At PVHS, there are outstanding services that students can access in various ways.
If people know about this exceptional service here, they wouldn’t need to look any further. In the College & Career Center, CCC Director Joanne Lewis and Scholarship and Financial Aid Coordinator Teresa Hoffman help students decide on what colleges may be a good fit for them, and help them apply by giving them access to resources.
Amongst these resources, the CCC organizes college visits, so that students have access to nearly any UC, University, or community college by simply visiting the CCC and asking a few questions, making it so that students don’t have to travel to any college because all the information is right at their fingertips.
The CCC is a safe place where students can feel comfortable getting the knowledge they need to flourish, and Lewis wants “freshmen and sophomores, any grade… to have the opportunity in a very low-risk environment.”
Despite that, this is a resource that students at PVHS have at their disposal though according to Lewis, some people don’t use it enough.
“Students and guardians really don’t take advantage of the exceptional breadth of the programming we provide here,” she said. She also observed how students in the past years “haven’t used, or talked with the CCC,” and in this year and upcoming years, she hopes more students and parents will get involved.
Even though students didn’t really use this resource before, students are now getting more used to the idea of using their resources more.
For example, senior Brianna Garcia said that “it helps to get a sense of what you’re applying to, what they’re offering, and what they are looking for in their applications.”
On top of that, seniors not only get as many opportunities and experiences as they want so they can make the decision that is going to be best for them for the next four years, but they also get a lot of help with their college applications.
Senior Hadley Kokes said that “the CCC has helped me a lot with my college application process. I don’t think I would have managed everything on my own without Mrs. Lewis and Mrs. Hoffman.”
Senior year can be a very stressful time for both the student and the parent, so having something like the CCC on campus that students can go to for instant and accurate information is something that PVHS is so grateful for. Students know before they walk in that they will be helped and will have their questions answered to the best of the CCC’s ability. The CCC is a very valuable asset to students of any grade level here at PVHS.