses for more information.
The
school counseling office produces a monthly newsletter. It is sent home with the parent newsletter the first Thursday
of each month. Watch this space for excerpts from the latest newsletter. Also check out the Surfing link for websites described in the newsletter.
There
are a number of resources available in the Shalom library that can help make the college search and admissions
process a little easier. Students and parents can reference these books in the library. If you would like to use
one of these books overnight, please let Mr.
Shank know first.
- The Peterson’s Guide to 4 Year Colleges
contains over 3000 pages filled with detailed descriptions of more than 1000 colleges. There are quick-reference
indexes that group schools by name, location, cost, major and entrance requirements.
- The College Application Essay by
Sarah McGinty contains guidelines for writing unique essays plus 50 sample essay questions.
- Peterson’s Christian College’s & Universities
allows you to search by major, state, athletics, special programs, major, and denomination.
- Campus Visits and College Interviews
by Zola Schneider includes such topics as why it matters so much to see a college in person, when to visit, best
uses of the Web, and questions for parents to ask plus 14 checklists.
- The Occupational Outlook Handbook contains descriptions of hundreds of occupations plus projections regarding what jobs
will be in demand.
- There are dozens of college catalogues organized alphabetically.
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