College Visits

 

College open house and visitation days are posted on the bulletin board outside the guidance office as fliers arrive from colleges.  Please check the bulletin board weekly for new announcements and other general college information.

 

 

In-School College Visits: Mrs. Miller has scheduled several college representatives for visits to SWHS. He will put a schedule on the guidance bulletin board outside the main office. These visits can be very valuable in your college search.

 

 

Procedures for In-School College Visits

  1. Ask permission of the teacher of any class that you may miss. Prior permission must be received in order for you to meet with the representative.  Do not ask on the day and time that the representative is here. “Prior” means before the day of the visit.

 

 

  1. Pick up a pass on the ledge in the entrance to the guidance office. The pass is your pass out of class—if you are already in class at the time of the visit—or into class—if the visit started before the beginning of the class period.

 

 

  1. Upon your return to class, give the pass to your teacher. In the event that you will not likely return to class because of lunch or the school day has ended, please drop the pass off in the main office. Most visits will last 15-30 minutes.

 

 

 

Campus Visits: If you follow the proper procedure, you are allowed two college-visit days that count as field-trip days and do not count as a day of absence.

 

 

Procedures for Campus Visits

  1. Pick up a form from Mrs. Miller in the guidance office or from Mrs. Cool or Mrs. Bulkowski in the main office. The teachers of the classes you will be missing and your parent/guardian must sign the form.

 

 

  1. Turn the form in to Mrs. Bulkowski. Please do not lay the form on the counter or give the form to somebody else and expect him/her to turn it in for you. If Mrs. Bulkowski does not see the form two full days in advance, it will not count as a field trip.
  2. If you do not turn the form in two days in advance and you still want to have a campus visit, it will count as a day of absence. The day will be an excused absence if you bring a note from the college admissions office that states that you visited.