Sharon High School Guidance Department Senior Post-Secondary - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Sharon High School Guidance Department Senior Post-Secondary Planning Meeting September 8, 2015

Agenda — Introductions — Graduation requirements — Process overview — Shared responsibilities — The application — Naviance — Financial aid — Q & A with counselors

Guidance Staff • Bob Pomer, Guidance Director • Tanya Keeney (Last names A – Ce*) • Andrea d ’ Entremont (Last names Ch – Gra) • Erin Regan (Last names Gre – K) • Shelley Myerson (Last names L – Ne) • Susan McAvoy (Last names Ng – Sie) • Jacquie Kaye (Last names Sig – Z*) • Maureen Olsen • Dawn Phelps *with a few exceptions

Post-Secondary Options — College/University — Trade/Technical Training — Employment — Military — Service-Based Learning — Travel/Exchange Programs — Gap Year

SHS Graduation Requirements — English – 4 years — Math – 4 years — PE/Wellness – 2 courses — Social Studies – 3 years including U.S. — Unified Arts – 1 and World History course — Science – 3 years — MCAS requirements in Math, ELA, and — Foreign Language – Science 2 years of the same language

Where should you be in this process? — Each student’s process will be unique; not all students will reach each checkpoint at the same time — The process is different for everyone — Pay attention to deadline dates for your post- secondary plan

Where should you be in this process? — Counselors will be meeting with students to discuss individual post-secondary plans — For today’s purposes, we will focus on college applications — If you do not plan to attend college next fall, you should still schedule post-secondary planning meetings with your counselor!

Review of Admission Terms — Early Decision - binding — Early Action - non binding — Restrictive Early Action/Early Action, Single Choice — Rolling - accepting applications ongoing, may find out decision 2 weeks to several months after application is complete — Regular - traditional admission decision. January 1st or after. Decisions mailed mid-March to early April It is important to verify different types of admissions options/deadlines with each individual school

Where is the Guidance Office at this point ? — Counselors meeting with senior class and with parents/guardians — Counselors are now accepting individual appointments to go over student-specific questions (Students with early deadlines will have priority) — We are regularly updating Naviance and the SHS Guidance website with new information. — GPA’s have been updated based on last year — If you had an incomplete or grade change, GPAs will be updated as those changes become official

Responsibilities — Student — Guidance — Teachers

Student Responsibilities — E-mail — Consolidate emails into one email address — You will be busy, no need to be checking multiple emails — Make sure it is an appropriate contact name — G.student@gmail.com is fine — Check your emails regularly — We know of a student who missed out on an opportunity because he/she did not read an email from a university — Guidance info will come via email frequently

Student Responsibilities — The student is responsible for sending his/ her own application online (or US Mail if desired.) — Make sure to send or attach any additional information including essays, payment, supplements, portfolios, resume, etc.— students are responsible for researching these specific requirements — Students must send their standardized testing information (i.e. Collegeboard.com, actstudent.org) to the colleges that require them

Score Reporting — Score Choice: students need to carefully read testing requirements and reporting requirements for each school — We recommend checking with the college ’ s admissions web page for clarification — For information explaining Score Choice please see: — http://sat.collegeboard.com/register/sat-score- choice — Student is responsible for sending scores from collegeboard.com or actstudent.org

For EACH Application, the student must give the Guidance Secretary: — A fully completed transcript request form, signed by the parent & student (ONE FORM PER UNIVERSITY) — $3.00 transcript processing fee per application (can be paid in a lump sum, preferably by check or money order) — FERPA waiver (completed via CommonApp.org) — *** We do not need any additional forms from the application, (Secondary School Report, Mid-year report, etc)***

Transcript Request Form

Federal Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

Federal Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

Federal Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

For Each Teacher You Ask To Write A Recommendation, You Must: • Complete the teacher recommendation section on Naviance to request recommendations • Provide the teacher a completed “ Teacher Recommendation Form ” chart which includes student and parent/guardian permission signatures • Individual teachers may have additional requirements ***Remember to send teachers a follow-up thank you note***

Teacher recommendation form

Teacher Recommendations via Naviance “colleges I’m applying to” page Click on my colleges THIS DOES NOT REPLACE THE BLUE FORM!!! Click add/cancel requests

• To select the teacher, utilize the drag down menu • Click Update Requests

Follow-up—Teacher Recommendations — Junior teachers often write letters for over 25 students each fall. — Teachers may require additional information from you, the student, in order to prepare a comprehensive recommendation (statement, resume, etc.) — Teacher & Counselor recommendations are sent through Naviance. You do not need to re-invite teachers and counselors through the Common Application

Follow-up—Teacher Recommendations — PLEASE respect and trust the teacher ’ s ability to work within the required timeframe, and to meet required deadlines. — Teachers are not required to write recommendations, so a thank you note is appropriate for your recommenders

Additional Recommendations • Recommendations from individuals who are not Sharon HS teachers, etc. can not be submitted via Naviance • It is the student’s responsibility to have the recommender send the recommendation directly to the college/university. Please contact the Admissions Office to find out their process for receiving additional recommendations. • Students may request additional “outside” recommendations through the Common Application

What does SHS send? — Official Transcript — School Profile with GPA Chart — Counselor letter of recommendation — Secondary School Report — Teacher recommendations

Sharon High School Sample Transcript 181 Pond Street Sharon, MA 02067 Phone: 781-784-1554 Fax: 781-784-1550 web: www.hs.sharon.k12.ma.us Last name First name Middle name Anticipated Date of Graduation Date of Birth 2016 Home Address City State Zip Grade Sharon MA 02067 12 ACADEMIC RECORD Year / School Name Year / School Name (continued) Grades/Credits Grades/Credits 15-16 Sharon High School 651054 AP French V . . 628004 AP Psychology . . 647002 Astronomy . . 614002 English IV . . 645003 Honors Anatomy & Physiology . . 630512 Introduction to Calculus . . 14-15 Sharon High School 630125 Accelerated Algebra II C+ 5.00 615002 American Studies/English B 5.00 625002 American Studies/Social Studies B 5.00 642003 Honors Biology B 5.00 621313 Honors Economics A 2.50 651043 Honors French IV B 5.00 621812 The Ethics, Phil. & History of Altruism A- 2.50 13-14 Sharon High School 643002 Chemistry A- 5.00 612002 English II B+ 5.00 630222 Geometry B 5.00 651033 Honors French III A- 5.00 687022 Newsroom/Digital Editing B+ 2.50 684200 Physical Education-10 U A+ 1.25 684600 Wellness 10 U A 1.25 622002 World History II A- 5.00 12-13 Sharon High School 631112 Algebra I B+ 5.00 611002 English I B- 5.00 651023 Honors French II B+ 5.00 687012 Intro to Media & TV Production B+ 2.50 641002 Physics I A- 5.00 684500 Wellness 9 U A 2.50 621002 World History I B- 5.00 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12 Total Credits (out of 102) Credits Earned: 30.00 30.00 30.00 0.00 90.00 VISION & MISSION: Sharon High School strives to be a respectful, caring, dynamic, and inspirational learning community. We offer our students the academic, civic, and social tools to be informed, thoughtful, and effective contributors to a globally connected world. Course Number Key: Courses ending in 0 = Unleveled, not included in the GPA Courses ending in 1 = Foundations Courses ending in 2 = Standard Courses ending in 5 = Standard Courses ending in 3 = Honors Signature of School Official Courses ending in 4 = AP Date: 09/07/2015

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School Profile: — Includes information about SHS — Curriculum — Grad Requirements — GPA (including graph) — Course Levels — Grading — Standardized test scores — Where SHS students have gone to college 29 29