Everything your family gets, year by year
Bright Pathway isn't a workbook. It's a complete, counselor-built system that carries your student from freshman foundations all the way to scholarship checks, with the tools, roadmaps, and support to do it right.
Request your invoiceThe whole system, unlocked
Every enrollment unlocks all four core workbooks plus the roadmaps, tools and worksheets for your student's grade.
Four core workbooks
Scholarships, college admissions, financial aid, and test prep: each with short lessons, fillable worksheets, and a grade-by-grade roadmap.
Interactive member tools
A Career Path Questionnaire that adapts each year, with follow-up questions chosen from your student’s earlier answers, the daily-updated Scholarship & Deadline Tracker, and the Sophomore Success Portfolio, living tools, not just PDFs.
Grade roadmaps
The whole year at a glance for every grade: exactly what to do and when, so nothing important slips by.
Arkansas deadline calendar
Every major Arkansas application, scholarship, and state-aid deadline for the cycle, in one place, in the 11th- and 12th-grade libraries.
1:1 sessions with Amber
Optional one-on-one help from a licensed school counselor (M.Ed.): essays, scholarships, FAFSA, or planning. Also EFA-eligible.
Approved Arkansas EFA class vendor
An approved Arkansas EFA class vendor. Eligible families pay $0 out of pocket through ClassWallet.
College isn’t the only path, and we treat it that way
Alongside the four-year track, every student from 10th grade on gets our Trades, Technical & Military Paths guide: the skilled trades and what they really pay, the Arkansas technical colleges and paid apprenticeships that train for them, and how the military can launch a career. Real options, researched for Arkansas, because the right path is the one that fits your student.
A real plan for every grade
Here's a peek at what your student focuses on, and finishes, each year.
Build the Foundation
Freshman year
- Freshman Foundations: the habits, involvement, and mindset that shape all four years
- Start a "wins" log now, so scholarship season is easy later
- Career Path Questionnaire: their first year of answers: it remembers, and sharpens every year after
- All four core workbooks, in their library from day one
- Monthly Progress Checklist, fillable: student checkboxes and parent review prompts for each month
- Career Path Comparison Worksheet: college, trades, apprenticeship and military side by side, with sourced wages
Build Momentum
Sophomore year
- The Sophomore Success Portfolio, an interactive tool they build all year: résumé, career research, budget, personal statement & more
- A career-exploration project, including a real professional interview
- PSAT planning and honest net-price reality checks
- Finishes the year with a portfolio they can actually hold
- Monthly Progress Checklist, fillable: student checkboxes and parent review prompts for each month
- Career Path Comparison Worksheet: college, trades, apprenticeship and military side by side, with sourced wages
Make It Count
Junior year
- The junior launch: an ACT/SAT plan, a smart college list, first real scholarship applications
- Test dates & free practice (Khan Academy, official prep) in one place
- FAFSA prep before senior year hits
- A 30-minute kickoff call with Amber, included, to set the plan for junior year
- Monthly Progress Checklist, fillable: student checkboxes and parent review prompts for each month
- Career Path Comparison Worksheet: college, trades, apprenticeship and military side by side, with sourced wages
Finish Strong
Senior year
- The Scholarship & Deadline Tracker: scholarship and Arkansas college application deadlines, updated daily, plus the SAMS state portal
- Applications, essays & recommendations on one deadline calendar
- FAFSA and financial-aid clarity, done right
- The local scholarship sweep: smaller awards, far better odds
- A 30-minute kickoff call with Amber, included, to set the senior-year plan
- Monthly Progress Checklist, fillable: student checkboxes and parent review prompts for each month
- Career Path Comparison Worksheet: college, trades, apprenticeship and military side by side, with sourced wages
What each grade gets
Every grade gets the four core workbooks, the Arkansas Money Map, the Homeschool Transcript & Credits Guide, the NCAA, ASVAB and Parent guides, and a short video about their year. Here’s the full list.
| In your student’s library | 9th$99 | 10th$199 | 11th$299 | 12th$299 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workbooks & guides | ||||
| The four core workbooks: Scholarship System, Admissions Mapping, Financial Aid Clarity, Exam Readiness | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Your grade’s workbook (8 pages) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Arkansas Money Map: state aid, SAMS & key datesNew | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Homeschool Transcript & Credits GuideNew | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Freshman Foundations workbook | ✓ | – | – | – |
| 4-Year High School Plan | ✓ | – | – | – |
| Trades, Technical & Military Paths | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Arkansas Deadline Calendar + Scholarship Starter Sheet | – | – | ✓ | ✓ |
| Junior Test-Prep Plan & College List BuilderNew | – | – | ✓ | – |
| College Essay Workbook & Interview PrepNew | – | – | – | ✓ |
| NCAA Eligibility Guide, ASVAB & Military PathsNew | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Parent Guide (for you)New | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Activities | ||||
| Vision Board & Goal Ladder | ✓ | – | – | – |
| Interview a Professional | – | ✓ | – | – |
| College Virtual Tour | – | – | ✓ | – |
| Senior Application Tracker (printable + fillable) | – | – | – | ✓ |
| Community Service Log | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Videos | ||||
| Your grade’s year, explained in a 2-minute captioned videoNew | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Member tools | ||||
| Career Path Questionnaire (adapts each year) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sophomore Success Portfolio | – | ✓ | – | – |
| Scholarship & Deadline Tracker, updated daily | – | – | ✓ | ✓ |
| Time with Amber | ||||
| 30-minute kickoff call with Amber, includedNew | – | – | ✓ | ✓ |
Every grade can add one-on-one 60-minute sessions with Amber for $99 each. The ACT & SAT Test Dates calendar and the Arkansas Colleges Directory are free for every family.
