Monroe High School students make college and career decisions in Signing Day event

ALBANY, Ga. – Monroe High School students celebrate a pivotal moment in their academic careers with their Signing Day event.

With students, staff, and family members in attendance, seniors were honored on Signing Day as they revealed the college of their choice.

“There’s a few things that we do during advisement each week, and one is youth science. It’s an inventory that helps them to determine what feel would be best for them. And, from that point, we have them to research the colleges and universities that have that particular major. And, once they do that, we sit down and we talk about the pros and cons. If it’s out of state, in-state, if they’re going to get the HOPE scholarship, what kind of funding they have, and we help them to make the decision from that,” Dr. Frederick E. Polite, Principal of Monroe High School.

The Signing Day event at Monroe also honored students opting to pursue careers in the workforce, including those joining the military, Air Force, and Marines.

Dr. Frederick E. Polite, Principal of Monroe High School, elaborates on the school’s commitment to supporting students exploring alternative pathways.

“We have a number of students who have the desire to go into the military. And, from that we start preparing them for the ASVAB. Those students, most of them go through the JROTC program. And working with some of our instructors there, they go back and forth with the recruiters, so they have a number of opportunities to be able to get the skills and the training that they need to be able to make the scores they need on the ASVAB,” said Dr. Polite.

Dr. Frederick delivers a message to the underclassmen who will soon face the same decisions as their graduating peers.

“What I share with the underclassmen is to notice what some of our seniors are doing. The ones that are going out and getting into scholarships. Making a big name for themselves right in the building. And, I ask them to emulate that, doing those positive things and making sure that they begin to focus from the 9th grade all the way through the 12th and not get into the 12th grade and try to make a final decision,” said Dr. Polite.

De’Andra Jacobs reporting.

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