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，高中毕业率创历史新高，比以往任何时候都要多的年轻人要上大学。
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.
我们知道，学校的辅导员，比如这些与我站在这个舞台上的所有人，在帮助我们达到这个记录中起了很关键的作用。实际上，最近的一项调查显示，与学校辅导员见面谈论有关财政援助和大学的学生，进入大学的可能性会增加三倍。同时他们申请经济援助的几率也将近七倍。
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.
所以我们的学校辅导员是这个Reach Higher故事中真正的英雄。这也就是为什么两年前我们要创办这个活动，因为我们认为他们最终应该要得到一些认可。我们希望每个人都明白这些不同，这些了不起的人每天在我们的年轻人生活中所产生的。我们的2017年度校园辅导员Terry Trzcinski，就是一个完美的例子。

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."
正如所听到的，Terry在Calhoun地区的就业中心工作，这个中心在密歇根州的一个职业技术教育学校。Terry的校长在他的推荐信中是这样说她的。他说，一旦她确定了教育系统的需要，她就会不知疲倦地工作来满足它。
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.
所以当Terry学校的学生说，感觉还没有准备好申请高等教育时，Terry马上就行动起来，创建一个全校性的、自上而下的准备上大学的尝试。在Terry的领导下，有比以前更多的学生参加简历写作研讨会和“联邦政府助学金免费申请”的完成，是的，现在我可以说，这是“联邦政府助学金免费申请”，以及做好面试准备。我几乎不能把它说出来。他们做了职业和个人人格评估，他们帮助计划了一个特别的大学周，他们还组织了一个军事日，来款待我们武装部队的所有分支的征兵人员。