Paxon School for Advanced Studies

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Paxon School for Advanced Studies
12th Grade School Counseling Presentation
What you need to know to start planning for
college!!!
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Counselor Breakdown
All IB 11th 12th Grade Students
Culpepper culpepperk_at_duvalschools.org
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Paxon Guidance Office
Support Staff Support Staff
Santiago santiagol2_at_duvalschools.org Scheduling parent/teacher conferences Oncourse portal information (in person) Transcript Requests (hard copy)
Bennett bennettb2_at_duvalschools.org Student Records Enrollment Transcript Requests (electronic)
paxonguidance.weebly.com paxonsas-ib.weebly.com
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Make Sure You Visit Our Website

• paxonguidance.weebly.com
• Counselor emails
• How to schedule appointments
• With Teachers ext. 116
• With Counselors Contact individually
• Calendar of events
• College/Career Planning
• Subscribe to the blog (on homepage)

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ACT SAT

• ACT
• Register at www.ACT.org
• Take ACT with Writing
• Students can take practice tests and question of
  the day
• Offered in September, October, December,
  February, April, and June
• SAT
• Register at www.collegeboard.com
• Students can take practice tests and question of
  the day
• Offered in October, November, December, January,
  March, May, and June

See your Counselor for waivers if you qualify
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The Redesigned SAT

• The Redesigned SAT
• First administration Spring of 2016 (current
  11th graders will primarily be the first to take
  this)
• Writing section will be optional (but still need
  to take this)
• Key Changes
• No longer a penalty for guessing
• Total score possible 400-1600
• For more information, please visit
  www.collegereadiness.collegeboard.org

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District Approved IB Diploma CurriculumGraduation
Requirements

• Class of 2016 and Beyond
• English 4 credits (Min. of 2 honors level or
  higher w/at least one IB or AP course)
• Math 4 credits (Alg. 1, Geometry, Alg. 2, and
  at least one IB or AP course)
• Science 4 credits (Biology and 3 add. w/at
  least one IB or AP lab science)
• Social Studies 3 credits (Min. of 2 honors level
  or higher w/at least one IB or AP course)
• World Language 2 credits (Paxon IB Prep/IB
  students will take 4 credits in the same
  language)
• Theory of Knowledge 1 credit
• The Arts/Electives 6 credits (This includes 1 IB
  6th subject studied over 1 or 2 years)

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District Approved IB Diploma CurriculumGraduation
Requirements

• Class of 2016 and Beyond
• Completion of Extended Essay
• Completion of CAS requirement
• Completion of all IB assessments (internal and
  external)
• Passing score on the FCAT grade 10 Reading
• State required EOCs (Algebra, Geometry, Biology,
  US History-necessary for scholar designation)
• Cumulative unweighted 2.0 GPA

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IB Diploma Students Are NOT Required to

• Take an online class
• Take the following courses
• American Government
• Economics
• HOPE
• If at any point a student exits from the IB
  Program of
• Study, all of the above will need to be taken.

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Benefits of IB

• Ability to study a variety of subjects and do
  research at the college level.
• Begins preparation for specific majors (ex.
  Medical fieldIB Biology, IB Chemistry)
• Stand out in the college admissions process.
• Earn college credits and skip introductory
  classes.

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IB Academic Probation

• Students in the IB Program of study shall be
  placed on probation if one or more of the
• following should occur
• Receiving a quarter or semester grade of "F" for
  a core subject (English, math, science, history),
  IB TOK, an IB second language (including all
  Pre-IB language courses), or the IB 6th subject
• The unweighted (state) GPA falls below a 2.5
• The student receives disciplinary action for
  cheating/plagiarism 
• The probationary term will last for one semester
  (two quarters). Student progress will
• be reviewed at the end of each quarter. If the
  student shows no progress or continues
• to show signs of academic decline at the end of
  the probationary period, he/she will
• remain on probation for the next semester or be
  removed from the IB program of
• Study.
• The school administration reserve the right to
  remove a student at any time if in danger of not
  promoting/graduating.

