{"id":1983,"date":"2018-04-04T14:05:05","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T18:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=1983"},"modified":"2018-04-04T14:05:05","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T18:05:05","slug":"college-signing-day-watch-our-facebook-live-qa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2018\/04\/04\/college-signing-day-watch-our-facebook-live-qa\/","title":{"rendered":"College Signing Day: Watch our Facebook Live Q&#038;A"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rdtu5US3JsI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Decision Day is fast approaching.<\/p>\n<p>May 1 is the deadline for students to accept an offer of admission at many institutions. And for the fifth year, Reach Higher\u2014in coordination with Better Make Room\u2014is encouraging schools and communities to host College Signing Day events in recognition of their students\u2019 hard work.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Last year, more than 1,500 schools and communities across the country organized Signing Day events for their students.<\/p>\n<p>Looking for ways to get involved this year?<\/p>\n<p>NACAC host Crystal Newby talked with Reach Higher\u2019s Eric Waldo this afternoon about the Signing Day initiative during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rdtu5US3JsI\">Facebook Live Q&amp;A<\/a>. Janel Young, with DC\u2019s Office of the State Superintendent of Education, and Clarence Cross, a college and career counselor with DC\u2019s Cesar Chavez Public Schools, also joined the conversation.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to their<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rdtu5US3JsI\"> tips<\/a>, learn about <a href=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2018\/03\/08\/grants-available-to-fund-college-signing-day-events\/\">grant funds<\/a> available to support your school, and download the official <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bettermakeroom.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/CSD-2018-Toolkit-.pdf\">College Signing Day toolkit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Admitted writer\/editor Mary Stegmeir welcomes additional comments and story ideas at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/04\/05\/students-share-your-college-essay-with-the-new-york-times\/mstegmeir@nacacnet.org\">mstegmeir@nacacnet.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Decision Day is fast approaching. 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