Nyack High School

School Counseling Department Announcements

• Plumbers & Steamfitters Joint Apprenticeship Recruitment

  Local Union 373 of the Plumbers & Steamfitters Union is holding a recruitment for candidates on May 12, 2025 through May 23, 2025 - 9:00AM -3:00PM.  Please see attached flyer for more information.

  • Plumbers Steamfitters Recruitment.pdf

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• Pace University Summer Cybersecurity Camp

  Please see the attached flyer for information on the Summer Program offered to 9-12 graders.

  • Pace University Camp CryptoBot 2025.pdf

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• Northern Westchester College & Career Fair April 30, 2025- FREE ADMISSION

  Northern Westchester College & Career Fair with over 200 colleges attending. 

  See the list of colleges at

  westchestercollegefair.com

  Where: Putnam NW BOCES Yorktown Heights, NY

  Date: April 30, 2025

  Time: 9:00 - 12:00 PM & 5:30 - 8:00 PM

  • West_Small_Flyer_Spring_2025(1).pdf

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• Healthcare Explorer Program 2025

  Application are now being accepted for the Healthcare Explorer Program 2025 at Westchester Medical Center.

  The Healthcare Explorer Program consist of the following:

  - This is a part-time volunteer opportunity for high school students entering their senior year

  - The programs is 4-weeks, 20 hours/week

  - Students will rotate through different departments and learn more about different departments and roles in healthcare. A student experience can include these areas: patient transport, guest services, nursing, and patient registration

  - During this program students will also learn about different career opportunities for high school graduates.

  See attached flyer for QR code that goes directly to their application.

  • Healthcare Explorer 2025 Flyer.pdf

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• West Point Admission Event at Kean University on March 30

  Please click the link for the flyer and QR Code

  • West Point Admission Event Flyer.pdf

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• College Board released Essay Prompts for the 2024 - 2025 school year.

   

  Below is the full set of essay prompts for 2024-2025.

  1. Some students have a background, identity, interest, or talent that is so meaningful they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please share your story.
  2. The lessons we take from obstacles we encounter can be fundamental to later success. Recount a time when you faced a challenge, setback, or failure. How did it affect you, and what did you learn from the experience?
  3. Reflect on a time when you questioned or challenged a belief or idea. What prompted your thinking? What was the outcome?
  4. Reflect on something that someone has done for you that has made you happy or thankful in a surprising way. How has this gratitude affected or motivated you?
  5. Discuss an accomplishment, event, or realization that sparked a period of personal growth and a new understanding of yourself or others.
  6. Describe a topic, idea, or concept you find so engaging that it makes you lose all track of time. Why does it captivate you? What or who do you turn to when you want to learn more?
  7. Share an essay on any topic of your choice. It can be one you've already written, one that responds to a different prompt, or one of your own design.

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• SECURING WORKING PAPERS

  Securing Working Papers 

  • You may pick up the application in the school counseling office OR you can download the working paper application located under IMPORTANT FORMS, from the  school counseling  webpage.
  • ​Fill out Part 1 only and have your parent or guardian sign the form.
  • Next, You will need a copy of your physical. During the school year you can obtain a copy of your physical from  the nurse's office . Otherwise, contact your physician. 
  • Bring completed application to the school counseling office  during school hours.
  • PLEASE NOTE IF YOU ARE A NYACK RESIDENT, BUT ATTEND PRIVATE SCHOOL OR OUT OF STATE SCHOOL, PLEASE CALL 845-353-7120 FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS.

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• NYS STEM Incentive Program for high school graduates in the top 10% of their class

  The NYS STEM Incentive Program provides a full SUNY tuition scholarship to the top 10 percent of students in each NYS high school if they pursue a STEM degree in an associate’s or bachelor’s degree program and agree to live in NYS and work in a STEM field in NYS for five years after graduation.

  Eligibility

  An applicant must:

  • be a NYS resident and have resided in NYS for 12 continuous months prior to the beginning of the fall college term;
  • be a U.S. citizen or eligible non-citizen;
  • be a high school senior/recent high school graduate who will be enrolled full time at a public or private college located in NYS, beginning in the fall term following his or her high school graduation;
  • be ranked in the top 10 percent of his/her high school graduating class at a NYS high school;
  • be matriculated in an approved undergraduate program leading to a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics at a public or private college located in NYS;
  • maintain a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.5 or higher;
  • execute a Service Contract agreeing to reside and work in the field of Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics in NYS for five years.  View the terms and conditions of the service contract.

   https://www.hesc.ny.gov/pay-for-college/financial-aid/types-of-financial-aid/nys-grants-scholarships-awards/nys-science-technology-engineering-and-mathematics-stem-incentive-program.html

   

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