HAFTR High School Israel and College Guidance College Guidance Office COLLEGE BOARD CEEB CODE: 331885 TEST CENTER CODE: 33- 302
Mrs. Joan Parmet, Director, College Guidance Mrs. Karen Wolf, College Guidance Counselor Mrs. Susan Szaluta, College Guidance Counselor Mrs. Arlette Miller, Administrative Assistant (516) 569-3807 x 721
A college education is not a quantitative body of knowledge salted away in a card file. It is a taste for knowledge, a taste for philosophy, if you will; a capacity to explore, to question, to perceive relationships, between fields of knowledge and experience. - A. Whitney Griswold
The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life. - Plato
Calendar SAT Exams: October 18, November 8, December 6 (not at HAFTR) ACT Exams: October 25, December 13 (HAFTR is not a test center) College Visits: Many colleges are coming to HAFTR to meet our students. The schedule is posted in College Guidance College Admissions Timetable: September: Download applications, register for SAT/ACT exams, meet with College Guidance counselors October: Early Action/Early Decision applications are due to College Guidance November: Work on Regular Decision applications, apply for SAT/ACT exams December: Early Decision schools notify candidates of acceptances January: File FAFSA, students are notified of early action acceptances February: Students are notified of early action acceptances March: Juniors begin meeting with college guidance counselors, juniors can begin taking SAT/ACT exams April: Seniors receive regular decision acceptances May: Seniors must notify colleges which school they are attending in the fall, AP exams are given June: Graduation, Regents exams
Israel Guidance Department Girls Adviser: Mrs. Debra Green Boys Adviser: Rabbi Hillel Lichtman
The Israel guidance department of HAFTR is here to facilitate the process of a student choosing and moving on to a year of study in Israel. If a senior is interested in considering the option to spend a year studying in Israel he/she makes an appointment with the Israel guidance adviser. Parents are welcome to make appointments as well. Appropriate schools based upon academics, religiosity, and social setting will be suggested. The student then fills out applications and turns them back into the Israel guidance office. Transcripts and recommendation letters are attached and mailed to the schools. Interviews are set up through the Israel guidance office, and usually take place in HAFTR. The student will then be accepted into various schools. Every effort is made by the administration to insure that every student is accepted to a school that meets their needs.
A basic time table is as follows: (please note the differences between the girls and boys)
Girls September – October: Israel guidance meetings Early November: Israel night (where parents and students can meet with representatives from most programs) Israel representatives visit during school hours to meet with students Mid November: Applications due into Israel Guidance office December: Interviews Mid January: Acceptances Early February: Commitment to school of choice We work with the following programs as of now: Bravendar’s, Midreshet Moriah, Midreshet Harova, Be’er Miriam, Machon Gold, Michlalah, MMY, Michlelet Esther, Tiferet, Shaalvim, Shana Baretz, Darchei Bina, Midreshet Yeud, Ayelet Hashachar, Shaarei Bina, Bar Ilan , Midreshet Ein Hanatziv, Sharfman’s, Tomer Devorah
Boys September – December: Israel Guidance meetings November and December: Yeshiva recruiting visits at HAFTR Israel night January: applications due February: Interviews March – April: Acceptance letters We work with the following programs as of now: Reishet, Netiv Aryeh, Mevaseret, Shaalvim, Gush, Kerem B’Yavneh, Ohr Yerushalayim, Ner Yaacov, Maaleh Adumim, Torat Shraga, Shaarei Yerushalayim, Yesodei Hatorah, Eretz Hatzvi, Lev Hatorah
Parents are invited to call and request a meeting with the Israel Guidance adviser. Israel Guidance appointments will begin immediately at the start of the school year. We are looking forward to working with you.
