By Ava Grippo – Entertainment Editor 

Junior Night is an educational meeting led by the School Counseling Department for all juniors and their parents to attend to learn more about colleges. Students and parents learn about what needs to be done with helpful suggestions and information on how and where to apply. The Junior Night for the Class of 2027 was held on Wednesday, November 12, in the Cafeteria. Advocate Entertainment Editor Ava Grippo interviewed Director of School Counseling Mrs. Dunnuck about the event.

Ava Grippo: What is Junior Night? 

Mrs. Dunnuck: Junior Night is an opportunity for the school counselors to meet with juniors and their parents to discuss the post high school process. We give a lot of information through a presentation, discuss the broad strokes and give them tips for the upcoming months and be successful in planning the post high school years. 

AG: Why should juniors attend Junior Night?

MD: They should attend because it’s important for them to get all the information about what they should be doing now. A lot of juniors don’t realize that there is work that can be done and should be done in junior year in order to make things go more smoothly in their senior year. Starting to develop a list of schools and visiting schools is the most important thing for them to think about. 

AG: What is the goal of the Junior Night meeting? 

MD: The goal is for our students to be as prepared as possible as they start to prepare for graduation. We want our students to have a full understanding of all the different options available to them. But also for them to be able to move slowly and surely towards those goals in a way that is not going to create stress and is not going to be too overwhelming for them. 

AG: How did the Junior Night with the Class of 2027 go?

MD: It went really well. We had a great turnout. The parents asked good questions and seemed really engaged in the information. 

AG: What do you think could be improved for next year? 

MD: We have already discussed as a department that we would like to send out a survey to families to determine if they felt like the information provided was what they were looking for and was it provided in a way that was engaging and meaningful to them. We want to make sure that parents and students are getting what it is that they need and that we are meeting expectations.