Maine Seacoast Mission is offering a series of workshops for high school and college students, as well as their parents, to help with transition to college or careers. The College and Career Preparation Workshop Series, held online or in-person at the Downeast Campus, cover a wide range of topics including life skills, wellness, and college and career exploration and preparation. 

The Mission’s Secondary and Post-Secondary EdGE staff created the workshops after working with current Mission Scholarship recipients, Davis Maine Scholars, and Journey students applying to college. Students shared what questions they have around both applying and attending college and beyond, and using their knowledge created this series of workshops.

These workshops are designed to supplement what students receive from their high schools and colleges. Secondary and Post-Secondary EdGE staff members lead the workshops, with current Scholars and Journey alumni (who are attending college) contributing and offering advice to younger peers as part of the presentations.

Staff in the Mission’s Secondary and Post-Secondary EdGE program have a combined 35 years of experience in higher education as well as working with students in kindergarten through twelfth grade.   

Eight scheduled workshops will take place at the Mission’s EdGE Center on its campus at 7 Weald Bethel Lane, Cherryfield except for two workshops that will occur on Zoom:

• -Thursday, November 21, 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. College Essays: Advice to help start and organize your college application essays 
• -Monday, December 2, 5:00 to 7:00 pm: FAFSA Night Get questions answered and help with the FASFA form
• -Wednesday, December 18, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. FAFSA Night: Get questions answered and help with the FASFA form 
• -Tuesday, January 7, 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.: Cook with Us: Upgrade your college dorm meals and snacks
• -Monday, January 13, 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Winter wellness
• -Wednesday, February 12, 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. Budgeting 101 on Zoom  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89297280884?pwd=w6e9V2eVjaPpOfuEV3Y9I2SWDc25Lp.1
• -Monday, March 24, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.: Build your resume! on Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82183183269?pwd=4XYPPdjTQ7QwL7SfAaTuNpj06M7VH5.1
• -Monday, May 19, 3:00 to 4:00 pm You have a job, now what?: Being professional at work

These workshops are designed for students to explore their interests, skills, and abilities. They can also find out what college is like and how to navigate it when they get there.

"This makes it more likely they will both aspire to post-secondary education and be successful when they get there,” said EdGE Secondary and Post-Secondary Program Director Christy Oliveri, in a news release.

For more information about these workshops, please visit seacoastmission.org/2024-workshops. For any questions as well as for any Zoom information contact Christy Oliveri at coliveri@seacoastmission.org.

Rooted in a history of compassionate service and mutual trust, Maine Seacoast Mission seeks to strengthen coastal and island communities by educating youth, supporting families, and promoting good health. For more information, please visit https://seacoastmission.org/