Congratulations to the following students of the month. 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)
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The COVID-19 Pandemic forced all learning, jobs and events online. Please check out the following online events and resources.
Community Events
Join CUHSD for Hispanic / LatinX Day Panels, October 14th
Choose from 4 panels. For links to Webinars click HERE
College and Career Center Upcoming Events (click here!):
all events are virtual and and open to all students in the CUHSD district.
Presentations for 2020-2021 First day of School Workshops:
Watch us on Social Media
Instagram & Twitter - @westmontccc
Snapchat - @westmontccc
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 2021 - text @grads2021b
Grads 2022 A-L - text @6836a6
Grads 2022 M-Z - text @eag44cg
Grads 2023 A-L - text @grads2023a
Grads 2023 M-Z - text @grads2023m
Grads 2024 A-L - text @grads2024a
Grads 2024 M-Z - text @grads2024b
College & Career Specialist Mrs. Rene Klaus: rklaus@cuhsd.org
The Westmont College and Career Center is open daily by appointment. Make an online zoom meeting at: https://calendly.com/rklaus/15min
Have questions about applying to college or how to research careers?
Students may reach out to Mrs. Klaus 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 school 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
Summer and Part-time Online Job Resources
ZipRecruiter Interships and Jobs
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