Junior Parent Meeting

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• Junior Parent Meeting
  

Welcome
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FOCUS student

• Lunch with friends
• Longer curfew
• Better cell plan
• Gas
• My Space/Face Book
• Friday night
• Liking it right here !!!

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FOCUS parent

• Class Rank
• Course Selection
• ACT/SAT
• College Visits
• Apply/Housing
• Financial Aid
• Scholarships
• Buying a CAKE !?

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North High, School Counselors

• Each has a case load of students in all grades
• Chia Xiong Language Learners -08
• Trevor Tagel At Risk -09
• Lee Kotyza Advanced Programs -10
• Brian C. Pilz Career Development -11
• Jenny Marks Testing, Commun. -12
• Judy Rowe Scholarships/dept. chair
• Rich Miesfeld Adminstrative Support

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NHSs Career Development Model TRADITIONALLY
we have only asked students to indicate 1
college or university 2 technical college
degree/program 3 military 4 work 5
undecided Now we ask students to include their
Current Career Cluster Choice name of
career cluster name of career cluster 01
Agriculture, Food, Natural Resources 09
Hospitality Tourism02 Architecture
Construction 10 Human Services 03 Arts, A/V
Technology Communications 11 Information
Technology04 Business, Management
Administration 12 Law, Public Safety
Security05 Education Training 13
Manufacturing06 Finance 14 Marketing, Sales
Service07 Government Public Administration 15
Science, Tech., Engineering Math08 Health
Science 16 Transport., Distribution Logistics
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Job Shadowing

• Is available during any grade all students
  receive this information in grade 10
• A power point may be viewed as well
• Students simply need to follow the instructions
• laid out for them in the Job Shadowing Handbook
• Contact your assigned Counselor for J.S.
  information

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Work Based Learning Opportunities for Seniors
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COURSE SELECTION

• for grade 12

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keep in mind..

• Meeting all graduation requirements
• Meeting the admissions standards of the
  institution(s) the student is considering
• Materials were recently distributed to students
• inputting of selections will occur soon
• Minimum of 14 sem. courses on blue sheet
• Four Year, beyond, Planning
• Meetings w/ Counselors will occur in time

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Course Description Guide -initially sign up for
courses with in this guide-uniqueness will be
dealt with after staffing is determined
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Advanced Programming Opportunities

• Advanced Placement
• CAPP
• World Languages
• Youth Options
• Advanced Standing
• Online Courses
• etc.

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AP

• Advanced Placement is a program of college level
  courses at nhs or exams (the cost for the May
  exam is 75 ish)

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Cooperative AcademicPartnership Program--CAPP

• College courses in high school
• Tuition is paid for college credit
• Transcript at college, to college(s)
• NHS instructors will help you

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World Language

• Many universities award retroactive credits
  in a world language

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Youth Options

• A State Statue
• Students can take classes
• at a college for dual credit
• Need district approval
• The deadlines are
• -March 1, semester 1
• -October 1, semester 2

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Credit Determination for Youth Options Program

• 1.00 college semester credit
• .25 high school credit
• Our district now offers many courses formerly
  available only through Youth Options.

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Advanced StandingStudents may take high school
courses for which advanced standing credit is
available upon enrollment at a post secondary
school.
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Advanced Standing Agreements

• Comparable courses completed as partial
  fulfillment of the requirements for an Associate
  in Applied Science Degree or a Vocational Diploma
  program at one of the Wisconsin Technical
  Colleges will be honored by the other colleges
  to satisfy graduation requirements.
• ie. Advanced Algebra
• LTC MATC

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Charter Schools
George Warner 459-3783 Face to Face On line
education
Ted Hamm 459-3504 Etude Art education
offer a variety of learning opportunities for
students through the Sheboygan Area School
District.
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Weighted Grades

• Creates a maximum grade point average
• 44 grades are used after 7 semesters
• Up to 12 honors grades can be used
• More than 44, lowest will be removed
• More than 12, honors reduced to regular

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GET SET for College

• -for Wisconsin students
• parents

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Step 1--Know Yourself Your Reasons for
Attending College

• Academic Preparation
• Minimum H.S. Courses Recommended
• The ACT SAT Assessments
• What are they?
• Which one should I take?
• When should a junior take it? NOW!
• When are they?
• How do I register?

