📅 Tuesday August 12th, 2025
🕗5pm Pacific, 7pm Central, 8pm Eastern
📍Zoom
Help Your Child Explore Interests, Build Confidence, and Prepare for High School
Is your child in grades 5–8 and just starting to figure out what excites them? This free webinar will give you expert advice on how to support early interest exploration, guide your child to find their passion, and start building the mindset and habits that create a successful high school experience.
Led by a Former Dartmouth Admissions Officer, this session introduces the Young Leaders Program, a structured path that helps students grow into confident, motivated, and purposeful high schoolers.
You’ll learn:
- How to prepare for high school the right way
What parents should focus on before high school ever starts - How to help your child find their passion
Encourage self-motivated growth and a sense of purpose - How early interest exploration leads to stronger leadership
Support natural leadership development through curiosity - How the Young Leaders Program supports middle school growth
See how students build focus, skills, and direction before 9th grade
Can’t attend live? Register anyway and we’ll send the full replay straight to your inbox.
Register For the Webinar!
Meet Your Hosts:
Heather McCutchen | Former Admissions Reader, Dartmouth College
MFA, Playwrights’ Workshop, University of Iowa
BA, Dartmouth College
Heather McCutchen is an award-winning playwright and novelist with 26 years of Ivy League admissions experience. She holds an MFA from the University of Iowa and graduated magna cum laude from Dartmouth College.
99 %
Acceptance Rate
7 x
More Likely into Top Schools
480 +
Ivy League Acceptances
1400 +
Top 30 Acceptances
