Students of the Month October 2019: Congratulations to the following students of the month for November. Christopher Carter, Reiko Scilingo, Alan Villanueva, Sebastian Gomez Valdez, Olivia Merrick, Alma Hernandez, Kendyl Brower, Laura Lipponen, Ron Belman, Kristie Herrera Garrido, Enya Walker, Jakob Silva, Ilda Livia Huoponen, Lindsay Harris, Lilou Gervais, Irvin Alvarado Martinez (not pictured), Peter Sanfilippo, Francisco Guardarrama. Great job everyone! (Miller)
The Shield Editors
Community Events
November 14th 6:30-7:30pm
Panel of College Admission Representatives
at Prospect High School PAC
November 15th 4:30-6:00pm
Get help editing you college essays!
at Campbell Community Center
Why Consider Out-of-State College?
Come find out at the
Out of State College presentation and College Fair
December 6th 6:00-8:00pm
in Westmont Library
College and Career Center Upcoming Events:
all events are held in the Library @ study hall unless noted otherwise
11/13 UC Santa Cruz
11/15 San Jose State University
11/28 Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD)
11/30 Cogswell College
12/10 San Jose City College
1/24 Paul Mitchell The School, San Jose
Did you miss a College Visit you were interested in?
Listen to Podcasts from past College Visits at the
CCC Student Ambassadors Website
Watch us on Social Media
Instagram & Twitter - @westmontccc
Snapchat - @collegecareer18
Facebook - @WestmontCCC
Get Reminded
of our events and important things you should know....
join our REMIND groups
Text the appropriate string to the number 81010:
Grads 2019 - text @f46a8e7
Grads 2020 - text @9h88d8
Grads 2021 - text @hckak3
Grads 2022 - text @rklaus
College & Career Specialist Mrs. Rene Klaus: rklaus@cuhsd.org
The Westmont College and Career Center is open daily in the library!
Have questions about applying to college or how to research careers?
Students may come in at any time for individualized help regarding college searches, scholarship opportunities, and the college application process. Get help learning about potential careers and what training is needed.
Our College and Career Specialist, Rene Klaus, collaborates with Westmont's guidance counselors and administrators to provide career and college support for all of our students.
We will help to answer your many college questions, as well as give you tips on how to best support your student going through the college process. We will discuss how to choose colleges, how to engage your student in the process, how to find a best fit college, tips to reduce stress and to empower your students.
Some useful College and Career Planning links
Click here to visit the Westmont College and Career Center Facebook page
For more information or if you'd like to volunteer please email: rklaus@cuhsd.org
College & Career Center Student Ambassadors:
This year we are accepting applications from Freshmen, Sophomores and Juniors
to represent the College and Career Center (CCC) as Ambassadors.
Applications for 2019-2020 school year will be available April 2019
If you are:
- interested in being a student liaison for the CCC
- savvy with social media, design, marketing
- like to learn about colleges and career opportunities
- have a few hours a month to help out next year