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Step 2--Consider College Characteristics

• Colleges Universities
• Technical, one two year programs
• Associates, Bachelor of Arts/Sciences
• Advanced Degrees
• Public or Private
• Location
• Size of Institution
• Cost

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Step 3--List, Compare Visit

• Internet
• Catalogs, bulletins videos
• Representative
• Professionals in the field (job shadowing)
• Colleges Fairs
• VISIT ..
• WHEN? NOW!

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Step 4--Applying for Admission

• Narrow your choices
• Apply
• Hard Copy vs. On Line
• Use the Counseling Center to manage apps.
• 9/15 through 10/15 is a good target
• Meet all deadlines!

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Step 5--Develop a Plan to Pay

• Determine college costs
• Financial aid is based on need (FAFSA)
• Grants
• Loans
• Work-Study Programs
• Scholarships
• Miscellaneous
• School
• Local

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Step 6--Review Finalize Plans

• THIS (AND ALL OF THESE STEPS) SPEAKS TO THE
  INDIVIDUAL STUDENT
• although this is also a family process.

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Information, Resources Assistance

• Everyone at North can be reached by telephone
• ie. B. Pilz 459-3612
• Everyone has an e-mail it works well ..
• ie. bpilz_at_sheboygan.k12.wi.us

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Junior/Senior Bulletin

• Hard copy information relevant to those in grades
  11 and 12, published periodically
• Miscellaneous Scholarships
• Hard copy information relevant to seniors looking
  for , published periodically

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College/Military/Career Reps.

• Sign up sheets used for students to see NHS
  visitors during the school day
• Important Dates Calendar
• Listing of activities
• What, When, Where Who

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Use the NHS Website

• Go to Counseling Center

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www.sheboygan.k12.wi.us/north

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Information about the NHS Counseling Center

• Important events dates
• Career descriptions trends
• College search guides rankings
• College web sites
• College testing information
• Scholarship searches financial aid info.

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www.sheboygan.k12.wi.us/north continued

• Course Description Guide
• Local Scholarship Application
• College Visitation Career Speaker Calendar
• Available Local Scholarships
• ACT/SAT Test Dates
• College Summer Programs
• etc., etc. etc.

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www.wiscareers.wisc.edu

• Information about career assessments, career
  clusters specific careers, institutions of
  higher learning, and many other features ..

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CareerCruising

• www.careercruising.com
• Four main areas include Career Matchmaker,
  Explore Careers, Explore Colleges Universities
  and ..

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the Electronic Career Portfolio

• -Username
• -Password
• Organizing and documenting ones life
• This site also has a nice resume builder
• Career Matchmaking, Career Selector, Ed. Plan,
  etc.

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WWW.

• uwhelp.wisconsin.edu
• Information about the University of Wisconsin
  System
• (apply.wisconsin.edu UW applications on line)
• wisconsinmentor.org
• Information about Wisconsins Private Colleges
  Universities
• witechcollege.com
• Information about Wisconsins Technical Colleges

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WWW. continued

• actstudent.org
• Site for ACT registration, the distribution of
  additional test scores, etc.
• collegeboard.com/sat
• Site for SAT registration, the distribution of
  additional test scores, etc
• apply.wisconsin.edu
• Electronic application for Wisconsin Public
  Universities

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WWW. continued

• commonapp.org
• Electronic application for numerous colleges
  country wide
• fastweb.com
• Information about, and log in process for,
  Miscellaneous Scholarships
• fafsa.edu.gov
• Site for Free Application for Federal Student Aid

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Review student parents starting NOW

• G.P.A./RANK EVERY GRADE
• ACT/SAT FEBRUARY APRIL JUNE
• COLLEGE VISITS NOW
• SCHOLARSHIPS
• MISC. NOW
• SCHOOL/ COLLEGE AFTER APPLICATION
• LOCAL APPLY IN LATE JANUARY
• APPLY/HOUSING FALL
• FINANCIAL AID FAFSA JANUARY of 08
• PLACEMENT TESTS SPRING OF SENIOR YEAR

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Photos by b.c. pilz, 1991 through 2007 class of
07 photo by Howard Hyer
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To view or review the slide show presented

• go to www.sheboygan.k12.wi.us/north
• v Counseling Center
• under For Parents
• v Parent Night Presentations
• ? v 11th grade Parent Night PowerPoint

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Thanks for coming!