Johnston Middle School is excited to roll out Xello this year for our students and families. Xello is an engaging online program that helps students build the skills, knowledge and plans to be future ready. The program uses an investigative, discovery-based learning process. Students better understand themselves, their future career options, and the 21st century skills they’ll need to succeed. This program will run through our talented counseling teams, who help students navigate future career choices and exploration. 

Here’s how it works... 

The Student Experience with Xello, your child will: 

1. Build Self-knowledge Define their interests, skills, preferences, and aspirations so they can explore the opportunities right for them. 

2. Explore Options Learn about career possibilities and educational pathways by exploring rich, engaging content and lessons. 

3. Create a Plan Your child can create dynamic actionable plans that outline the steps needed to achieve school, career, and life goals. 

4. Learn & Reassess Interactive lessons help your child develop age appropriate skills and knowledge for success in school and beyond. 

Xello Family

Xello Family lets you explore and discover your child’s future goals and plans so you can better support their learning and development. Watch an introductory video here!

1. Access Your Account In the future, you will receive a Welcome to Xello! activation email to the address we have on file. Once you click Activate Account through the email, you will be redirected to Xello and asked to create a password. 

2. Explore Xello Family On the welcome screen, you will see all children linked to your account. Clicking a child’s name will bring you to their profile. 

3. Discover Your Child’s Interests and Goals In your child’s profile, you will be able to see all the work they’ve done in Xello. If there’s no information in a certain section, your child has not yet started or completed the activity. You can explore each section to learn new information about your child. 

4. Access Your Student Demo Account Try Xello for yourself to get a better understanding of the platform to support your child. On the welcome screen, select your child’s grade/school under Your Demo Account. Lessons and assignments are catered by grade and school so if you have multiple children, each demo account might look a little different. Once you’re in the demo account, you will be able to take assessments, try a lesson, explore careers, and much more. 

5. Discuss Your Child’s Future Goals and Plan Xello is a great tool to use to start future planning conversations with your child. Try asking them why they liked a certain career. Were they surprised about their top career suggestions? What different pathways can they take to achieve their goals? 

JMS will be hosting two career days during the 2024-2025 school year, the dates are listed below. During this time, students will self-select a session that they would like to attend in the career area of interest. We are always looking for presenters in all fields at all levels. 

Wednesday, December 4th 9:00-10:00am

Wednesday, April 30th 9:00-10:00am

Please submit this form if you would like to volunteer to present, someone will reach out to you as the event approaches to confirm your availability and provide you with more information. 

The Johnston High School counseling website is full of great resources for college and career planning. 

JHS Counseling College & Career Resources Website