NMCHEA's Educational Talent Search (ETS) Project provides assistance for 6th through 12th grade students to complete high school and prepare them to enter the college of their choice.

Program Services

• Academic, financial or personal counseling including advice on entry or reentry to secondary or postsecondary programs

• Career exploration and aptitude assessment

• Information on postsecondary education

• Exposure to college campuses

• Information on student financial aid assistance

• Assistance in preparing for college entrance exams

• Special activities for 7th through 8th grade students

• Workshop for the parents of participants

Who Can Benefit From the ETS Project?

The ETS Project offers services to students who are residents of Calhoun, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, Kemper, Lee, Lowndes, Monroe, Noxubee, Neshoba, Oktibbeha, Pontotoc, Union, Webster, and Winston counties.

Where Will The Services Be Offered To My Son Or Daughter?

In the middle/high school that your son or daughter attends.

Who Is Eligible For The Services?

• Any student who lives or attends school in the target counties who meet low-income criteria and who would be the first in the family to complete college

• Any student who resides or attends school in the target counties and has the potential to complete high school and enroll in a college of his/her choice

• By providing tutorial services in the areas of English, Mathematics, Communications (reading and writing), the Sciences, and other academic disciplines in order to assist your son or daughter in completing high school with success

• By providing parent empowerment workshops, training to promote parent involvement, and helping parents to help students succeed

• By encouraging and assisting your son or daughter to continue their education at a selected college or university.  We will help the student select and complete college or university admissions, housing, and financial aid applications

• By providing financial aid information for selected college or university

• By assisting your son or daughter in selecting a career and relating this choice to furthering his/her education based on the student's interests and academic potential

What Does A Parent Have To Do In Order For His/Her Son/Daughter To Benefit From Educational Talent Search?

• Talk to the high school counselor at the school your son/daughter attends, or contact NMCHEA and ask about the Educational Talent Search Project

• Encourage and assist your son/daughter in completing the Educational Talent Search application

• Return the Educational Talent Search application to the school counselor or NMCHEA's Educational Talent Search Project

Are There Any Costs To My Son Or Daughter?

There is no cost to the parent/guardian.

How Long Will The ETS Project Be Offered In The School Districts?

Through 2007.

North MS Center for Higher Educational Advancement

504 West Main Street, Suite 7

West Point, MS 39773

Phone:  (662) 494-0660

Fax:  (662) 494-6080

Email:  the_center@nmchea.org 

ETS I Staff

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 Renea Brandon

Project Coordinating Specialist

Felix Russ

Project Specialist

ETS II Staff

Dorothy Edwards

Project Coordinating Specialist

Henry Bolton

Project Specialist