Have a safe and happy Halloween!
Why are pirates the coolest?!
They just Arrrrrrrrgh!
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.
Friday, October 30, 2015
You are Invited: Mental Health Conference
The
Sweetwater Union High School district is having a Mental Health Conference for
the benefit of the community. Please accept our invitation to be part of this
event.
Hope to see you there!
Hope to see you there!
Thursday, October 29, 2015
Finding the University That’s the Right Fit For You
Originally posted on www.TierOneTutors.com
There are schools with over 30,000 students, and some with as few as several hundred. Some schools are located in the middle of very busy cities and some are found in the middle of the forest, surrounded by giant redwood trees. Co-ed or not, east coast or west coast – the choices are endless!
One of the tools I’ve found most helpful for my students is Big Future, which is a section of the College Board website where students can prepare and register for the SAT college entrance exam.
Step One: Explore Career Interests
If I ask you, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” you might have a vision of what you would like to do as a career. Using your career interest, you can start your search by clicking “Careers” under the “Explore Careers” section.
On the website, there are comprehensive descriptions of hundreds of careers. For instance, a student who might be interested in Computer Programming as a career can find desired personal characteristics for that specific career, courses to take in high school to best prepare, as well as average compensation for the desired career. Once the career is explored, you can go into more detail on the education needed and discover college majors by clicking “related majors” on the right column.
Step Two: What is a College Major?
A college major is what you will study in college which will give you the focused study and knowledge needed for your future career.
On Big Future, my student who wants to be a Computer Programmer found that a related major for his career would be, “Computer Science”. The description for the college major goes into more detail on the college degree required for the career of interest. This page also lists helpful high school courses, typical college courses, and more.
On the college major page you can click on “Which colleges offer a major in…” on the right hand column to start your college and university search for that particular major.
If I ask you, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” you might have a vision of what you would like to do as a career. Using your career interest, you can start your search by clicking “Careers” under the “Explore Careers” section.
On the website, there are comprehensive descriptions of hundreds of careers. For instance, a student who might be interested in Computer Programming as a career can find desired personal characteristics for that specific career, courses to take in high school to best prepare, as well as average compensation for the desired career. Once the career is explored, you can go into more detail on the education needed and discover college majors by clicking “related majors” on the right column.
A college major is what you will study in college which will give you the focused study and knowledge needed for your future career.
On Big Future, my student who wants to be a Computer Programmer found that a related major for his career would be, “Computer Science”. The description for the college major goes into more detail on the college degree required for the career of interest. This page also lists helpful high school courses, typical college courses, and more.
On the college major page you can click on “Which colleges offer a major in…” on the right hand column to start your college and university search for that particular major.
Working with my student who wants to major in Computer Science, we found 915 college and universities that offer a study in Computer Science across the United States on the website. This includes community colleges, 4-year universities, and for-profit schools. That was way too many schools to search through so we decided to use the search filters to narrow down our list.
Big Future allows you to narrow down the search options by test scores and selectivity. A student would use their SAT/ACT scores to narrow down the college list.
I would also use a student’s high school class ranking in order to gauge how selective a college or university might be in choosing them. Class ranking can be found on a student’s high school transcript. So, if a student is in the bottom 50% of his class, I would choose the “somewhat elective” and “less selective” schools in the college search.
These filters narrowed down our list of 915 schools to 448.
Other filters on Big Future for the college and university search include type of school, location, campus housing, school activities, and more.
Working with my student who wants to major in Computer Science, we narrowed down his list of colleges and universities to public or private 4-year universities which were less than 500 miles from home. These filters narrowed down our list of colleges and universities from 447 to 24 schools.
You can now click on each college and university to learn more about it. If you create an account on Big Future, you can save the college and university by clicking, “Add to My College List”.
Having a list of potential colleges and universities, like one you can create on Big Future, is a great start to finding the school that’s right for you. Sharing your list with your school counselor and asking for their advice in tandem with your academic record is a great way to ensure your choices are a good fit for you.
Looking for a college or university can be overwhelming, but with the right tools and a positive mind-set, it’s a task that can be easily done!
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Guiding Your Student to Success Parent Workshop Series
Thanks to our parents who attended our 2nd session of our Fall Parent Workshop series for 2015!
If you were not able to come, here is our powerpoint!
If you were not able to come, here is our powerpoint!
Please join us for our next parent workshop!
Click the image below for schedule!
Monday, October 26, 2015
Asian Pacific Youth Leadership Project (APYLP) conference
http://www.apylp.net/hs-conference/
APYLP offers leadership conferences for Asian Pacific youth in the state of California interested in developing their leadership potential and pursuing active community and public service.
Who Should Apply: Although any California junior or senior year high school student may apply, APYLP strongly encourages applications from Asian and Pacific Islander youth who have some leadership experience and especially from students who show leadership potential, but whose participation in programs such as APYLP may have been hindered in the past by economic, geographic, language, or other factors. The conference program is designed specifically for Asian and Pacific Islander youth to learn more about themselves, issues of importance to their communities, and how to empower their leadership potential through the political process, public service and community service. Participants in past conferences have been representative of the rich cultural, racial, multiracial, linguistic, and socio-economic diversity of Asian and Pacific Islander communities from urban, suburban and rural areas throughout California.
APYLP offers leadership conferences for Asian Pacific youth in the state of California interested in developing their leadership potential and pursuing active community and public service.
Who Should Apply: Although any California junior or senior year high school student may apply, APYLP strongly encourages applications from Asian and Pacific Islander youth who have some leadership experience and especially from students who show leadership potential, but whose participation in programs such as APYLP may have been hindered in the past by economic, geographic, language, or other factors. The conference program is designed specifically for Asian and Pacific Islander youth to learn more about themselves, issues of importance to their communities, and how to empower their leadership potential through the political process, public service and community service. Participants in past conferences have been representative of the rich cultural, racial, multiracial, linguistic, and socio-economic diversity of Asian and Pacific Islander communities from urban, suburban and rural areas throughout California.
Friday, October 23, 2015
You Are Invited
The district is holding a
Long Range Facility Master Plan meeting on Tuesday, October 27, 2015 from
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. at National City Middle School.
We are inviting
staff, parents, and students in order for you to provide input on how monies
should be spent on our facilities. Principal Gavin and other staff will be there and we
hope more of you may join them.
Monday, October 19, 2015
Forgot Your Username or Password?
Did you forget your district created email account
or password?
Here is a support
link where you can get your email and/or their password:
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