Choices in High School:

Academics, Special Programs & School Resources

STEMtastics March 11, 2017

DAVINA JOHNSON, DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SERVICES

GINA FAJARDO, SCHOOL COUNSELOR

EILEEN KROPF, CAREER CENTER SPECIALIST

Who Are We?

What is STEAM?

SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING

ART MATH

Portrait of a Graduate

Developing a STEM-tastic Student

● Student Role ● Home Role ● School & Community Role

School/Counselor Role

“Get to Know Your School Counselor” ● Individual Counseling

● Monthly Lessons (through family connections)

● Parent Conferences

Middle School Years Academic & Career Plan/Student Learning Plan

●  SMARTR (academic and personal) Goals ●  Career exploration ●  Developing a Resume ●  4-Year Academic Plan

Transition to High School ●  Classroom, Individual and School-wide

programming (CPP and Academies)

FCPS 24-7/Blackboard

https://fcps.blackboard.com/

STEM Resources on Family Connection

SIS Parent View Account

StudentInforma.onSystem–SISParentAccount

The SIS Parent Account (Student Informa4on System Parent Account) is the FCPS secure solu4on for accessinginforma4on about your child’s a?endance, class performance, demographic data, and links to FCPS 24-7informa4on. It provides an addi4onal conduit for communica4on with your child’s school. Customized forelementary,middle,andhighschoolstudents,yourSISParentAccountlogincreden4alscanalsobeusedtoaccessFCPS24-7Learning.SISParentAccountprovidesthefollowingcontent:●  Calendar:Thecalendarshowsimportantschooldates,suchasholidays,vaca4ons,andnon-studenta?endancedays.

●  A8endance:Perioda?endanceisfoundonthispage.Moreinforma4onaboutabsencesandlatearrivalscanbefoundby

clickingonthedate.

●  ClassSchedule:Thestudent’scurrentquarterclassscheduleisdisplayed,includinglinkstoemailteachers.

SIS Parent Vue Account ●  CourseHistory:Coursehistorylistsallhighschoolcredit-bearingcoursesaswellasanyverifiedcreditearnedwiththecourse.

●  Discipline:Disciplineprovideslimitedinforma4onaboutanydisciplineincidentsthatinvolvethestudent.Allconfiden4aldetails,

descrip4ons,vic4ms,andotherinforma4onarenotvisible.●  GradeBook:GradeBookdisplaystheassignmentsandscoresearnedthathavebeencreatedintheteacher’sgradebook.

●  Health:Healthdoesnotdisplayconfiden4alcondi4ons;itincludesemergencymedicalac4onsasenteredbytheschoolnurse.

Clickingontheimmuniza4onslinkdisplaysthestudent’simmuniza4ons.●  ReportCard:ReportCardprovidesthestudent’smarksforeachgradingperiodofthecurrentschoolyear.

●  SchoolInforma.on:SchoolInforma4ondisplaystheaddressandphonenumberfortheschoolandlistsallstaffmembersandtheir

emailaddresses.●  StudentInforma.on:StudentInforma4onprovidesdemographicdataonfileinthestudentinforma4onsystem.

High School Years - Finding A Path

Students Should Ask Themselves: ●  Who am I? What motivates me?

●  What are my interests and skills? How do I

identify and develop them?

●  How to turn them into a career?

Students Developing Interests and Skills

● Students should choose classes wisely.

● Involve themselves in extracurriculars and

enrichment: ○  Camps, Clubs, Academic Competitions,

Internships, Volunteer, P/T jobs

Turn Interests into a Career

How do students find out which careers would fit their interests, motivation and skills?

●  Internships, job shadowing, P/T jobs, talk to

adults in careers of interest, read the newspaper! ●  Career/Interest Profilers

Choosing a Good-Fit College

Students Should Think About: ● Academic Fit

● Personal Fit

● Financial Fit - Parents Have this Talk Early!

Resources Available - Lots!

●  School Counselors and College and Career Specialists

●  Family Connection -College Info and Enrichment Opportunities ●  College Rep visits to Schools and Campus Visits

More Resources Available

● Grade-level programming with Counselors ● FCPS Academies (Marshall and Chantilly

Governor’s STEM Academy) ● School alumni and faculty

Family Connection Account Information Moves

with Student

Family Connection - Colleges Page

Academy Courses Courses: - A+ - Oracle - Network Administration - STEM Engineering - Medical Assistant - Dental Careers - Pharmacy Tech - OT/PT - Engineering Physics - Engineering Math - Geographic Info. Systems - AND MORE!

vary from site to site NOTE: Chantilly and Marshall are

Governor’s STEM Academies

https://www.fcps.edu/ Search: “Academies and Specialized Programs”

Parents - Remember

●  Let your student take charge of this journey to find who they are and where they would thrive intellectually and personally.

●  Have discussion on finances and other family priorities early. ●  Don’t focus on rankings, focus on fit. ●  WHERE they go to college is not as important as WHAT THEY DO

once they get there.

Q/A Thank You!