During the early years of high school, we will start to develop your interests and passions, which will help alleviate the pressure of making the right choices that impact college selection opportunities. We will also guide you in establishing essential learning and personal habits that will lead to academic success.
Challenges
Course
Do the courses I take in my 9th and 10th grade years really have an impact on preparing for college?
Extra-Curricular Activity
What activities should I be looking into that will lead to avenues where I can develop leadership skills?
Study Skills
How can I start to develop listening and note-taking skills as well as study skills that are needed for college?
Career
Why do I need to figure out so early what I’m interested in, in pursuing as a career?
Our Promise
At Aspirian, we will guide you in making strategic choices early on in order to become an academically strong student when you go to apply for college. We will create opportunities where you will develop early perceptions about colleges and careers.
Course Selection
We will explain the “College Preparatory Curriculum” and the importance of it. We will specifically look at how much math, science, history and languages courses you will need to take as well as the value of taking AP, IB and Honors courses.
Developing Passions and Interests
We will encourage you to choose a variety of extracurricular activities and community services and then assist in pinpointing two or three that you are most interested in. We will give you guidance on setting up volunteer opportunities, internships and summer jobs which will reveal if you are truly interested in specific careers fields.
College Research
We will begin to review all the different types of colleges and universities. We will explain to you what the total cost of college means. We will introduce you to the financial aid process and the concept of ‘financial fit’.
Learning Style
We conduct learning style inventories to determine what the best environment is for learning and studying. Questions such as; are you a visual or audio learner, do you study best in groups or solo, are you organized will be answered. We will help establish priorities on class attendance, time management and forming great studying habits.
The Proof
According to the National Clearinghouse Research Center, 9th grade is a high predictor of a student graduating high school, going to college, and progressing past the freshman year of college.
Research has indicated that courses you take your freshman year help in the progression of courses you will take later in high school and allow you the opportunity to take AP and advanced courses.
According to the Education of the Commission of States, one way to educate families about the importance of the 9th grade transition is to make sure students and their parents are given information on colleges’ entrance expectations, such as minimum coursework requirements, GPA, etc.
Research has expressed that study skills are fundamental to academic competence. An article posted in the School Psychology Review reveals, “Effective study skills are associated with positive outcomes across multiple academic content areas and for diverse learners.”
Opportunity & Next Steps
Your opportunity to be successful in your early years of high school can be highly achieved with the guidance of an Aspírian educational consultant. Your first step towards success is to meet with us for an initial free consultation to learn more about your educational goals.
The following questionnaire must be completed and submitted before the initial consultation.
Request Initial Consultation
Our free half hour consultation allows students and families to learn more about our services and how it can be personalized towards his or her educational goals.
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215-995-5132
Email:
rfretzcianci@aspirian.org
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