High School Programs and Key Graduation Information
Planning for the Future
- College Application Process
- College Prep Timeline
- College Visits and Interviews
- Recommended Websites
TRADES
EMPLOYMENT
- Schenectady Connects FREE Career Counseling, Resume development, Local Job Postings, Transportation Solutions, Summer Youth Employment
ARMED FORCES
CAREER EXPLORATION
Information and Materials for Students
WORKING PAPERS
Working papers are able to be issued all year. The working paper applications are available in the high school guidance office year round, or you may print the documents below. Please fill out the top two lines of the AT16 document and Part 1 of the AT17 document.
To issue working papers, the school nurse’s office must have a recent physical on file, dated within the last 12 months. If you have any questions, please call the guidance office at 518.356.8320, or email rhosmer@mohonasen.org.
- Working papers – Application for Employment Certificate (AT-17)
- Working Papers – Physical Fitness Form (AT-16)
Naviance
The Counseling & Career Center is using Family Connection by Naviance, software for career and college exploration.
Students must log on to Naviance using their school username (the one they use to log onto school computers) and the password: notebook. They can change their password once logged in. Parents can log in as a guest for now.
Family Connection is a comprehensive website designed to help parents and students with decisions about courses, colleges and careers. As it is linked with Naviance Succeed, which our office uses to track and analyze data about career and college plans, Family Connection provides up-to-date information that is specific to our school.
The following are just some Family Connection activities:
- Game Plan Survey
- Create a resume’
- Complete an Interest Profiler
- Complete a Personality Assessment
- Start a college search
- Develop a prospective college list
- Access scholarship search engines; more than a hundred national scholarships are available
- Maintain journal entries
- Complete school-developed surveys
- Compare colleges
- Link to selected third-party resources College Board, Financial Aid, NCAA, Careers, College searches, etc.)
- Track deadlines
- View guidance news bulletins
If you have any trouble accessing the documents linked from this page, please contact the Communications Office at 356-8250. The FREE Adobe Acrobat Reader can be downloaded here.
INFORMATION
Counseling & Career Center
Phone: 518-356-8320
FAX: 518-356-8329
Counselors
- Danielle Conway
dconway@mohonasen.org - Amy Huszar
ahuszar@mohonasen.org - Kimberly Ramsundar
kramsundar@mohonasen.org - Bernadette Nichols
bnichols@mohonasen.org - Taylor Diffley
tdiffley@mohonasen.org - Rebecca Pauley
rpauley@mohonasen.org
Need to request your transcript or immunization records?
Alumni who would like to request a copy of their high school transcript or immunization records can download the information request form. Fill it out and simply mail it to Mohonasen’s Counseling and Career Center, 2070 Curry Road, Schenectady, NY 12303 or fax it to 518.356.8329. Questions? Call 518.356.8320.