{"id":397,"date":"2017-01-06T15:47:34","date_gmt":"2017-01-06T20:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=397"},"modified":"2017-02-02T13:11:06","modified_gmt":"2017-02-02T18:11:06","slug":"flotus-cites-nacac-data-in-white-house-remarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/01\/06\/flotus-cites-nacac-data-in-white-house-remarks\/","title":{"rendered":"Michelle Obama Cites NACAC Data in White House Remarks"},"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\/SXrPIWYw8fE?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>First Lady Michelle Obama used NACAC data Friday to help shine a spotlight on the importance of school counselors.<\/p>\n<p>The comments were woven into Obama\u2019s remarks honoring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nacacnet.org\/news--publications\/newsroom\/scoy17\/\">2017 School Counselor of the Year<\/a> Terri Tchorzynski.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA recent study showed that students who met with a school counselor to talk about financial aid or college were three times more likely to attend college and they were nearly seven times more likely to apply for financial aid,\u201d Obama said, referencing a <a href=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2016\/12\/07\/report-counselors-positively-impact-college-access\/\">NACAC report released last month<\/a>. \u201cOur school counselors are truly among the heroes of the Reach Higher story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The comments were part of Obama\u2019s last official White House remarks. During her husband\u2019s time in office, Obama used her national profile to promote college readiness and access through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/reach-higher\">Reach Higher<\/a> initiative, as well as the <a href=\"https:\/\/bettermakeroom.org\/\">Better Make Room<\/a> campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Both efforts are focused on helping students further their education beyond high school \u2014 a topic that is near and dear to this year\u2019s School Counselor of the Year. The award, presented annually by the American School Counselor Association, honors professionals who go above and beyond to help students succeed.<\/p>\n<p>Tchorzynski, who works at the Calhoun Area Career Center in Battle Creek, Michigan, revamped the college counseling services offered to students in her district after learning teens struggled to navigate the admission process.<\/p>\n<p>During her remarks at the White House, Tchorzynski celebrated the special role counselors play in the lives of their students.<\/p>\n<p>Through persistence, caring, and support for our students we make a difference in their lives, and they make a difference in the lives of others,\u201d she said. \u201c\u2026Our students and their stories are why we love what we do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SXrPIWYw8fE\">Obama\u2019s speech<\/a> and read a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/ed\/2017\/01\/06\/492874846\/9-questions-for-the-nations-top-school-counselor\">Q&amp;A<\/a> with this year\u2019s School Counselor of the year.<\/p>\n<p><em>Admitted writer\/editor Mary Stegmeir welcomes additional comments and story ideas at\u00a0<a style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\" href=\"mailto:mstegmeir@nacacnet.org\">mstegmeir@nacacnet.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First Lady Michelle Obama used NACAC data Friday to help shine a spotlight on the importance of school counselors. The comments were woven into Obama\u2019s remarks honoring 2017 School Counselor of the Year Terri Tchorzynski. \u201cA recent study showed that students who met with a school counselor to talk about financial aid or college were &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/01\/06\/flotus-cites-nacac-data-in-white-house-remarks\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Michelle Obama Cites NACAC Data in White House Remarks<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,10,20],"tags":[230,228,229,122,231,232],"class_list":["post-397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-access","category-college-admission","category-importance-of-school-counselors","tag-better-make-room","tag-flotus","tag-michelle-obama","tag-reach-higher","tag-school-counselor-of-the-year","tag-terri-tchorzynski"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Mary Stegmeir","author_link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/author\/mstegmeir\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peWmJq-6p","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}