Sweetwater High Counseling Center: January 2023

Sweetwater High School Counselors are committed to providing a comprehensive counseling and guidance program as a vehicle to assist students in acquiring and using life-long learning and self-managing skills. We are committed to implementing a proactive and preventative program which employs strategies to enhance student academic success, provide career awareness, develop employment readiness, encourage self-awareness, foster interpersonal communication skills and impart life success skills.

Tuesday, January 31, 2023

Parents: Upcoming Counselor Chats

Monday, January 30, 2023

Southwestern College Field Trip

Tuesday, January 24, 2023

Opportunities at Olivewood Garden

February 2023 Scholarship Bulletin

now available!

Friday, January 20, 2023

Tutoring Schedule for January/February 2023

Wednesday, January 18, 2023

Upcoming Community Service Opportunities at Olivewood Garden

1. Sustainable Urban Agriculture Internship & Entrepreneurship Academy

Apply here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfjEkl5Fx52pAgvFXu2NYFOQ5954VJZjGC-ycJCitW2usR7_A/viewform?usp=pp_url

During the internship students will propagate plants, learn entrepreneurship skills that will culminate in a Spring Plant Sale for the community!

Students will:
• Learn how to grow plants and food from soil to harvest
• Work as a team to develop cooperative and job skills useful in the workplace
• Learn about entrepreneurship
• Engage in community development through horticulture and agriculture as career paths or personal areas of growth.
This is a paid internship- students who participate will receive a $$ stipend for their time. Students will also receive 40+ community service hours.
The internship will be held on Fridays from 4pm - 6pm beginning January 9th (excluding holidays).

2. Youth Community Leadership Program

Apply here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSesyEE6wim1HxfW3fWNm0fddKjOnSMPrFxPHSM2QhCbLi-AGA/viewform?usp=pp_url

This program is for any High School teen that wants to gain skills and knowledge surrounding community engagement, food systems & food justice, learning about food access and co-ops with this program culminating in a shared group project with a second cohort.

Students will:

Learn about different aspects of their local food system
Learn about civic and community engagement
Create and engage in a community listening forum
Design and create a project at Olivewood based on community input

Students will receive community service hours for participating in this highly desirable leadership program.
This program will be held on Mondays from 4pm - 6pm beginning January 23rd through February 27th (with site build days the weekend of September 16 & 17).

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