Helping graduating seniors transition to college

The Education Trust–New York is trying to support high school seniors who will be transitioning to college - the pandemic itself making things difficult enough as their senior year had been cut short.

GOOD EVENINGAGAIN...CAP AND GOWNCEREMONIES HAVEALREADY BEENCANCELED, AND NOMATTER HOW HIGHTHEIR ACHIEVEMENTS,INCOMING COLLEGEFRESHMAN ARELOOKING AT APOTENTIALLYDISAPPOINTING STARTTO COLLEGE LIFE.TONIGHT 7EYEWITNESS NEWSHAS IT'S EYE ONEDUCATION ....ALAERREBHI EXPLAINSHOW SOME LOCALEDUCATORS ARELOOKING TO TRY ANDMAKE THINGS BETTERFOR STUDENTSTRT = 1:52CUTLINE: HELPINGSENIORS TRANSITIONTO COLLEGEOUTCUE: 7 EWN.PKG:HIGH SCHOOLSENIORS THIS YEARGRADUATED IN LESSTHAN IDEAL TIMES ANDCIRCUMSTANCES.A GROUP OFEDUCATION LEADERSIS WORKING TO MAKESURE THAT COVID-19DOES NOT BECOMETHE BARRIER THATAFFECTS THEIRFUTURE COLLEGEPLANS"SCHOOLS SHOULD BEIN PROACTIVEOUTREACH AND INTOUCH WITHSTUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER."JUDITH LORIMER,DIRECTOR OF#DEGREESNYC.THE EDUCATIONTRUSTNEW YORK ISTRYING TO SUPPORTHIGH SCHOOLSENIORS...WHO WILLBE TRANSITIONING TOCOLLEGE...THEPANDEMIC ITSELFMAKING THINGSDIFFICULT ENOUGH ASTHEIR SENIOR YEARHAD BEEN CUT SHORT."THE STRUCTURE OFLEARNING ANDACADEMIC TEACHINGTHAT HAVE VANISHEDWITHIN THE BLINK OFAN EYE.

TECHNICALSTRESS ANDDIFFICULTY SUCH ASLIMITATIONS INFEEDBACK, ANDDISCONNECTION WITHNO ENGAGEMENT ORINTERACTION." NANAFOFANA, SENIOR ATHOSTOS-LINCOLNACADEMY OFSCIENCE."AS MUCH ASGRADUATION ANDPROM BEINGDIFFERENT, I THINKTHAT MIGHT BE ONEOF THE MOSTCHALLENGING PARTSBECAUSE THAT'S OURNEXT CHAPTER OFOUR LIFE.

SOSTARTING IT IN ADIFFERENT WAY ISKIND OF SCARY."LAUREN GRANIERI,SENIOR AT NIAGARAFALLS HIGH SCHOOL.SEARCH RESULTSAND PROM BEINGDIFFERWEB RESUONE BARRIERAFFECTING MANYSTUDENTS ISFINANCES."THE REALITY OFBEING POOR, THEREALITY OF NOTHAVING ALL THERESOURCES THEYNEED TO CONNECTWITH THE SYSTEM ANDTRYING TO KEEP UP."SAMUEL RADFORD,CO-CHAIRPERSON OFWE THE PARENTS.THE EDUCATIONTRUST SAID IT ASKEDTHE STATE TO SETCLEAR EXPECTATIONSON HOW SCHOOLSDISTRICTS CAN HELPSTUDENTS WITHACCESS TO FINANCIALAID SERVICES.ANOTHER:COMMUNICATION WITHTEACHERS ANDCOUNSELORS.STUDENTS NOT ONLYNEED ACADEMICRESOURCES, THEYALSO NEED SOCIALAND EMOTIONALSUPPORT."THE SCHOOLDISTRICTS NEED TO BEAVAILABLE DURINGJULY AND AUGUST.

WECAN JUST NO CLOSEOUR DOORS AND SAYYOU GRADUATED, THEYEAR IS OVER, YOUDON'T NEED TO COMEBACK." DR. EDWINQUEZADA, YONKERSPUBLIC SCHOOLSSUPERINTENDENT.DESPITE THE AMOUNTOF DIFFICULTYSENIORS FACED THISYEAR, NANA FOFANAWISHES TO SHARETHIS PIECE OF ADVICEWITH OTHER SENIORSACROSS THE COUNTY."YOU MAY ENDURECHALLENGES,HICCUPS AND LOSSES,BUT THAT'S ALRIGHT.AS LONG AS YOU PICKYOURSELF UP ANDKEEP TRYING THAT'SYOU BIGGEST WIN."ALA ERREBHI, 7 EWN