This is what you're buying
Not a stock photo of a workbook. These are real pages out of the member library, the same files your student downloads the day you enroll.
The four core workbooks
Short lessons, fillable worksheets, and a grade-by-grade roadmap in each one. Every family gets all four, no matter which grade you enroll in.
The Scholarship System
Finding and winning local & national awards: the search, the essays, the follow-through.
9 pages
College Admissions Mapping
Your admissions timeline, essay prompts, and application organizers.
9 pages
Financial Aid Clarity
FAFSA decoded, award letters compared, borrowing traps avoided.
10 pages
Exam Readiness
ACT/SAT strategy, a practice rhythm, and score goals that unlock money.
9 pagesRoadmaps, calendars & planners
The “what do we do now?” layer. Each grade gets its own roadmap; 11th and 12th graders also get the Arkansas Deadline Calendar.
Your grade roadmap
That year’s lessons, worksheets and a checklist of what to finish, so nothing important slips by.
8 pages
Arkansas Deadline Calendar · 11th–12th
Every major Arkansas application, scholarship, and state-aid deadline in one place.
12 pages
4-Year High School Plan · 9th
Map all four years now: courses, activities, and milestones, one page per grade.
6 pages
Trades, Technical & Military Paths · 10th–12th
What the skilled trades really pay, Arkansas technical colleges, apprenticeships, and military routes.
9 pagesNew guides for juniors, seniors, athletes, future service members & parents
Eight counselor-built guides, 57 pages in all, with worksheets on every page and every fact checked against official sources.
- Junior Test-Prep Plan 11th · 7 pages ACT or SAT, this year’s dates, a 10-week study schedule and free official practice.
- College List Builder 11th · 8 pages Reach, match and likely schools, net price in 5 steps, and a campus-visit checklist.
- Senior Application Tracker 12th · 7 pages, fillable Every application, recommendation, fee, SAMS and FAFSA step in one place.
- College Essay Workbook 12th · 8 pages The Common App prompts, brainstorms, essay shapes and a revision checklist.
- Interview & Scholarship Interview Prep 12th · 7 pages A story bank, real questions, video-interview setup and a mock-interview scorecard.
- NCAA Eligibility Guide 9th–12th · 6 pages Core courses, the homeschool path and a grade-by-grade timeline for athletes.
- ASVAB & Military Paths 9th–12th · 7 pages Enlist, ROTC or an academy, ASVAB prep, and Arkansas ROTC programs.
- Parent Guide 9th–12th · 7 pages A weekly check-in, the parent’s side of the FAFSA, and a four-year parent calendar.
Every grade library also opens with a short, captioned video that walks your student through their year.
Print-and-do activities
Worksheets you sit down and do together at the kitchen table: one for each grade, plus a service log your student keeps all four years.
Vision Board · 9th
Cut, print or draw the future they can picture. Six spaces, no wrong answers.
2 pages
Goal Ladder · 9th
One big goal in the star, five rungs to climb, reflection questions and a parent section.
2 pages
Interview a Professional · 10th
A script for asking, eleven questions worth asking, and a thank-you note draft.
3 pages
College Virtual Tour · 11th
Tour a college from its own website and capture the numbers that actually matter.
3 pages
Senior Application Tracker · 12th
Every school, deadline, essay, letter and aid form on one wall chart.
3 pages
Community Service Log · all grades
Hours, dates, and who can verify them: exactly what scholarship applications ask for.
2 pages
Scholarship Starter Sheet · 11th–12th
The one-page head start: where to look first and what to have ready.
2 pages
Freshman Foundations · 9th
Habits, involvement, and the wins log that makes scholarship season easy later.
8 pagesThe tools that make it click
Members log right in and use these all year. They're the difference between a plan on paper and a plan in motion.
Scholarship & Deadline Tracker Updated daily
Scholarships and Arkansas college application deadlines in one live radar: what's open now, what's next, and how many days are left. Refreshed every single day.
Sophomore Success Portfolio
An interactive portfolio students build across 10th grade: résumé, career research, college comparison, and more, all saved in one place.
Career Path Questionnaire
Retaken every year, 9th through 12th. It remembers each year's answers and chooses follow-up questions from them, refining their college, trade & military matches as they grow.
Score → Money map New
What is one more ACT point actually worth? Verified Arkansas scholarship tables tied to test scores, including the jumps worth up to $40,000, built into the Tracker.
Simple pricing, covered by EFA
Per student, per school year, by grade.
11th and 12th grade include a 30-minute kickoff call with Amber. Not using EFA? Email Amber for an invoice.
Returning students save 10% each year they come back, and a junior coming back for senior year pays $249 (save $50).
★ Founding Family offer: $50 off your first year, first 10 families only. In return, we’d love your honest feedback and a short testimonial for our website.
✓ $0 out of pocket for eligible EFA families through ClassWallet
Questions first? Email abartolotta@brightpathwayacademy.com