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And today, the high school graduation rate is at a record high, and more young people than ever before are going to college.
今天，高中畢業率創歷史新高，比以往任何時候都要多的年輕人要上大學。
And we know that school counselors like all of the folks standing with me on this stage have played a critical role in helping us get there. In fact, a recent study showed that students who met with a school counselor to talk about financial aid or college were three times more likely to attend college, and they were nearly seven times more likely to apply for financial aid.
我們知道，學校的輔導員，比如這些與我站在這個舞臺上的所有人，在幫助我們達到這個記錄中起了很關鍵的作用。實際上，最近的一項調查顯示，與學校輔導員見面談論有關財政援助和大學的學生，進入大學的可能性會增加三倍。同時他們申請經濟援助的幾率也將近七倍。
So our school counselors are truly among the heroes of the Reach Higher story. And that's why we created this event two years ago, because we thought that they should finally get some recognition. We wanted everyone to know about the difference that these phenomenal men and women have been making in the lives of our young people every day. And our 2017 School Counselor of the Year, Terri Tchorzynski, is a perfect example.
所以我們的學校輔導員是這個Reach Higher故事中真正的英雄。這也就是為什么兩年前我們要創辦這個活動，因為我們認為他們最終應該要得到一些認可。我們希望每個人都明白這些不同，這些了不起的人每天在我們的年輕人生活中所產生的。我們的2017年度校園輔導員Terry Trzcinski，就是一個完美的例子。
As you heard, Terri works at the Calhoun Area Career Center, a career and technical education school in Michigan. And here's what Terri's principal said about her in his letter of recommendation. He said, "Once she identifies a systemic need, she works tirelessly to address it."
正如所聽到的，Terry在Calhoun地區的就業中心工作，這個中心在密歇根州的一個職業技術教育學校。Terry的校長在他的推薦信中是這樣說她的。他說，一旦她確定了教育系統的需要，她就會不知疲倦地工作來滿足它。
So when students at Terri's school reported feeling unprepared to apply for higher education, Terri sprang into action to create a school-wide, top-to-bottom college-readiness effort. Under Terri's leadership, more students than ever before attended workshops on resume writing, FAFSA completion — yes, I can now say FAFSA— and interview preparation. I can barely say it. They did career and personal — personality assessments. They helped plan a special college week. And they organized a Military Day, hosting recruiters from all branches of our armed forces.
所以當Terry學校的學生說，感覺還沒有準備好申請高等教育時，Terry馬上就行動起來，創建一個全校性的、自上而下的準備上大學的嘗試。在Terry的領導下，有比以前更多的學生參加簡歷寫作研討會和“聯邦政府助學金免費申請”的完成，是的，現在我可以說，這是“聯邦政府助學金免費申請”，以及做好面試準備。我幾乎不能把它說出來。他們做了職業和個人人格評估，他們幫助計劃了一個特別的大學周，他們還組織了一個軍事日，來款待我們武裝部隊的所有分支的征兵人員。