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Bright Futures Requirements

• Recipients will receive a fixed cost per credit
  hour award based
• on
• Award Level FAS
• Florida Academic Scholars - For students who will
  be graduating in 2015-2016 and Beyond
• 3.5 B.F. GPA, 1290 SAT or 29 ACT, 100 hours of
  community service (Service hours from CAS
  (grades 11 12) count towards this as well as
  community service done in grades 9 10)
• Receive the IB Diploma
• No SAT or ACT test score requirement
• Meet community service requirement
• Complete the IB Curriculum
• Meet SAT or ACT test score and community service
  requirement
• Other Ways To Qualify National Merit Scholars
  and Finalist, National Hispanic Scholars

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Bright Futures Requirements

• Recipients will receive a fixed cost per credit
  hour award based
• on
• Award Level - FMS
• Florida Medallion Scholars - For students who
  will be graduating in 2015-2016
• 3.0 B.F. GPA, 1170 SAT or 26 ACT, 75 hours of
  community service (Service hours from CAS
  (grades 11 12) count towards this as well as
  community service done in grades 9 10)
• Complete the IB Curriculum
• Meet SAT or ACT test score and community service
  requirement
• Other Ways To Qualify National Merit Scholars
  and Finalist, National Hispanic Scholars

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Bright Futures Requirements

• The Bright Futures GPA is calculated
• based on the following
• The students best grades in each subject area
  will be used
• 4 credits of English
• 4 credits of Math
• 3 credits of Science
• 3 credits of Social Studies
• 2 credits of Foreign Language

• Students may use up to 2 additional credits from
  courses in the academic areas listed above as
  well as AP, IB or AICE fine arts courses to raise
  the GPA.
• See bright futures website for more information -
  http//www.floridastudentfinancialaid.org/ssfad/bf
  /

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CAS Community Service for IB Students

• Paxon SAS requires that all students perform a
  minimum of 75 hours of community service. (100
  for FAS for Bright Futures)
• Students cannot be paid for the service, and it
  must be performed at a non-profit agency. Be
  very careful with doing service at/through
  religious institutions not every thing counts
• Community Service (and CAS) should be meaningful.
• To eliminate headaches later, ALWAYS check with
  Mrs. Culpepper

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Community Service Documentation

• For each different activity completed, 4 forms
  must be turned in to guidance
• Community Service Pre-Approval Form
• Community Service Self-Evaluation Form
• Community Service Leader Evaluation Form
• Community Service Log Form
• Forms are available on Paxons website
  psas.duvalschools.org under the guidance tab and
  on the Paxon guidance website at
  paxonguidance.weebly.com

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CAS Documentation

• IB 11th and 12th grade students complete a
  Creativity, Activity, Service (CAS) requirement
  which is documented online using the ManageBac
  website.
• https//psas.managebac.com/login
• Only service experiences/projects logged for
  CAS may count towards Bright Futures (students
  must complete the Paxon Community Service forms)
• Community Service completed in grades 9 10
  count towards Bright Futures, but not for CAS.

For more information on CAS, visit the CAS page
on the Paxon IB website.
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Sample CAS Experiences/Projects
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Places for CAS/Community Service
Anything being documented as community service
must be at a non-profit organization
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College Planning

• Be sure to visit colleges and universities BEFORE
  you make a final decision.
• Colleges visit Paxon to speak to students (Lunch)
• Schedule posted outside of the school counseling
  office, on the Paxon school counseling website,
  linked on school website, and said during
  announcements
• Students must have teacher permission to miss
  class to attend if scheduled during a lunch when
  they have class or during class time (extremely
  rare).

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The dorms look like this on the website.
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But they really looked like this
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The Center, One Foundation

• Representative Mr. Nelson McCoy
• Available during lunch (non-early dismissal
  Wednesdays)
• Provides scholarship and college planning
  information tailored to student needs

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Jacksonville College Fair
October 10, 2015 (Prime Osborn Convention Center)

• Information Sessions
• Bright Futures Scholarship Program
• Federal Financial Aid
• College Planning Nuts and Bolts
• FACTS.org Online Academic Advising
• Writing The College Admissions Essay
• Historically Black Colleges and Universities
• Scholarship Search Tips
• Get With The Times And Use The Web

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Additional college career planning resources

• Links available at paxonguidance.weebly.com

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www.floridastudents.org
Video Tutorials
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SAT Prep Khan Academy
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www.floridashines.org
Formerly www.flvc.org
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Bigfuture.org
A Resource from The College Board
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Chart an AP Course to a College Major or Career
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Paxon IB Program Website
paxonsas-ib.weebly.com
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Paxon Guidance Website
paxonguidance.weebly.com
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Questions, Comments, Concerns

• Speak to or email Mrs. Culpepper