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Welcome to Southwest!

Welcome to Southwest!. We are: coming together from various places joining a new community starting over in a new situation creating new experiences. Who are the Counselors?. Counseling Office is located in Room 100. Ms . Montgomery : A-E. Ms. Sherwood : F-K.

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Welcome to Southwest!

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  1. Welcome to Southwest! We are: coming together from various places joining a new community starting over in a new situation creating new experiences

  2. Who are the Counselors? • Counseling Office is located in Room 100. Ms. Montgomery: A-E • Ms. Sherwood: F-K

  3. Who are the Counselors? Mr. Mountin: L-Q • Ms. Vogel: R-Z

  4. Counseling Staff Continued • Ms. Tibbetts: • 9th Grade Teams Counselor • Ms. Mahal: • Counseling Clerk

  5. Career & College Center Coordinators Ms. Jastrow • Ms. Van Pernis

  6. Activity SBIAXLNAETNTAERSS

  7. Solution The solution to this puzzle is to actually remove the letters “s-i-x-l-e-t-t-e-r-s”. If you do that, the word “bananas” is left. The solution requires thinking about the problem in a different way. SBIAXLNAETNTAERSS

  8. What does this have to do with counseling? • Counselors can: • Help you look at problems in a different way, so that together you can come up with an appropriate solution. • Provide you with support and encouragement so that you don’t give up. • Help you learn how to answer questions. • Do you ask other peers in your class? • Go on your phone or computer to do research? • Ask an adult?

  9. Reasons to visit the counseling office: • Academic Questions/Concerns: • Grades • Schedule • Course selection & Academic planning • Study skills • Personal, Family, and Social Questions/Concerns: • Anxiety / Depression • Stress • Grief / Loss • Career & College Questions/Concerns: • Post High School Plans

  10. Who is my Assistant Principal? Ms. Mortenson: Ms. Ali: Ms. Reilly: Last Names A-G Last Names H-N Last Names O-Z

  11. Our Principal – Dr. Smith

  12. Other people who can help Ms. Overhue Ms. Walker Officer Loveland Social Worker School NursePolice Liaison

  13. Academic Success Important things you need to know

  14. Transcripts • A permanent record of all grades and credits. • Includes: • Credits that are awarded to a student. • Earned when a class has been successfully passed. • At Southwest, every time you pass a quarter class, you receive 0.75 credits. • Class rank. • Where a student’s GPA falls in relation to all of the students in their graduation class. • GPA. • Grade Point Average • How is it calculated?

  15. Sample GPA Calculation • English 9 (B) 3 • Human Geography (B) 3 • Geometry (B) 3 • Biology (C) 2 • P.E. (A) 4 • Health I (B) 3 18 18/6 = 3.0→ B Grade PointAverage • What does this mean?

  16. How are the ingredients in a pizza like your credits on a transcript?

  17. Graduation Requirements Earn at least64.5 Credits: Meet MN State testing requirements for graduation Complete ALLMy Life Plan Milestones.

  18. Example of a Transcript

  19. HS Diploma vs. College Entrance

  20. What 4 year colleges look for:

  21. Get Involved • Don’t Just Sit There - Join Something! • Academic Clubs • Math Team • Fine and Performing Arts • Theater and Teach • Leadership opportunities • Student Council • Athletic Activities • Social and Political Clubs • Gay Straight Alliance • Green Team • Newspaper

  22. Ways to get involved. • Extra Curricular Activities (see hand out) • Athletics (Southwest High website is a great resource)

  23. Check out the AchieveMplsCareer and College Center in Room 104 Four Year Colleges and Universities Two Year Community and Technical Colleges Military Representatives from Colleges Career Materials Computer Based College and Career Search Scholarship Materials Job Information / Step UP

  24. Naviance • What will we do in Naviance during 9th grade? • 9.1 High School Transition (completing today) • 9.2 High School Orientation (completing today) • 9.3 9th Grade Welcome Survey • 9.4 Career Experience • 9.5 Résumés

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