The Welcome Back Toolkit
Everything refreshed for 2026–27, so what you hand your seniors this fall is current. Free to download, free to forward.
- 70+ supplemental essay guides as one shareable PDF
- Senior fall calendar, late August to November 1
- 2026–27 Common App walkthrough video
- Fall workshop and PD menu, for students and staff
Send me the toolkit
Four files, and when you'll use each one
The supplemental essay guide, as one PDF
Our 70+ school-specific supplemental essay guides in a single file. Prompts, word counts, and the approach we teach for each one.
Use it: Drop the link in your senior Google Classroom in week one.
A senior fall calendar
Week by week from late August through the November 1 early deadlines, including the recommendation asks that need to happen early.
Use it: Print it for the office wall and email it to senior families.
A walkthrough of the 2026–27 Common App
A recorded screen-share of the current Common App, section by section, including what changed this year.
Use it: Watch it before your first senior seminar so you can answer questions cold.
The fall workshop and PD menu
Five student workshop topics, five PD topics for counselors and teachers, and our classroom curriculum. Sessions run virtual or in person.
Use it: Forward it to whoever holds the PD budget at your school.