Paxon School for Advanced Studies

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Paxon School for Advanced Studies
9th, 10th, and 11th Grade School Counselor
Presentation
What you need to know to start planning for
college!!!
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Counselor Breakdown
Honors/AP Students Honors/AP Students Honors/AP Students
Counselor 9th 10th
Clayton claytond_at_duvalschools.org A - H A - H
Bajalia bajalial_at_duvalschools.org I - R I - R
Mullen mullenm_at_duvalschools.org S - Z S - Z
IB Prep Students IB Prep Students
Mullen mullenm_at_duvalschools.org 9th 10th
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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
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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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Important Dates

• PSAT
• October 14, 2015 during the school day at Paxon.
• National Merit, National Achievement, and
  National Hispanic Scholarship qualifications are
  based on 11th grade PSAT scores
• 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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Scholar Diploma Designation Graduation
Requirements

• Class of 2016 Beyond
• (24 credits)
• English 4 credits
• Math 4 credits (Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra 2,
  and Statistics or equally rigorous math)
• Science 3 credits (1 Biology, Chemistry or
  Physics, and1 additional science) 4 required at
  Paxon
• Social Studies 3 credits (1World History, 1
  American History, .5 American Government, .5
  Economics) 4 required at Paxon
• World Language 2 credits (must be in the same
  language)

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Scholar Diploma Designation Graduation
Requirements

• Class of 2016 Beyond
• Visual/Performing Art 1 credit
• HOPE 1 credit
• Additional Electives 6 credits
• Paxon AP Requirement 7 AP credits (9
  recommended)
• AP Human Geography, AP World History, AP US
  History, AP Language, AP Literature, AP American
  Government, and AP Macro Economics automatically
  included in program of study
• Passing score on the FSA grade 10 Reading
• State required EOCs (Algebra, Geometry, Biology,
  US History)
• Cumulative unweighted 2.0 GPA
• 1 Online Course

All FLVS coursework must be completed by May 3,
2016
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Benefits of AP

• Provides flexibility in studying a variety of
  subjects at the college level.
• Begins preparation for specific majors (ex.
  Medical fieldAP Biology)
• Stand out in the college admissions process.
• Earn college credits and skip introductory
  classes.

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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.
• Other Ways To Qualify
• National Merit or Achievement Scholars or
  Finalists
• 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 Beyond
• 3.0 B.F. GPA, 1170 SAT or 26 ACT, 75 hours of
  community service
• Other Ways To Qualify
• National Merit or Achievement Scholars or
  Finalists
• 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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Community Service

• 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 should be meaningful.
• To eliminate headaches later, students must
  complete the pre-approval form BEFORE starting
  the service hours

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Community Service

• 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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Places for Community Service
Must be a non-profit organization
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Early College Planning Get Involved NOW!!!

• Extracurricular Activities Clubs, Sports,
  Volunteering, Drama, Band, etc.
• In terms of college applications
• Colleges are looking for individuals dedication
  and leadership
• More time spent on fewer activities looks better
  than a few hours scattered across many

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Sample Application Extracurricular Activities
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College Planning

• Start visiting colleges and universities
  NOW.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 looked like this on the website.
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But they really look 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 CollegeBoard
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Chart an AP Course to a College Major or Career
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Paxon Guidance Website
paxonguidance.weebly.com
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Questions, Comments, Concerns

• Speak to Your Counselor