1. 10th Grade Fall Check-In and MLP 10.1

2. 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

3. 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

5. 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!

6. 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

7. 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

8. GPA Calculation
A points C 2.00 points
A points C points
B points D points
B points D 1.00 points
B points D points
C 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.

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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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.

14. 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 (example- tsav2001)
PASSWORD: ID Number (6 digits) (example – )
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 in Naviance to get CCC Newsletter
Reality Check Activity

15. 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
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