10th Grade Fall Check-In and MLP 10.1

People to Know Counselors Works With Loretta Collins Last Names A-D Herb Crowell Last Names E-J Amy Webster Last Names K-M John Pemberton Last Names N-Sa Teresa Savage Last Names Sb-Z CCC Coordinators Danielle Seifert All Students Munira Mohamed All Students

Agenda: Get Ready for Life after High School Graduation Requirements Review Credit Recovery GPA Supports at Washburn Career & College Center (CCC) Completing the Beginning of the Year Check-In Logging into the Portal- Check your GPA and grades Sign Up for the CCC Newsletter Reality Check

Get Ready for Life After High School Take your most challenging coursework (AP, IB, PLTW, PSEO, MCTC C-Now courses)- more info to come! Focus on your grades (GPA matters) Get ready for college tests (ACT, PSAT, SAT, Accuplacer) Get Involved (sports, arts, leadership, social and political groups/clubs). Do something! Find mentors and support If problems come up- ask for help!

Graduation Requirements Minimum 21.5 total credits needed from the following subject areas: English 4 credits (4 years) Social Studies 3.5 credits (4 years) Math 3 credits (3 years) Science 3 credits (3 years) Physical Ed .5 credits (1 semester) Health .5 credits (1 semester) Fine Arts 1 credit (1 year) Electives 6 credits Complete ALL My Life Plan (MLP) requirements

Credit Recovery at Washburn Missing Credits- here’s what to do After School Credit Recovery (ALC) Hannah Bundlie in Check and Connect in room #221 Winter/Spring Break Academy? Summer school- sign up will be in May

GPA Calculation A 4.00 points C 2.00 points A- 3.67 points C- 1.67 points B+ 3.33 points D+ 1.33 points B 3.00 points D 1.00 points B- 2.67 points D- 0.67 points C+ 2.33 points F 0.00 points To calculate GPA, simply add the number of points you earned and divide by the number of classes you had. Your GPA is cumulative. This means that you add and divide to the total from each preceding quarter.

Who Cares about GPA? College Admissions Committees Scholarship Committees Washburn Athletic Department Post-Secondary Options NCAA Auto Insurance Companies

Supports at Washburn Writing Lab- Media Center (Tara Mennitt) Tutoring Get support with brain-storming, rough drafts, final edits, etc. Open 8-8:30am, after-school, during lunch and per appointment Tutoring Starts 1st week of October in Library Tuesday and Thursday 3:00-4:30pm- St. Olaf Tutors Wednesday and Friday 7:15-8:15am- WHS Teachers Social Workers John Jubenville and Marisa Gustafson SPED and EL Case Managers Career & College Center (CCC), room #107

Career and College Center (CCC) Open M-F during school. Get help with: Interests and skills Career information, resumes, interview skills, current jobs College search, technical and short-term training programs and 2 & 4 year colleges College admission, career and military representative visits College admission tests Scholarships Financial aid Summer and community opportunities CCC Weekly Newsletter MnACC College Fair (Washburn Gym) Monday, Nov. 6th 9:30-11am Project Success College Tours Permission forms in the CCC Danielle Fix

Washburn’s College Access Networks St. Olaf TRiO Educational Talent Search (ETS) In CCC on Tuesdays & Wednesdays during school Lessons on college admissions, scholarships and paying for college Normandale TRiO Upward Bound In CCC on Mondays & Wednesdays after school Tutoring, college exploration and prep Get PAID for going! Project Success College Tours Held on non-student days Permission forms in the CCC Great way to experience a college campus Genesys Works Internship work program completed your senior year Earn $10,000 senior yr and get the skills you need to work in a corporate work place

Naviance Beginning of the Year Check-In The purpose of this survey is to identify your strengths as well as areas where your counselor can support you There are no right or wrong answers Answer honestly Your answers will stay between you and your counselor unless you indicate that you or someone else is in danger, in which case your counselor will talk with you about getting another adult involved.

Naviance Beginning of the Year Check-In Get a Chomebook Go to the Washburn School Homepage Under “Students”, click on Naviance USERNAME: First part of your school email (example- tsav2001) PASSWORD: ID Number (6 digits) (example – 012341) Questions?  Raise your hand and a counselor will help you! 1. Click on “My Planner” then “Tasks Assigned to Me” 2. Complete: MLP 10.1 Beginning of the Year Check-In 3. When you have finished and submitted your check-in: Check your grades on Portal Fix email in Naviance to get CCC Newsletter Reality Check Activity

Reality Check Tool Helps you explore whether or not you can achieve your desired lifestyle based on your career of interest. Type in “reality check” in google or go to https://www.careerwise.mnscu.edu/careers/realitytool.html Then click on “get a reality check” Select “St. Paul-Minneapolis” and click the red arrow to continue to the next question Will tell your annual salary needed to maintain your wanted lifestyle