What is Best for Our Children
Parents, universally, want what is best for their children. At La Jolla Country Day School, we strive to work together with families to help achieve that goal. Around this time of year, the college counseling department is bustling with college representative visits, student-parent meetings, recommendation writing, and more. We feel both the excitement and anxiety that encompasses the college counseling process. Our commitment is to provide guidance, resources and learning opportunities to support our students and their families around college admission.
Securing the best college education that will meet the needs of our students creates a plethora of feelings given the attention surrounding the college process. Detailed exploration and the careful consideration of a significant life decision underscores the importance of the process. Compassion and care required in this journey are crucial.
As a parent, your positive attitude can contribute significantly to your child’s well-being in the college admission process. While peer relationships are extremely crucial to children, the single most important influencers of a child’s well-being continue to be his or her parents. Dr. Cynthia Nguyen, a renowned psychiatrist, was invited to speak with parents about ways to help manage stress throughout the college admission process. For me, the most significant takeaway was realizing that our children will mirror and reflect back the attitudes that we present to them about their educational journey.
The article “Turning the Tide: Inspiring Concern for Others and the Common Good Through College Admission” provides important initiatives by which we can transform the college process. LJCDS is actively participating in this transformation. In the coming weeks, we are going to create “Legacy Parent Mentor Groups,” which will provide opportunities for parents of LJCDS graduates to mentor Upper School parents through the college process.
For parents of students who are in the midst of the college admission process, the best gift you can give your son or daughter is the advice to take a deep breath. Encourage them to go for a walk on the beach; attend a spin class together; sit on the couch together and just talk. Tomorrow is not promised. Slow down and remember that you are a powerful influencer in the well-being and success of your child in every aspect of their life. I promise you this, the moments that you spend with your child will be the memories that mean more than anything.
For parents with children in Early Childhood through Grade 11, I invite you to join us for Torrey Night 2016: Crayons to College, an evening for all current LJCDS families and students to explore the grades that await. Grade 12 families can visit our keynote speaker, informally from 5-6:30 p.m. in the Community Hall, who will be discussing the college admission landscape. Throughout the evening, families will connect with select faculty to explore the latest developments in our learning community.
Additionally, a focus of the evening will be on the college admission process with opportunities to speak informally with our LJCDS college counseling team. The evening includes a keynote address, “Thinking Beyond: The Landscape of Undergraduate College Admission” by Vincent James, director of admission of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Please join us for Torrey Night 2016, Crayons to College, on Thursday, November 3, from 5–7:30 p.m. RSVP here.
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