Career COunseling

Career counseling and career activities are conducted with students throughout their middle school years. The counselors conduct career projects in his 6th grade guidance class. In addition they visit 7th and 8th grade ELA classes to complete career projects. Career projects are also done in 6th grade Tech Ed., 7th grade Family and Consumer Science and 8th grade ELA and History. Hempfield Middle schools have always conducted career projects through the middle school years. In 2017, the State required all public schools to keep evidence of this. Here is an FAQ about the PA State career readiness standards.

Beginning this year students throughout the district will be introduced to Smart Futures. Smart Futures is an online career planning and career portfolio platform that will support our students' career exploration and awareness. Parents are highly encouraged to look at their child's progress. As a parent, you will be able to review your child’s career plan, which documents interests in careers, career clusters, and programs. As students move on to high school, you can look at majors, post-secondary schools and colleges that your child may be interested in. Parents can view Smart Futures activities by logging in using their child’s school Google account.

Previous career activities prior to this school year can be found in the graduation year career artifacts google classroom. For example, if your child is a current 7th grader, you would ask them to open and show you “2028 Career Artifacts” Google classroom. List of career projects by grade level and links to websites used for career projects are listed below.

Once Completed, the following career projects can be found in the individual students career artifact google classroom:

6th Grade Career Projects