1. Beckman Counseling Team February 11, 2014 SOPHOMORE COFFEE CHAT

2.  Graduation Requirements  College Requirements  Registration  Naviance: Finding your passion  Haiku AGENDA

3. Subject Minimum Required Credits Details English40 Mathematics20 Minimum Geometry requirement Science30 Three years of Science, including one year Life Science and one year Physical Science (ex. Biology and Chemistry) Social Science35/40 One semester Geography (Class of 2014/15/16) or …………………………….. One year Ancient Civ. Honors ………………………………………………………………. One year World History ……………………………………………………………………….. One year U.S. History ………………………………………………………………………….. One semester American Government ………………………………………………… One semester Economics ……………………………………………………………… 5 credits 10 credits 5 credits World Languages and/or Visual/Performing Arts and/or Applied Arts 25 Minimum of ten credits in World Languages or Visual/Performing Arts, and a minimum of five credits in Applied Arts Physical Education20 Unless student has been exempted pursuant to Education Code provisions Electives55/60 TOTAL230 GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

4. COLLEGE REQUIREMENTS

5.  Students will receive their course selection sheets today in their first period classes  Will meet with their counselor the week of February 24-28 th  Each counselor will meet with every student individually and go over their course selection sheets and graduation status  Summer school applications will also be handed out in the event a student needs to take a class over the summer.  Beckman High School from June 24-July 10 th ; July 14-31 st  No honor’s courses will be given.  Highest math will be Algebra 2 for remediation only.  Highest science will be Chemistry for remediation only REGISTRATION

6. Can become a 7 th period class

10. NAVIANCE  A tool we will be using extensively in the next couple of years  Research careers, majors, colleges, scholarships, and apply to college.  This year our focus is career exploration  Personality Surveys  Career interest profile  Mrs. Haskell will give them a workshop on how to use Naviance while counselors meet with your children  Students have an account  Parents can have an account to view student’s profile

11. NAVIANCE

12.  Great resource for students and parents  Filled with:  Timelines for each grade level  College and career information  SAT and ACT information  Financial aid and Scholarship information  Academic success information  Resources for academic success  We will continue to update it and upload presentations for parents to view.  Also, check out our Beckman’s counseling page for additional forms and presentations. HAIKU

14. B Prepared for College will be tomorrow in the PAC at 6:30pm More extensive and detailed information about college and sophomore timeline. REMINDERS

15. Beckman High School THANK YOU FOR JOINING US QUESTIONS?