Parents and students hoping to get the inside scoop on college admissions -- from both the admissions department perspective and the college adviser perspective -- might want to head to Menlo-Atherton High School on Wednesday, Jan. 16.

M-A's former longtime college adviser Alice Kleeman and Angel Perez, a vice president of student enrollment at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, will speak about college admissions at the event, "Twenty Years in College Admission -- What Has Changed, What Hasn't: Reflections from Both Sides of the Desk."

Kleeman served as M-A's college adviser for 20 years, leading the school's College & Career Center. Shortly after Kleeman's retirement in 2015, the school created a scholarship in her name in recognition of her impact in the community.

She continues to do college advising for first-generation youth at the Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula on a volunteer basis. She also has a "few ongoing responsibilities," helping with the college readiness program AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) and Computer Academy, a program for students interested in emerging technology industries, both of which are senior classes at M-A, she wrote in an email.

Perez became vice president for enrollment and student success at Trinity College in 2014. He is a "staunch advocate for test-optional policies, liberal arts, first-generation students and internationalization," according to the event description.

The event is part of the Parent Education Series, a Sequoia Union High School District program in which experts in subjects including student academic success and well-being teach district parents, staff and community members about their fields.

The talk takes place at 7 p.m. at M-A's Performing Arts Center, 555 Middlefield Road in Atherton. Admission is free and there will be light refreshments. Spanish interpretation will be provided.

For more information, contact Charlene Margot, director of the Parent Education Series, at cmargot@csmconsulting.net, or go here.

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