Parent/Guardian Comments for Counselor Letter of Recommendation
Your student is applying for college entrance and/or scholarships requiring a counselor letter of recommendation. This is your opportunity to share anything about your student that would assist us in writing a strong letter of recommendation.

The following questions are provided as a guide for you to provide additional information that your student may not have provided for us. Please note that anecdotes and specific examples are especially helpful.

Please submit this form at least three weeks before the earliest college or scholarship deadline!
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Email *
Student ID
Student First Name
Student Last Name
Counselor Assignment
Counselors are assigned based on last name. For reference, counselors this year are:

Alex Park:  A-Cr & N-Ph 
Teresa Hytowitz:  Cu-He & Pi-Re
Danielle Holloway:  Hi - M 
Sada Dewey:  Rh - Z 
Who is your student's counselor? *
Name of parent/guardian submitting comments:
My preferred email:
What are some characteristics that set your student apart from others?
Please give me your frank assessment of your student's strengths and weaknesses?
Describe your student's community or school activities, awards, and special experiences that you think are worthwhile or interesting.
Describe any specific life experiences your child has had that has impacted who they are today. For example, obstacles that they have overcome or a particular work experience, or examples of how your student showed grit or how they handle a difficult situation.
Please share anything else you feel your student’s counselor should know to have an accurate "picture" of your student.
Release of Information
As a parent/guardian, you must give permission to your student's counselor to release specific information to colleges and scholarship organizations.
Do you give permission for your student's counselor to release the following information to colleges and scholarship organizations through transcripts, letters of recommendation, lists, and verbal conversations: academic information (cumulative GPA, semester grades, test scores, skills), extracurricular involvement, personal information?
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