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Welcome to Northview High School
Guidance Services
Academic College/ Post-Secondary Personal/Social
How to make appointmentsConfidentiality
Employability Skills4Success
Technology LiteracyThe ability to understand, use, and adapt to new technology concepts, systems, and operations.
Collaboration & Global ThinkingThe ability to collaborate and work as a member of a team in order to achieve a common goal. This involves knowing your strengths and recognizing strengths in others, 2) how to take others perspectives, and 3) how to resolve conflict.
CommunicationThe ability to effectively communicate a message or an idea to someone else through verbal and non-verbal means. Included within this is the ability to know how and when to listen to others’ communication and to us communication to build interpersonal relationships with others.
Critical Thinking & Problem SolvingThe ability to generate innovative and creative solutions to issues of interest through the gathering, analysis, and evaluation of relevant information. This includes thinking through 1) how possible solutions fit into and affect a larger system, 2) the validity of information and claims that others present, and 3) the potential consequences of proposed solutions.
Flexibility & AdaptabilityThe ability and self-motivation to continuously learn to respond to changes and to increase one’s understanding. Included within this is being open-minded to different viewpoints and ways of doing things and continuous reflection on one’s own knowledge base.
Ethical CitizenshipThe ability to act in a caring and principled manner (e.g. – with integrity, honesty, respect, and discernment) in order to promote the common-good of one’s community. Included within this finding balance between attending to one’s own needs (e.g. – spiritual, health, work, etc.) and the needs of others.
Personal AccountabilityThe ability to productively work toward a goal with a positive attitude. Included within this is being reliable and dependable (e.g. being present and punctual) and having the confidence to take risks and hold oneself and others accountable for their work.
Skills4Success
Students should go to nvps.net/studentportal to access their e-mail accounts. E-mail account [email protected]. Full first name.
*Visual, Performing, & Applied Technology (VPA)
ART: ENGLISH: APPLIED TECH.: COMPUTER:Intro to Art Communications Intro. To Tech Graphic DesignArts & Crafts Speech Int. to Eng. & Arch. Drafting Web Page Design3D Sculpt. Theatre Arts Arch. Graphics I – V Multimedia ProductionsDrawing Rhetoric Electronics Adobe Photoshop Painting Eng. Graphics I – VI Visual Basic ExpressInter. Design Wood Tech. I, II & III MUSIC: Photography Residential Struc. I & II Music Appreciation I/ 2Adv. Art 1 & 2 Band, Choir & GuitarFashion Design MISC – Yearbook Various KCTC Programs
Math Related Credits:AccountingAdvanced AccountingPhysicsFinancial LiteracyResidential Structures I/II Wood Tech I, II, III
Computer Electives: Microsoft OfficeGraphic DesignWeb Page DevelopmentMultimedia ProductionsVisual Basic ExpressAdobe PhotoshopYearbookJunior GatewaysInt. to Eng. & Arch. Drafting Intro to Technology
Standardized Tests – PSAT/SAT
9th Grade - PSAT 9 – April, 2016 Preparation for SAT test Junior year Test Prep - https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/psat-8-9
10th Grade - PSAT 10
11th Grade - MME Includes SAT – Used for college admissions
Steps to Academic Success
Attendance/ Tardies Communicating with teachers Planner/ Organization Listen to announcements nvps.net GPA calculator PSAT/9 – April, 2016 StudentVue
School Involvement
Join a sport or club Peer Listeners Embrace Diversity
What You Do Here Is Important
GVSU App https://www.gvsu.edu/cms3/assets/7A736
62B-B480-A890-E6EAD741C026DD0D/undergrad_application_2012-2013.pdf
StudentVue http://student.nvps.net/
Family Connection
