Spring 2013 Junior Class Visits

Planning for Life after High School College & Career Planning

Agenda

Life after High School Survey/Notecards for your questions SPS Options for next year Dream Project c/o 2014

ACT/SAT
Senior Year UW Bothell Field Trip Questbridge

Life After High School Survey

Please complete the survey. The notecards are for your questions. Feel free to write current questions down now, or add them as they arise during the presentation. We will compile the questions from all of the classes and go over the answers that have not been addressed through the presentations in a future classroom visit.

Options for next year

City Campus

C-WEST (Career Workplace Exploration in Skilled Trades) @ Rainier Beach

Students explore carpentry, plumbing, electrical, and more. Internships and paid opportunities are available. Graduates can look forward to direct entry into apprenticeships Young women encouraged to apply!

Auto Body Collision Technology @ South Seattle Community College Automotive Technology @ Automotive Tech Lab (Jackson Street)

Options for next year (contd)

Running Start

Agreement between the school districts and community colleges Students simultaneously earn credits toward high school graduation requirements and college credits Students must have at least 10 credits and take the COMPASS test to test into college level classes Students can keep some classes at the high school, or attend the college full-time.

Options for next year (contd)

Skills Centers

Eight programs at nine sites

Cisco Information/Technology @ Ingraham Aerospace Science @ Rainier Beach Health Science/Medical Assisting @ Wilson Pacific and West Seattle Digital Animation/Game Design @ Seattle Center (AIE) NEW Composites @ Cleveland NEW Fire Service @ Franklin NEW Culinary Arts @ Rainier Beach NEW Microsoft UT Academy/Technology Associate (MTA) @ Ingraham

Options for next year (contd)

SVI Bright Future

Vocational programs at Seattle Vocational Institute Available to a limited number of high school students through the Bright Future Program Allied Health

Dental Assistant Medical Assistant Medical Administrative Specialist Medical Lab Assistant/Phlebotomy

Business Computers Pre-Apprenticeship Construction Training Program School of Cosmetology

Dream Project c/o 2014

Mentoring through the college application process & financial aid

Lunchtime info session coming soon (TBA) Intake surveys available soon First session April 3 or April 10 at 9:30 in Ingraham Library Weekly visits through March of senior year

ACT/SAT

We recommend that juniors take at least one test during the spring of this year ACT www.actstudent.org

Test date April 13 (March 22 registration deadline) Test date June 8 (May 3 registration deadline)

SAT www.collegeboard.com

Test date May 4 (April 5 registration deadline) Test date June 1 (May 7 registration deadline)

Senior Year

HSPE/EOC requirements

Pass Reading and Writing Pass one EOC Algebra 1 or Geometry

Graduation requirements

Service Learning Washington State History PE waivers/PE Competency Assessment Credit retrieval for missing requirements Summer School 2013 Math and LA only

College prep course load

Senior year is VERY important! Minimum college admissions requirements are just that a minimum, so plan to go above and beyond when possible to be the best candidate you can be

UW Bothell Field Trip

College Awareness Day on April 5, 9am-1:30pm

First generation and historically underrepresented students are the target audience Transportation and lunch will be provided Intended to better prepare students for a post-high school education by taking them through the admissions process while experiencing what its like to be a UW Bothell student.

Permission forms due March 27

Limited seats first come, first served

QuestBridge

www.questbridge.org 2013 College Prep Scholarship

Application due March 27 To prepare outstanding low-income juniors to apply to top colleges If selected, students receive one or more awards to make them stronger applicants to selective colleges

Full scholarships to summer programs College admissions counseling All-expenses paid visits to college campuses

Prepares students for the QuestBridge National College Match Process during senior year

Next up!
More about life after high school: Post-high school plans and options College search Scholarships/Financial Aid