Collaboration with other local High Schools or Colleges

• Co-host a college fair
• Alternate hosting sites between local-area high schools

Promote a locally-sanctioned College Fair

• Encourage your students and parents to attend other locally-sanctioned college fairs
• Promote those locally-sanctioned college fairs in your high school newsletters, announcements, and bulletin boards
• If possible, offer transportation for your students to the locally-sanctioned college fairs

College Representative Panel

• Invite representatives from a 2-year, 4-year public, and 4-year private institution to answer questions via a professional panel
• Offer the three representatives 10-20 minutes each to present on a different topic related to the college process (i.e. Selecting a college, Paying for college, 1st year Experience, etc.)
• Have a prepared list of questions in case students and parents don’t know what to ask

9th and 10th grade College Information Sessions

• Similar to the college representative panel option, solicit the assistance of a local college representative to present to your 9th and 10th grade students and their parents about the importance and process of selecting a college
• The college representative should also utilize ACT’s benchmarks for college readiness
• Have a prepared list of questions in case students and parents don’t know what to ask
• Probably most effective if done in the evening

9th grade Orientation

• Through collaboration with the College Day/Night Committee, invite a local college representative to your 9th grade Orientation Program
• Similar to the 9th and 10th grade Information Session, a local college representative can present on the importance of high school college prep courses and preparation for the ACT
• The representative can also plant the college seed early—9th grade matters!
• The college representative should discuss the importance of the college visit and when the process should begin
• Have a prepared list of questions in case students and parents don’t know what to ask