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December 2025

Upcoming Events

Grade Level Updates

All Grades

Navigate: Content Creator - Next semester our students have the opportunity to participate in a county wide career exploration and experiential learning opportunity called Navigate: Content Creator. This 10 week program will meet once per week on Thursdays from 12pm - 2pm. Students who are interested will learn about many subjects -- Personal Branding, Content Strategy, Creation and Production of Content in Multiple Mediums, and Audience and Network Building. This is an ideal program for students who might be interested in careers in the fields of Social Media, Journalism, Visual Arts, Marketing, and many more. All careers require individuals to be able to tell their own story. This is a great way to get an introduction to multiple mediums used in storytelling. Students who are interested should sign up HERE by December 19. We will have only six spots available. Students may miss some part of their classes each week, if their schedules cannot be rearranged. This means that students must be willing to put forth extra effort to make up missed class time.

Coming in January/February: Scheduling, ACT/PreACT, and more are coming in January and February. Please keep an eye out for this information from the counseling office.

SchooLinks - Students and parents/guardians all have access to SchooLinks now. Students access it through Clever and Parents/Guardians can follow these on-boarding instructions. Access to-do lists, event registration, diploma seal and experience tracking and more! More information about parent & guardian accounts here.

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Seniors

College Application Bootcamp: Recordings are available HERE.

Local Scholarships: Local Scholarships are due December 17. Please see more information at the Milford Senior page. Questions? Contact Justine Miller (miller_j@milfordschools.org) or Kendra Dietrich (dietrich_k@milfordschools.org)

College Application Workshops: Once per week, we will host a college application workshop for seniors. Drop-in for help with your college applications. We will be answering frequently asked questions and giving students the opportunity to *work* on those applications. Sign up through SchooLinks - How-To SchooLinks - Register for Event.

College Visits - So many colleges are visiting in the next eight weeks or so. Sign up in SmartPass or SchooLinks - How-To SchooLinks - Register for Event.

SchooLinks - Students are being asked to complete the following tasks in SchooLinks: Set Your Post-Secondary Goal & Complete Your Profile.

Juniors

College Visits - So many colleges are visiting in the next eight weeks or so. Sign up in SmartPass or SchooLinks - How-To SchooLinks - Register for Event.

SchooLinks - Students are being asked to complete the following tasks in SchooLinks: Set Your Post-Secondary Goal & Select a Favorite Career Cluster.

Medical Sciences Summer Institute (MSSI) - The University of Cincinnati College of Medicine offers summer workshops for rising high school juniors and seniors who are interested in careers in medicine or other related healthcare fields and who wish to gain experience in biomedical research in a state-of-the-art environment. There will be five week-long sessions students can apply for.The program will run from 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM each weekday. The cost of the program is $1100. The program fees include the one-week workshop, lab workbook, lab supplies, technology fees, and daily parking fees. More information and application (deadline: March 25, 2026) can be found HERE.

Don't forget to check out the ALL Grades Updates too!

Sophomores

Great Oaks - The application is open now until February 4. You can access it at https://apply.greatoaks.com/. Please remember that in order to be eligible for the initial lottery, you need two things:

Your application must be submitted before the deadline, AND
You need to have passing grades in all of your core classes.

Medical Sciences Summer Institute (MSSI) - The University of Cincinnati College of Medicine offers summer workshops for rising high school juniors and seniors who are interested in careers in medicine or other related healthcare fields and who wish to gain experience in biomedical research in a state-of-the-art environment. There will be five week-long sessions students can apply for.The program will run from 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM each weekday. The cost of the program is $1100. The program fees include the one-week workshop, lab workbook, lab supplies, technology fees, and daily parking fees. More information and application (deadline: March 25, 2026) can be found HERE.

College Visits - So many colleges are visiting in the next eight weeks or so. Sign up in SmartPass or SchooLinks - How-To SchooLinks - Register for Event.

SchooLinks - Students are being asked to complete the following tasks in SchooLinks: Set Your Post-Secondary Goal & Complete a search for three different careers in the Career Center. See the video HERE explaining how to complete these tasks.

Freshmen

SchooLinks & YouScience - Our goal for freshmen is to use this as a year of self-discovery. We have many tools available to help students do this.

SchooLinks has a variety of self-discovery assessments (Instructions)
YouScience will be given to all 9th graders and measures not only interest, but abilities and potential as well.

Students can start in SchooLinks any time. YouScience sessions will be scheduled throughout the year.

College Visits - So many colleges are visiting in the next eight weeks or so. Sign up in SmartPass or SchooLinks - How-To SchooLinks - Register for Event.

SchooLinks - Students are being asked to complete the following tasks in SchooLinks: Set Your Post-Secondary Goal & Complete the Find Your Path assessment. See the video HERE explaining how to complete these tasks.

Don't forget to check out the ALL Grades Updates too!