Bob Bell & Life After High School

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Bob Bell sits down with Julie Smith, a School Counselor at Cookeville High School (CHS), and Michelle Bowman, Assistant Principal at CHS. They discuss what College Application Month is and how CHS celebrates the occasion, what dream schools and programs are and some of the common pitfalls that students may not realize when exclusively focusing on those dream opportunities, as well as the roles that parents and guardians play in the college application process, and how they can better assist their children when looking into post-secondary education.

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