Anonymous wrote:Whatever the reason is, its not your business why a person takes leave.

Anonymous wrote:Yet another reason to hire your own college counselor and to collect your own recommendations for a Wilson senior.

Anonymous wrote:Counseling team and assistant principals pulling together to get all recommendations and transcript requests due Nov. 1 finished. Only ED and EA applicants are affected. Real crunch comes leading up to Jan. 1 when RD applications are due. I pray Wilson puts someone reliable in that second senior counselor spot so this doesn't occur on a larger scale in a few months. So unfair to the kids.

Anonymous wrote:First, this is a terrible disservice to seniors and their families. These kids left school as sophomores and came back to submitting college applications. The college counselor is new this year after the long time college counselor left for Prep matters, a for profit testing/placement company located within a block of Wilson. There are many long-term counselors at Wilson who might be able to help but honestly they too are exhausted.

So, in case you missed it, WILSON IS A MESS.

The Admin and teachers are barely keeping it together. Many students are out of control, which is why the following was the lead message in the weekly email:

At the beginning of each year, grade-level support teams would meet with all students by having large, grade-level meetings in the auditorium. At these meetings, each support team would introduce themselves to their grade-level class and review school policies, rules, and graduation requirements. This annual ritual allowed school administrators to center students and to start the year with one clear message. Due to the pandemic and the need for mask wearing and social distancing, we had to abandon these large meetings and instead administrators crafted a PowerPoint video for students to watch on their laptops during a class period. Communicating to students using this method was necessary, but after going through a year and a half of virtual learning, it may not have resonated like the large group settings of the past. On Wednesday and Thursday of this week, school administrators will be visiting second period classes to re-center students. We will discuss academic tips for term one, school policies, grade-specific updates, the disciple ladder, and upcoming events. After the presentation, students will be allowed to ask follow-up questions. I hope that this in-person approach will help our community re-center and reconnect to the school’s ROAR values: respect, ownership, attendance, and responsibility.

Anonymous wrote:First, this is a terrible disservice to seniors and their families. These kids left school as sophomores and came back to submitting college applications. The college counselor is new this year after the long time college counselor left for Prep matters, a for profit testing/placement company located within a block of Wilson. There are many long-term counselors at Wilson who might be able to help but honestly they too are exhausted.

So, in case you missed it, WILSON IS A MESS.

The Admin and teachers are barely keeping it together. Many students are out of control, which is why the following was the lead message in the weekly email:

At the beginning of each year, grade-level support teams would meet with all students by having large, grade-level meetings in the auditorium. At these meetings, each support team would introduce themselves to their grade-level class and review school policies, rules, and graduation requirements. This annual ritual allowed school administrators to center students and to start the year with one clear message. Due to the pandemic and the need for mask wearing and social distancing, we had to abandon these large meetings and instead administrators crafted a PowerPoint video for students to watch on their laptops during a class period. Communicating to students using this method was necessary, but after going through a year and a half of virtual learning, it may not have resonated like the large group settings of the past. On Wednesday and Thursday of this week, school administrators will be visiting second period classes to re-center students. We will discuss academic tips for term one, school policies, grade-specific updates, the disciple ladder, and upcoming events. After the presentation, students will be allowed to ask follow-up questions. I hope that this in-person approach will help our community re-center and reconnect to the school’s ROAR values: respect, ownership, attendance, and responsibility.