Welcome to the College and Career Center
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Your Career Center plays an intricate role in helping students with their career exploration through sharing information, conducting field trips, sponsoring professional presentations, one-on-one college and career counseling, as well as connecting students with admission counselors, apprenticeship programs, military representatives and so much more!We are here to help provide meaningful career exploration and help you walk through and reach your next steps. Who are you, where are you going, and how do you get there?Mrs. Mathis in the Career Center is excited to help students at all grade levels! Parents are more than welcome to contactMrs. Mathis directly as well.WHERE: Located in the back of the Library (door is directly across from the main office)Request an Appointment After you send your request, look for an email with a calendar invite. You won't receive a pass to come to the Career Center - show your calendar invite to your teacher.
Trending Topics and Events
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We CARE about your future event Oct. 18th! College & Career & Resource Fair!
CARE = College, Career, Apprenticeship, Resources and Education Options! Please join us for this community-wide event taking place at Yelm High School on October 18th from 5:30 - 7:30 pm.
To learn more and see a list of organizations eager to connect with students and families, please visit our CARE Event webpage!
A few examples of organizations that will be there: Bates Technical College, Thurston WorkSource, the University of Puget Sound, City of Yelm, Yelm Community Schools Human Resources and so many more!
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Local College Fairs Oct 4th, Oct. 5th, Oct. 6-7 various locations
- St. Martin's University
Wednesday, October 4: Thurston County (Lacey, WA) PNACAC Fair - Tacoma Community College
Thursday, October 5: Pierce County (Tacoma, WA) PNACAC Fair - Seattle Convention Center
Friday, October 6 & Saturday, October 7: Seattle (WA) NACAC Fair
- St. Martin's University
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College Admissions Counselor Visits Are Happening Now! Sign Up!
Many admission counselors will be here this fall to visit with students! If you are interested in meeting with an admission counselor to learn more about a school's programs, admission process and more, please sign up using my google form: 2023-2024 College Admission Counselor Visits.
You will need to get a permission slip from the Career Center to use as a pass out of class (if your teacher agrees to let you attend). Some presentations will be during lunches, but you may need permission from your 4th period teacher to miss part of class.The locations of the presentations will be in the Career Center which is now located behind the main office (previously the ISS space). You will be notified via email if there are changes to the presentations. Email or stop in with questions!NOTE! There are 2 College Fair coming up! St. Martin's is hosting a College Fair on October 4th from 6:00 to 8:00 pm in their pavilion. To register, click here. AND! YHS is hosting its own College & Career Fair and Resource Night all on the same night - October 18th. So mark your calendars! More to come on this event. -
ASVAB October 23rd at YHS
YHS will be offering the ASVAB on October 23rd at 8:30 am
in the Library.If you are considering joining the military, you will need to take and pass the ASVAB - the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery - as a part of your process to enlist.
You can also use the ASVAB as a graduation pathway if you achieve a minimum score. It is also a great tool for career exploration! You do not have to be interested in joining the military in order to take this test. However, you must be a Junior or Senior in order to take the test this October.You must sign up ahead of time using the Google Form:
YHS October 23rd ASVAB. If you sign up, more instructions will be sent to you in October.We suggest studying for the test! There are many tools online as well as on your phone - simply search for 'ASVAB Practice Tests' or 'ASVAB Study Tools.'If you have questions, contact Mrs. Mathis in the Career Center Nicole_Mathis@ycs.wednet.edu Thank you!
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Virtual College Tours and The College Tour series!
You can access virtual college tours at your leisure! Connect easily with Washington schools via the 4-year public, 4-year private and 2-year Community and Technical Colleges links on the YHS Career Center webpages.
You can access virtual tours nation-wide at CampusTours.com.
Check out "The College Tour!" This is a series available online and on Prime - Real college students telling real stories about campuses around the world.
Upcoming Events
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Today
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12:55 PM - 1:50 PM Grand Canyon University Admissions Counselor Visit
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Sunday
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Wednesday
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8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Portland State University Admissions Counselor Visit/Presentation
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6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Thurston County College Fair at St. Martin's Unversity
