Parent and Athlete Education Series

Fall 2024

• August 13, 20, & 27:  Executive Function Workshops (3 Sessions)

  • ​Get ready for an amazing school year by joining SAS Director Laura Paul for three engaging sessions: Session 1 - Creating Your System / Session 2 - Planning, Calendars, & Establishing Routines / Session 3 - Utilizing Resources and Communicating with Teachers. Learning from each other is the best, so these sessions will be interactive! Be ready to jump out of your seat and discuss what you are doing within these topics! 

• Early September: Maximize Your Academics and Merit Scholarship

  • ​Join expert Alex Proctor of ICL Academy for a session on education planning and how to maximize your chances for merit scholarships!

• Sept 10: Standardized testing with Sara Berard

  • ​Sara Berard of Compass Education Group will help us take a deep dive into the new world of standardized testing. Learn more about the PSAT, new fully digital and adaptive SAT, and the ACT. Sara will cover the details in the data, decide on your testing timeline, and get into the details of how colleges are using this information now. 

• September 26: How to Ski in College with Jesse McTigue

  • ​Jesse is joining JHSC again for an update on College Pathways for Skiing, lessons learned in the last year, and how to make this pathway a reality for you! Learn more about the unique NCAA age loophole, point ranges for college skiers, and so much more. Remember to view Jesse's first presentation from Fall 2023!

  • Jesse James McTigue is an independent college counselor and freelance writer based in Telluride, CO. She grew up ski racing, attended Burke Mountain Academy, and then captained the Dartmouth NCAA women's alpine team. She cut her teeth as an educator teaching in ski academies and independent schools in CO, VT, and CA before earning her master's in school leadership from the University of Pennsylvania and working as the Director of Curriculum and Instruction and College Counseling at the Telluride Mountain School. After eighteen years of working in schools, she began an independent college counseling practice. She loves working with all students but has a special place for competitive skiers as she was one and is the mother of two. She recently published two articles in Ski Racing Media about college skiing: So, You Want to Ski in the NCAA? and A Guide to USCSA Skiing: Keeping Athletes in the Game. 

• Oct. 3: Open Schools Night 4pm -7pm

  • ​Join us for this fabulous in-person evening where you can take a deep dive into all the schools available in Jackson Hole. Representatives and admissions officers from TCSD, Jackson Hole Classical Academy, Jackson Hole Community School, and Teton Science Schools will be there to answer all of your questions in this casual evening.