EDUCATIONAL TALENT SEARCH

Clearwater Valley Director: Traci Birdsell, M Ed
Lewis-Clark Valley Director: Evie Skipper
E-mail: tbirdsel@lcsc.edu
Office: Meriwether-Lewis Hall B36
Phone: 792-2767 or 800-298-0733.
Fax: 792-2648
Web: http://www.lcsc.edu/ets

OVERVIEW
Educational Talent Search (ETS) is a federally funded program serving 1200 students in the Lewis-Clark and Clearwater Valleys, aged eleven to twenty-seven, focusing on those whose families are on a limited income and whose parents did not earn a bachelors degree. The program targets “educationally talented” students, any who have the desire and the potential to seek post high school education, which includes two and four-year colleges and technical schools. In addition, the projects will serve a limited number of adults in the covered areas who have an interest in completing a GED or entering a post high school education program.

ETS assists students to gain a better understanding of their educational opportunities and options; therefore, all students are encouraged to apply. Services ETS provides are:

• Study skills
• Tutoring
• Career development activities
• Time management skills
• Organizational skills
• Goal setting
• Academic advice
• Scholarship searches
• Campus visits
• ACT/SAT preparation
• Assistance with financial aid, scholarship and admission application processes
• Information on colleges, vocational schools and technical schools