Welcome to Montgomery Blair's Career Center!

The Career Center offers information and advising to Blair students as they plan for their post-secondary experience.

Got a question for the Career Center staff? Click here to see out Frequently Asked Questions, or to ask one yourself!

We will be open for student use during the following times:

7:15 am through 5B lunch
and 2:15 pm to 3:00 pm

Career Information Coordinator: Lori Kearney
Email:Lori_L_Kearney@mcpsmd.org
Phone: 301-649-2819
Fax: 301-649-2823

Message from the Career Information Coordinator:
Welcome to Montgomery Blair's Career Center! The parent volunteers and I have had the pleasure of working with many Blair students who were pursuing a variety of plans. We are looking forward to another busy year as we help students determine and finalize their post-secondary plans. One of our main goals is to facilitate the process of allowing students to begin to dream big about their futures and create goals to fulfill those dreams.

In addition to the usual resources that we offer, we have plans for some new and exciting programs as well. After school workshops on a variety of topics will be offered. The topics of those workshops will include:

Using Family Connection

Managing the College Search Process

The Resources in the Career Center

Bridges and Do What You Are Interest Profilers

Resume Writing

How to Search for Scholarships

Preparing to Complete the FAFSA

The College Visit

Interviewing for Jobs and Colleges

College Entrance Exams and Preparing for Them

Also, thanks to generous donations from former students and the community, the Career Center has a great number of resources on test preparation and selecting a college that is the right fit.

DAILY STUDENT HOURS:

We are available for walk-in assistance every school day from 7:00 a.m. to 7:30 a.m., and from lunch until the end of the day 10:45 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. With the assistance of parent volunteers, students can receive one-on-one and ongoing assistance with the college application and financial aid process. The hours to receive such advising are the same as the walk-in hours listed above.

Please be sure to register for a Family Connection account so that you receive the weekly Career Notes. The notes are chock full of information about upcoming college visits at Blair, open houses at colleges and universities, scholarships, internship and enrichment opportunities, job notices and test preparation.

Finally, it has been my observation that the students who took the initiative to visit the Career Center on a regular basis were the ones who benefited most. Please incorporate visits to the Career Center into your schedule.

We are looking forward to working with you and we hope you have a GREAT school year!

CONTACT

The best way to contact the career center is to send an email to Lori_L_Kearney@mcpsmd.org

The best times to reach me via the telephone at 301-649-2819 are 7:30am – 8:00 am and 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm.

Services and Resources Available in the Career Center
• College and career search programs

Family Connection - the web-based system that helps students research and compare colleges and scholarships and keep track of their progress towards post-secondary goals

Bridges - a personal profiler program

Internet access to other web-based college and career programs (College Board, Peterson's, etc.)

• College visits with representatives of over 200 colleges, universities and other post-secondary programs
• Applications, viewbooks, videos and other college/university publications
• College reference books that allow students to compare and contrast specific colleges
• College and career workshops
• Information about college athletics
• Individual advising about the college application process and financial aid process through CollegeTracks
• Standardized test registration materials (SAT, SAT Subject Tests, ACT, TOEFL)
• Standardized testing preparation workbooks
• Financial aid and scholarship information, applications and reference books
• Information about summer enrichment programs
• Information about study abroad opportunities
• Information about special programs
• Information about internships
• Military information
• Information about job opportunities
• Information about specific occupations and careers
• Information about technical and trade schools
• Issuing and validation of work permits

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