MTHS Guidance Newsletter

Winter 2024-2025

❄️Welcome Winter!❄️

Hi! Welcome to the Winter Edition of the Guidance Newsletter!
See below for what's been going on in guidance and what's to come.
💛 Love, Your MTHS Guidance Team💙

Senior Updates

Many seniors submitted their applications for college!
The FAFSA opened on December 1st. You can visit studentaid.gov to apply. Please remember that this is a graduation requirement.
If your 12th grade student plans to attend the Senior Prom, please save the date for the mandatory parent/guardian meeting on April 16th at 6pm at MTHS. A parent/guardian MUST attend this meeting for your child to be allowed to purchase a bid and attend the Senior Prom.

Junior Updates

Current juniors will meet with their counselors in small groups to discuss senior year and post-graduation from February 24-28, 2025.
Parents and guardians are invited to a Future Planning Night on February 27, 2025 at MTHS at 6:00pm.
Parents and guardians of Juniors are invited to set up conferences to meet with their child's counselor from
March 5th-7th, 2025.

Sophomore Updates

OCVTS will speak to our current 10th graders on December 17th about their programs and the application process. You can visit ocvts.org for more information.
Parents and guardians are invited to a Future Planning Night on February 27, 2025.

Freshman Updates

Fall Freshman Seminar students were invited to attend a trip to OCC on December 10th.
Freshman Seminar classes were visited by Mrs. Gannon to learn about Naviance and other educational tools.
Ms. Eckert and the Youth Prevention Coalition visited Freshman Seminar classes to discuss the dangers of vaping.

Student of the Month

Student of the Month recipients from November and December will be recognized on
January 9th, 2025.

Save the Dates!

December 17, 2024
OCVTS Presentation
January 2, 2025
OCVTS Application Opens
January 9, 2025
Student of the Month Breakfast
February 27, 2025
Future Planning Night
@ MTHS - 6:00pm
March 5-7, 2025
Junior Parent/Student Conferences with Counselor
April 16, 2025
Mandatory Prom Meeting for Parents @ MTHS - 6:00pm
April 10, 2025
Spring College & Career Expo
@ RWJ Barnabas Health Arena -Toms River North

Issues Facing Teens
from the Office of the SAC
Social Media Addiction and Teens

How much social media is too much for a teen? No one knows for sure, but the issue of social media addiction has many people concerned. One study, published in 2016, not only showed that 59% of parents believe their teens are addicted to their mobile devices, but 50% of teens themselves believe they are addicted. That in and of itself is alarming. However, consider that this now eight-year-old research was done prior to the widespread adoption of other more sophisticated platforms, like TikTok. Read more
You may also want to read the book The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt.
If you have any questions or further concerns about your child, please contact Ms. Jennifer Eckert at 732-657-8329 for resources and support.

9th graders: Mrs. Gannon - kgannon@mtschools.org
- Join the Google Classroom! - Code: 66uolxu
10th graders:
- Last Name A-F: Mrs. Findlow - sfindlow@mtschools.org
- Last Name G-N: Mrs. Kelly - rkelly@mtschools.org
- Last Name O-Z: Ms. Simonelli - dsimonelli@mtschools.org
11th graders:
- Last Name A-F: Mrs. Findlow - sfindlow@mtschools.org
- Last Name G-O: Mrs. Kelly - rkelly@mtschools.org
- Last Name P-Z: Ms. Simonelli - dsimonelli@mtschools.org
12th graders:
- Last Name A-G: Mrs. Findlow - sfindlow@mtschools.org
- Last Name H-O: Mrs. Kelly - rkelly@mtschools.org
- Last Name P-Z: Ms. Simonelli - dsimonelli@mtschools.org
SAC: Ms. Eckert - jeckert@mtschools.org
- Join the Google Classroom! - Code: sz5hcxc

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