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UPCOMING GUIDANCE EVENTS: Career Day is being held for all students on March 8. Villa Walsh is excited to be welcoming many alumnae back on campus to speak to students on various career elds.
February 2024 PEER TUTORING Peer tutoring remains available for all students who feel they could bene t from some additional help with a class. e sign up for requesting and providing peer tutoring can be found on the door of the Guidance Office. Please stop in or email Mrs. Devins if you have any questions.
GUIDANCE REMINDERS: Seniors: If you have been accepted to your Early Decision School, please remember to notify the admission offices of any other school you have applied to, in order to withdraw your application or admission offer. Seniors are STRONGLY encouraged to speak to Mrs. Devins about college options. Please remember to notify the Guidance Department of any scholarship awards. Also, please check the Guidance website for scholarship opportunities. Seniors need to make their college deposit by May 1. Juniors: Please remember to register for upcoming standardized test dates. If you have not yet completed your college planning questionnaire, please do so. College planning meetings will restart next month. Sophomores & Freshmen: Individual meetings are in progress to discuss career and college searches as well course selection options. Should any student need a transcript, email Mrs. Devins at devinse@villawalsh.org.
Christ in the City Assembly e Villa Walsh Academy community welcomed Christ in the City to share about their non-pro t missionary program. Miss Geraghty served as a missionary with Christ in the City in Denver, Colorado from 2020-2021 and asked them to share their beautiful mission with the VWA Community. Christ in the City is a Catholic non-pro t dedicated both to forming young adults, volunteers, and the greater community to be lifelong missionaries through knowing, loving and serving the poor. Christ in the City was founded in Denver, Colorado by Dr. Jonathan Reyes in 2010; he understood that young people were seeking to give themselves in a radical way to make a positive change in the world. Christ in the City brings a unique approach to homeless ministry by addressing the most debilitating need for the homeless on the streets, the underlying need for human connection. Aer 12 years of the program, they opened up a satellite location in Philadelphia and the mission and reach of this organization continues to grow. In 2022, Christ in the City produced a documentary to help tell their story and the stories of their friends experiencing homelessness. During the assembly, the students learned more about Christ in the City through a presentation and the showing of their