The Modesto City School District and Naviance have been working together to help boost Modesto students' college readiness and attendance rates since 2002. "Bound for College," an article appearing in The Modesto Bee on October 28, highlights the work the district's college counselors are doing and how they're using many elements of WorkspaceK12 — including the powerful scholarship database in Counselor's Office and the Do What You Are personality inventory — as part of a district-wide planning and advising program that gets results.

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Counselors are among the most important resources students and parents have when planning for and applying to college. In "What You Need to Know About Applying to College," the October 22 edition of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reminds families that "the guidance office is open" and encourages students to take advantage of the planning and organizational tools offered by a growing number of high schools throughout Missouri and around the world using Counselor's Office, part of WorkspaceK12.

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The third episode in the poular Counselor's Podcast series is now available. Download The Counselor's Podcast presented by Matt DeGreeff, Director of College Counseling at Middlesex School (MA), from The Counselor's Podcast page in the Community section of our website. Or subscribe to The Counselor's Podcast newsfeedusing Apple iTunes or your favorite RSS reader to make sure you never miss an episode.

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Students have been applying to college on-line for more than a decade, but for high schools that send millions of credentials and transcripts each year to thousands of colleges the process has remained paper-intensive. Until now. Thanks to a new partnership between two industry leaders, Naviance and Docufide, high schools will finally be able to send all application credentials to any college, anywhere, anytime — beginning early in 2007. Only Naviance and Docufide are now making it possible for high schools to handle all applications electronically, vastly simplifying the college application process for counselors and teachers. Read the full press release for more information.

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