College Guidance

Dear Keystone Parent, Student, or Community Member,

Keystone School’s college guidance program is designed to help students assess their interests and abilities, and to guide students and families through a thoughtful college selection and application process. We focus on counseling students and providing a supportive environment as they plan for their future.

Aspects of the college counseling program include informational meetings with students and families beginning in Middle School, management of the school’s part of the applications process, informing students about appropriate standardized tests, gathering of information about need and merit-based scholarships, one-to-one counseling of juniors and their parents, preparation of the college counselor letter and preparation of recommendation letters required by colleges.

Regardless of the time of year or of the student’s grade level, Mrs. Elizondo and I are always willing to make individual appointments with families to discuss future goals, to counsel on standardized testing, to advise on course, extracurricular and non-school activities, and to assist in the planning of summer activities and college visits. I hope you will contact me if you need anything.

Please visit the Naviance homepage which allows guests to access college search tools, view college visits to Keystone, and scholarship information. The guest password is keystone. The college/university visit calendar is located on the left-hand side of the website under the About College section. Please visit the Naviance calendar to get complete details on college visits to the area; many visits that are not on our campus require on-line registration and the links are on the visit calendar.

Keystone is a member of the National Association for College Admission Counseling and we follow the Principles of Good Practice laid out by this association.

Best wishes to the class of 2010!

Jessica Cihal
College Counselor

College Counseling

Jessica Cihal
Director of Admissions and College Counseling
jcihal@keystoneschool.org
210-735-4022, ext. 325

Suzanne Elizondo
Assistant Head of School, Head of Upper School
selizondo@keystoneschool.org
210-735-4022, ext. 306