IMPORTANT LINKS AND RESOURCES FOR JUNIORS
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Our Career Center team looks forward to supporting you in opportunities to take College Board exams!
If taking an AP Course, refer to details provided by your instructor & Mr. Medeiros.
STATE SEAL OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
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Rigorous Academic Preparedness
Students have the academic skills and can successfully complete rigorous college and career preparatory curriculum and experiences.
Opportunity Knowledge
Students research opportunities, set goals, and make choices that support their long-term aspirations, and successfully navigate transitions to the next level.
Student Agency
Students believe in and activate their own potential, build relationships, persist through obstacles, and exercise their academic, social, emotional, and professional knowledge and skills.
Advancing College Preparedness
1. Refine key personal attributes for academic, social, and financial fit related to college selection
2. a) Reflect on current GPA and how it relates to choosing college and career path
b) Compare various college campus structures, services, and opportunities
3. Research and evaluate scholarship offerings
a) FAFSA or DREAM ACT
b) Local Scholarships
c) National Scholarships
d) Scholarships a school you are interested offer
4. a) Produce long-term academic plans that align with goals
b) Plan for a successful transition to the next step in the academic journey
c) Gain exposure to pathways offering work opportunities (credentials, certifications, internships, etc.)
5. a) Engage in information gathering to determine match, reach, and safety schools in order to mitigate “summer melt” and undermatching during the selection process
b) Determine whether additional test prep and testing is needed to reach scholarships goals
6. Update activity sheet/portfolio
7. Start collecting letters of recommendation (teachers, employers, community members)
8. Take ACT/SAT
9. Hyperlink Counseling Roadmap (Find on website or from a counselor)
Building Career Knowledge
1. a) Develop an authentic and personal definition of success
b) Refine key personal attributes for academic, social, and financial fit related to career selection
2. a) Gain awareness of how academic performance links to career performance and success
b) Expand thinking about potential career fields by encouraging discovery of a variety of career fields and the opportunities therein
c) Develop knowledge and gain exposure to transitional phases related to work life
3. Identify best-fit career fields based on academic, social, and financial fit to develop short-and long-term career pathways
4. Engage in real-world experiences within career fields of interest, such as service learning projects, job-shadowing opportunities, or internship possibilities