Welcome to BHS Fall Conferences

1. Welcome to BHS Fall Conferences

2. Purpose of Advisory • Build Trusting Relationships between students, staff, and families • Help students feel connected to Bethel High School • Provide resources and plan for each student’s post-secondary pathway

3. Getting Involved Activities • DECA • Link Crew • Speech and Debate • Heritage • Drama • LGBTQ • FCCLA • Honor Society • Robotics • Pottery • Spanish • Gaming • Orienteering • Key Club • Ukulele More Activities • Fall Sports • Football, Volleyball, Cross Country, Girls Swimming, Girls Soccer, Boys Tennis • Winter Sports • Basketball, wrestling, Bowling, Boys Swimming • Spring Sports • Track, Baseball, Fastpitch, Girls Tennis, Boys Soccer, Girls Lacrosse • Air Force JROTC • After-School Tutoring • Spanish Speaking Lunch Table • Choir Council

4. Grades • Please log into your Student/Family Access account or look on the student information provided by your advisory. • Check your grades and fill out the Fall Conference Reflection Sheet

5. Plan for Increasing Grades On your grade reflection sheet, fill out your plan for working to increase your grades. Below you will find different strategies you may want to include in your plan: • After school tutoring (Monday-Thursday; 2:15pm-4:00pm in the library) • Talk to your teachers before or after school • Dedicate extra time at home to study • Attend a study session with friends • Lunch time in the library

6. Attendance Information Please read through the attendance information provided . This is important information about the policies of the Bethel School District relating to attendance. When completed, please sign and give to your student’s advisor before you leave today.

7. Credit Recovery/Retrieval If you have failed any classes, you will need to retrieve those lost credits. Here are opportunities for you to recover those missing credits: • Zero Hour/7th Period Classes • Summer School Online Courses* • BYU Online Courses* • Fuel ED Online Course* * Additional Cost for Families for These Options

8. Grad Requirements -- Credits • CORE 24 • (to be on track, you need 6 credits completed now) • You will need 24 total credits in the specific content areas listed below: • ELA -- 4 credits • MATH -- 3 credits • SCIENCE -- 3 credits (2 labs) • SOCIAL STUDIES -- 3 credits • WORLD LANGUAGE -- 2 credits (2 credits can be PPR) • PE/HEALTH -- 2 credits (1.5 PE / .5 Health) • FINE ARTS -- 2 credits (1 credit can be PPR) • CTE -- 1 credit • ELECTIVE -- 4 credits • Culminating Project (completed through Advisory)

9. Personal Pathway Requirement (PPR) • PPRs provides flexibility for students • PPRs may be any course that aligns with a student’s career path • The High School and Beyond Plan should reflect PPRs • To use a PPR option, students will complete a PPR form with their counselor • PPRs are best used during your Junior and Senior year

10. Grad Requirements -- State Tests • Required to pass: • ELA SBA (sophomore year) • Math SBA (sophomore year)

11. SBA Scores and Goal • In Family Access, take a look at your most current SBA score. On your reflection form, answer this question: • What are your goals for your SBA score?

12. SBA SCORE REPORT If you have taken the SBA and would like a more detailed report about your score, please visit the counseling center to get a copy of your SBA SCORE REPORT.

13. Challenging Classes at BHS AP Courses • AP LIT (English) • AP Lang (English) • AP US History • AP World History • AP US Government • AP Biology • AP Physics • AP Chemistry • AP Calculus • AP Statistics • AP Computer Science • AP Spanish • AP Psychology College in the High School • Pre-Calculus • Calculus • College English Classes • College Social Studies Classes • Other courses TBD

14. High School and Beyond Plan • In February, you will begin to register for next year’s classes. Think about these questions: • What challenging classes are you planning on taking? • How will these classes connect you to what you want to do after high school?

15. Practice Exams If you are planning to attend a college or university, you need to consider taking practice exams for the SAT and ACT exam. • For SAT (typically your junior year): • Preliminary SAT (PSAT) • National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (NMSQT) • For ACT (typically your sophomore year): • ACT Aspire Exam “Sandbox” • Talk to your counselors about these opportunities!

16. FAFSA • Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is a mechanism to help provide resources for financial aid to students for postsecondary education including colleges, universities, tech schools, and trade schools. • Student can complete a FAFSA beginning October 1st of their senior year. • Students must have a completed FAFSA to receive college scholarships and aid • Any federal student loan requires a completed FAFSA • The sooner a student completes the FAFSA, the more aid is available for the student (First Come, First Served)

17. WASFA • Similar to the FAFSA, the WASFA is the Washington application for State Financial Aid specifically for are not eligible for Federal Financial Aid because of immigration status. • Students can complete a WASFA beginning October 1st of their senior year.

18. College Bound • If you signed up for the College Bound program in 8th grade, make sure you are: • Maintaining a 2.0 GPA • Stay out of trouble • Fill out a FAFSA during your SENIOR year beginning Oct. 1st

19. Career Center The Career Center is always open during lunch. This is a great time to talk to someone about possible careers you want more information about and/or different school (colleges, universities, tech schools, trade schools) you are interested in attending. For more information about career and college information sessions, talk to Mrs. Hodges or Mrs. Lordahl.