Get ready for senior year
If you’re the first-time parent of an incoming high school senior, take a deep breath, pull out the calendar and prepare now to budget: You’re in for an action-packed, expensive year.
And so is your graduating teen. Meeting this year’s numerous deadlines –especially for college-bound students –is the key to success andbest handled as a family, experts say.
“I think it’s absolutely important that parents stay involved,” says Glendale High School journalism teacher Lisa Wingo.
“It’s not that kids aren’t responsible,” she says. “But they are in a transitional time. … Straddling the line of finishing up high school and starting college can be fairly overwhelming. Having someone help them stay on top of things can save heartache at the end.”
That’s particularly true for scholarship or college applications, and ACT/SAT test dates.
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