NORTHWESTERN PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC

STAFF ADVISED STUDENTS IN METHODS OF EFFECTIVE STUDYING, MEMORIZATION, TIME MANAGEMENT, GOAL SETTING, ORGANIZATION AND PRODUCTIVE HABITS, ALONG WITH LESSONS IN ETIQUETTE AND PROTOCOL. GUIDELINES WERE SET FOR APPEARANCE AND FOR DRESS IN BUSINESS CASUAL AND MORE FORMAL ATTIRE. DUE TO CALIFORNIA FIRES AND THE US FOREST SERVICE MANDATE FOR EVACUATION FOR THREE WEEKS, CLASSES WERE REMOTE FOR THREE WEEKS AND IN-PERSON FOR ELEVEN WEEKS. CLASSES WERE HELD SIX DAYS PER WEEK AND COVERED MATH, ENGLISH, CHEMISTRY, PHYSICS, PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, VOCABULARY AND STUDY HALL. 53 STUDENTS WERE IN THE PROGRAM. 45 RECEIVED APPOINTMENTS TO US SERVICE ACADEMIES AND EIGHT ENTERED COLLEGES. SEMINARS WERE CONDUCTED ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT, HONOR CODE, MILITARY CAREERS AND OPPORTUNITIES. OUTSIDE SPEAKERS WERE OFTEN INVITED TO CONDUCT SEMINARS. STUDENTS CHOOSING TO ATTEND CHURCH WERE DRIVEN BY NORTHWESTERN PREP STAFF TO THE APPROPRIATE CHURCH. WHEN A STUDENT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION, THE SCHOOL FURNISHED THE TRANSPORTATION AND A STAFF MEMBER TO ACCOMPANY THE STUDENT. EACH STUDENT WAS COUNSELED WITH REGARDS TO HIS OR HER CHOICE OF ACADEMIES, UNIVERSITIES OR ROTC PROGRAMS. STAFF MEMBERS ALSO WORKED WITH STUDENTS ADVISING THEM IN THEIR APPLICATIONS FOR THEIR NOMINATIONS TO THEIR CONGRESSMEN, SENATORS, THE VICE PRESIDENT, THE PRESIDENT ANDTHE VARIOUS ACADEMIES. STAFF MEMBERS PROVIDED REQUESTED EVALUATIONS OF PERFORMANCE, ACADEMIC ABILITY, PHYSICAL FITNESS STANDARDS, CHARACTERISTICS OF HONOR, WORK ETHIC, INTEGRITY, LEADERSHIP, COMMUNITY INTERACTION, OR OTHER APPLICABLE TRAITS. NORTHWESTERN PREPARATORY REMAINED AVAILABLE AND OFFERED SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT ONCE THE STUDENTS REACHED THE ACADEMY, THEIR ROTC UNITS OR THEIR OTHER COMMISSIONING SOURCES. NORTHWESTERN PREPARATORY SCHOOL WAS CONTACTED BY ORGANIZATIONS THAT PERFORMED BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR SECURITY PURPOSES ON THOSE ENTERING THE ACADEMIES/ROTC PROGRAMS. ALSO, FORMER STUDENTS, NOW OFFICERS, NEEDED ADDITIONAL CLEARANCES FOR HIGHER LEVEL SECURITY ASSIGNMENTS. NORTHWESTERN PREP PROVIDED THEM TO THE OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT, THE FBI AND OTHER INVESTIGATIVE BODIES. COMPLETE RECOMMENDATIONS WITH COLOR PHOTO ID'S AND TRANSCRIPTS ARE KEPT ON FILE FOR EACH OF THE 3,000 FORMER STUDENTS. NORTHWESTERN PREP MAINTAINS A THOROUGH DATABASE WHICH ALLOWS STUDENTS TO CONTACT FORM NETWORKS WITH ALL FORMER CLASSES OF GRADUATES WHILE ON ASSIGNMENTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND WHEN JOINING A PARTICULAR MILITARY SERVICE COMMUNITY.