Welcome freshmen!
The start of your freshmen year brings the start of great change and progress toward your future! We are preparing to open a new building and look forward to continuing to offer a great education and class options that can help you explore your interests and passions. Make sure that you stay aware of your Individual Plan of Study (IPS Portfolio) as you progress through high school. This helpful tool located in your Google Classroom Class of 2030 under classwork and is there to assist you as you thoughtfully create your schedule for each year of high school.
Xello (accessed through class link) is another helpful tool that you will have access to that can assist you as you explore. Xello gives you the opportunity to learn about your learning style, matches your interests to possible careers, helps you to search for post-secondary opportunities that match your future educational needs and will help you learn what you will need to be successful after you graduate from AHS in 4 short years. The lessons that will guide you through these activities and help you use Xello to its fullest potential will be taught during specific dates during your T-Time class that you will have the opportunity to attend three times each week. Xello coupled with your IPS Portfolio document will help you plan for success in high school and beyond. This planning piece is essential in making sure you make the most of your time and that you are taking the classes you need to get you where you want to go next.
Freshman Checklist:
Keep your IPS Portfolio updated
You can always find it in your Google Classroom Class of 2030 under Classwork
Get involved!
Keep a list of your involvement and volunteer hours.
Your list can be kept in your IPS Portfolio
You'll thank us for this when you make a resume!
The Career Information page of the Counselor webpages has a helpful template if you would like to get started now. Keep it in a Google Folder and you will have it ready to update each year of high school.
Take the Pre-ACT 8/9.
We offer this test to all of our freshmen each October
Remember that credits count!
Each class you take is worth .50 credit. You need a total of 25 to graduate
Refer to your own Individual plan of study goals to make sure you stay on track.
Always turn in your work!
Taking a 0 on an assignment is just giving away credit.
Have Fun!
High School goes quicker than you think.