Welcome to BHS Fall Conferences

Purpose of Advisory Build Trusting Relationships between students, staff, and families Help students feel connected to Bethel High School Provide resources and plan for each student’s post-secondary pathway

Getting Involved Activities More Activities DECA Link Crew Speech and Debate Heritage Drama LGBTQ FCCLA Honor Society Robotics Pottery Spanish Gaming Orienteering Key Club Ukulele More Activities Fall Sports Football, Volleyball, Cross Country, Girls Swimming, Girls Soccer, Boys Tennis Winter Sports Basketball, wrestling, Bowling, Boys Swimming Spring Sports Track, Baseball, Fastpitch, Girls Tennis, Boys Soccer, Girls Lacrosse Air Force JROTC After-School Tutoring Spanish Speaking Lunch Table Choir Council

Check your grades and fill out the Fall Conference Reflection Sheet Please log into your Student/Family Access account or look on the student information provided by your advisory. Check your grades and fill out the Fall Conference Reflection Sheet

Plan for Increasing Grades On your grade reflection sheet, fill out your plan for working to increase your grades. Below you will find different strategies you may want to include in your plan: After school tutoring (Monday-Thursday; 2:15pm-4:00pm in the library) Talk to your teachers before or after school Dedicate extra time at home to study Attend a study session with friends Lunch time in the library

Attendance Information Please read through the attendance information provided. This is important information about the policies of the Bethel School District relating to attendance. When completed, please sign and give to your student’s advisor before you leave today.

Credit Recovery/Retrieval If you have failed any classes, you will need to retrieve those lost credits. Here are opportunities for you to recover those missing credits: Zero Hour/7th Period Classes Summer School Online Courses* BYU Online Courses* Fuel ED Online Course* * Additional Cost for Families for These Options

Grad Requirements -- Credits CORE 24 (To be on track, you need 12 credits right now) You will need 24 total credits in the specific content areas listed below: ELA -- 4 credits MATH -- 3 credits SCIENCE -- 3 credits (2 labs) SOCIAL STUDIES -- 3 credits WORLD LANGUAGE -- 2 credits (2 credits can be PPR) PE/HEALTH -- 2 credits (1.5 PE / .5 Health) FINE ARTS -- 2 credits (1 credit can be PPR) CTE -- 1 credit ELECTIVE -- 4 credits Culminating Project (completed through Advisory)

Personal Pathway Requirement (PPR) PPRs provides flexibility for students PPRs may be any course that aligns with a student’s career path The High School and Beyond Plan should reflect PPRs To use a PPR option, students will complete a PPR form with their counselor PPRs are best used during your Junior and Senior year

Grad Requirements -- State Tests Required to pass: ELA SBA Math SBA

What are your goals for your SBA score? SBA Scores and Goal In Family Access, take a look at your most current SBA score. On your reflection form, answer this question: What are your goals for your SBA score?

SBA SCORE REPORT If you have taken the SBA and would like a more detailed report about your score, please visit the counseling center to get a copy of your SBA SCORE REPORT.

Challenging Classes at BHS AP Courses AP LIT (English) AP Lang (English) AP US History AP World History AP US Government AP Biology AP Physics AP Chemistry AP Calculus AP Statistics AP Computer Science AP Spanish AP Psychology College in the High School Pre-Calculus Calculus College English Classes College Social Studies Classes Other courses TBD

High School and Beyond Plan In February, you will begin to register for next year’s classes. Think about these questions: What challenging classes are you planning on taking? How will these classes connect you to what you want to do after high school?

Practice Exams If you are planning to attend a college or university, you need to consider taking practice exams for the SAT and ACT exam. For SAT (typically your junior year): Preliminary SAT (PSAT) National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (NMSQT) For ACT (typically your sophomore year): ACT Aspire Exam “Sandbox” Talk to your counselors about these opportunities!

FAFSA Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is a mechanism to help provide resources for financial aid to students for postsecondary education including colleges, universities, tech schools, and trade schools. Student can complete a FAFSA beginning October 1st of their senior year. Students must have a completed FAFSA to receive college scholarships and aid Any federal student loan requires a completed FAFSA The sooner a student completes the FAFSA, the more aid is available for the student (First Come, First Served)

WASFA Similar to the FAFSA, the WASFA is the Washington application for State Financial Aid specifically for are not eligible for Federal Financial Aid because of immigration status. Students can complete a WASFA beginning October 1st of their senior year.

College Bound If you signed up for the College Bound program in 8th grade, make sure you are: Maintaining a 2.0 GPA Stay out of trouble Fill out a FAFSA during your SENIOR year beginning Oct. 1st

Career Center The Career Center is always open during lunch. This is a great time to talk to someone about possible careers you want more information about and/or different school (colleges, universities, tech schools, trade schools) you are interested in attending. For more information about career and college information sessions, talk to Mrs. Hodges or Mrs. Lordahl.