On Friday, April 12, Partners in Catholic Education (PICE) hosted its Annual Senior Success Seminar for Montgomery Catholic seniors, in which the senior class heard presentations from faithful, successful leaders to prepare them for life after high school. This is an opportunity for seniors to understand and participate in professional dress, discussion, networking, relationship-building, strength-finding, and more!
They heard powerful presentations from the Special Teams Coordinator for the University of Georgia football team, Scott Cochran, his wife, Cissy Cochran, True Colors Master Trainer, Barry Waite, and professor of Data Analytics at Troy University, Dr. Noah Trudeau.
Scott and Cissy Cochran discussed the power of game planning for the future so that we are not left to our own devices, but rely on God’s guidance and plans. Barry Waite emphasized the uniqueness of each individual and empowered students to embrace their personalities and gifts to develop their relationship with God and others. Dr. Trudeau taught students how to juggle school, work, and life by teaching them how to, well, juggle. He encouraged students to concentrate on manageable steps toward success that will help them grow.
Along with these incredible talks, students had the opportunity to ask a panel of three MCPS graduates attending nearby colleges about their college experiences and how to prepare for life after high school: Joey Rodriguez at Troy University, Sebastien Sayegh at Auburn University, and Landry Samuels at Tuskegee University. They asked questions about college social life, class management, how to balance it all, and more.
Students were challenged to become who God has called them to be. Activities are always a huge help with self-evaluation, so students learned how to juggle, separated themselves into groups that most fit with their personalities, and created chants to represent their groups. To top off the activities, some faculty members demonstrated ways NOT to dress for a job interview!
And we all know you can’t be prepared for the professional world without professional essentials! As a gracious gift from PICE, boys received new ties and girls received pearl bracelets.
As always, we are so grateful to PICE for sponsoring this event and giving these students such a unique space to develop as people! We also want to offer a huge thank you to all our speakers who volunteered their time to inspire these students as they take the next steps in life!
