Small Steps Go Places

Helping students transition from high school to college

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Gratitude

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SSGP provides parents with the tools and know-how to help their teens gain the mindset and confidence to succeed in high school, college, and beyond. As we are celebrating Thanksgiving this month, I thought it would be appropriate to discuss gratitude. Choosing to feel and be grateful is a mindset; it is a habit. Regardless of how you are […]

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How to Help your Child Start Good Habits in High School

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How to Help your Child Start Good Habits in High SchoolSmall Steps Go Places is an educational consultancy by Genevieve.  She works with parents whose children aren’t yet college-ready.  She meets parents where they are to help them and their children get college-ready socially, emotionally, and mentally. She does this with courses focused on organizational […]

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Be a Human and Do What You Can Control

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When something is about to happen that feels uncomfortable, our imaginations can make it so much more difficult and scary, especially right before it’s supposed to happen. This can just shut you down! People are tired of dealing with this pandemic and the changes to our daily lives. Quarantine and other measures have been necessary […]

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Taking It To The Next Level

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I feel like my life has become refocused on taking action, in a world full of questions at every turn. It’s really unbalanced. The Going to College 101 topic for this month continues to be Leveling Up, but we are going to focus on taking it to the next level!  With uncertainty remaining about how […]

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Being Tenacious

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The Going to College 101 student newsletters this month, which focus on Tenacity, have titles with words like showing up, on time, finish line, and when one door closes another opens. Tenacity, which is an essential ingredient of Grit, is useful when it is applied to a mission, project, or goal that is relevant. Oftentimes […]

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What Communication Strategies Work, and What Do We Need to Learn?

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Going to College 101’s April topic is Connecting which is timely during this Covid19 pandemic because our daily lives have moved from real life to virtual. How do we connect with each other now? What were we good at or had issues with, when it didn’t have to be virtual? Is there a silver lining […]

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Plan = Knowing How To Do Something 

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Knowing about something is the first step. This is followed by knowing how to do something. Then, you are ready to start doing something.  For high school students, the cost of being stuck can range from unnecessary stress when trying to complete homework to difficulty in standing up for themselves in a troubling friendship. Knowing […]

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