Getting into college is a big deal. And we should celebrate that achievement the same way we celebrate the Super Bowl, which is precisely what College Signing Day aims to do. That’s why Mrs. Obama launched Reach Higher in 2014 at a College Signing Day in San Antonio, Texas.
Since then, Reach Higher has helped organize thousands of events with hundreds of thousands of students in all 50 states showing their college pride and creating a college-going culture in their communities. Hosted by schools, organizations, community leaders, and influencers, College Signing Day is a national celebration rallying around local students and celebrating their choices and commitments to higher education.
School counselors are critical to helping students successfully navigate their postsecondary options. But all too often, those counselors are understaffed, under-resourced, and absent from the leadership table. The average student-to-counselor ratio is nearly 500 to 1, and in many schools, it is much higher. That’s why Reach Higher works to support and celebrate the school counseling profession.
The American School Counselor Association names the National School Counselor of the Year, an annual award that honors the nation’s top school counselors. From 2015 to 2017, Mrs. Obama and Reach Higher hosted the School Counselor of the Year ceremony at the White House. We continue to celebrate these critical educators every year.
Each year, Reach Higher and Common App partner with the College Football Playoff Foundation’s Extra Yard for Teachers to present the Excellence in College Counseling award. This award recognizes a high school counseling team in the College Football Championship host city for their outstanding commitment to fostering a college-going culture in high schools that serve students from low- and middle-income families.
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