College Counseling

The Pulaski Academy Counseling Department is committed to helping students create and maintain a balanced scholastic and extracurricular schedule that allows them to reach their academic potential and personal goals.

Each year, students are guided through course selection and standardized testing experiences to ensure a structured plan for personal growth. By hosting college representatives throughout the school year, connecting current students to PA alumni from differing academic and professional backgrounds, and offering the eleven-day Junior College Trip, counselors provide a comprehensive, personalized approach to the college selection process.

Additionally, the counseling department sponsors a variety of mental and emotional well-being programs throughout the year for students and their families.

Counseling Mission

Every student should feel safe personally, socially, and emotionally. The Pulaski Academy community represents a unique variety of cultures and beliefs that are acknowledged, respected, and valued. The mission of the counseling office is to provide a positive, safe environment that will assist students to become independent learners as they journey into the next phase of their academic career.

College Counseling Mission

Admission to college is the culmination of the Pulaski Academy experience. Our philosophy is there is no one perfect school, but rather a sound educational match for each student. Our mission is to help each senior choose an institution of higher education which will best meet his or her needs and abilities: academically, socially, philosophically, and economically.

Counseling Center

The Counseling Center is located on the first floor of the McIntosh Arts & Sciences Center. Expert staff members are on hand to give individualized attention to our students and families throughout the four-year process.

College Fair

Each fall, PA invites students in grades 9-12 and their parents to the annual College Fair. Approximately 120 representatives from colleges and universities from around the nation are on hand to visit with students and their families about their programs.

College Visits at PA

Each year, numerous day information sessions are conducted by representatives from colleges and universities from the across the country. Juniors and seniors are encouraged to attend the sessions which are of personal interest.

Junior College Trip

Pulaski Academy’s optional 11-day College Trip is an excellent opportunity for juniors to visit a wide variety of colleges and universities on both small and large campuses in rural communities as well as large cities. By visiting with college admissions representatives and touring campuses with college students, PA juniors learn about different types of schools and other factors affecting the college decision-making process.

The College Trip provides a first-hand experience and more personal information than any view book, brochure, or college handbook could explain. As a result of the College Trip experience, students enter their senior year with a greater appreciation of what they are looking for in a college.

2024-2025 Pulaski Academy School Profile