The Mission’s Scholarships, Davis Maine Scholarship, and Journey programs are offering workshops for students in high school and college, as well as their parents, to help them through their transition to college as well as exploring occupations. These workshops, which are held online and in-person at the Downeast Campus, cover a wide range of topics including life skills, wellness, and college and career exploration and preparation.
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The Mission’s Secondary and Post-Secondary EdGE staff created the workshops after asking current Mission Scholarship recipients, Davis Maine Scholars, and Journey students about what questions they have around both applying and attending college and beyond. While all the schools in the area offer support for students as they transition out of high school, these workshops cover a wide scope of topics that schools might not have the time or resources to offer.
Different Secondary and Post-Secondary EdGE staff members are leading the workshops, with current Scholars and Journey alumni contributing and offering advice to younger peers as part of the presentations. Staff in the program have a combined 35 years of experience in higher education as well as working with students in kindergarten through twelfth grade.
The scheduled workshops are:
- Tuesday, November 5, 5:00 to 6:00 p.m.: College Application: Do’s and Don’ts on Zoom
- Thursday, November 14, 5:00 to 6:00 p.m.: College Essays: advice to help start and organize your college application essays at the EdGE Center
- Monday, December 2, 5:00 to 7:00 pm: FAFSA Night: Get questions answered and help with the FASFA form at the EdGE Center
- Wednesday, December 18, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.: FAFSA Night: Get questions answered and help with the FASFA form at the EdGE Center
- Tuesday, January 7, 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.: Cook with Us: upgrade your college dorm meals and snacks at the EdGE Center
- Monday, January 13, 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.: Fitness, self-care, and wellness at the EdGE Center
- Wednesday, February 12, 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.: Budgeting 101 on Zoom
- Monday, March 24, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.: Build your resume! on Zoom
- Monday, May 19, 3:00 to 4:00 pm: You have a job, now what?: Being professional at work at the EdGE Center
Christy Oliveri, EdGE Secondary and Post-Secondary Program Director, says she through the workshops, she hopes students “explore their interests, skills, abilities, and find out what college is like and how to navigate it when they get there. This makes it more likely they will both aspire to post-secondary education and be successful when they get there.”
For more information about these workshops, please contact Christy at [email protected].