10 th & 11 th grade Curriculum night

1. 10th & 11th grade Curriculum night

2. Your Counseling Team: Ms. Friesen, D-F Ms. Engelhart, G-I Ms. Gaulke, A-C Ms. Lewis, J-M Mr. Dilla, N-S Ms. Hassell, T-Z Ms. Van Pernis, CCC Ms. Vertigan, All Nations A-Z Ms. Rates, CCC

3. Your Counseling Team: Mr. Palmquist Ms. McMillen Mr. Simondet Ms. Magney

4. South High Graduation Requirements • 4 years Social Studies • 4 years English • 3+ years Math • 3+ years Science • 1 year PE • 1 year Health • 1 year Fine Arts • 64.5 credits • Grad tests • My Life Plan (MLP)

5. My Life Plan Overview • Graduation requirement • Done in classrooms/CCC • Helps students explore: • Themselves (learning styles, personality, career interests) • Careers • Process for getting from Here….. To….. There • Uses Naviance as a virtual “folder”

6. Naviance • Is the “virtual folder” where students hold their MLP items • Career information • College Representative Visits • College searches • Scholarship List • Class ranking/GPA • Prep Me- Practice ACT/SAT • Available to families for info on their students’ progress • IS NOT: Parent Portal or Classroom for Success – academic tracking sites

7. Career and College Center Career and College Coordinators: Ms. Rates and Ms. Van Pernis • Location: Room 246 • Schedule: The center is open daily from 8-4pm • Contact Information: 612-668-4363 or christina.rates@mpls.k12.mn.us or katherine.vanpernis@mpls.k12.mn.us What we do… • College research, application, essay, scholarships, financial aid, • ACT/SAT registration and information, job search, resume and career search, etc. • Communicate to students, parents and staff with weekly emails. • Naviance support for students, parents and staff Overall we help all students create a plan for life after high school.

10. Overview of Process for Courses Requests for Next Year • Today Tuesday, February 25th – materials handed out to students in English classrooms. • Students talk with teachers, family, counselors about choices. • March 3-March 14 – window of time where students (with their English classes) will meet in the computer lab to input their choices into the computer. • There are no guarantees of receiving classes requested. (# of requests, budgeting, staffing, etc ) Alternatives MUST be provided. • Schedules for next year are not final until the end of August (just before school starts).

13. Why Should I Take Accelerated Coursework? Accepted to the college of your choice • Colleges look for accelerated classes, such as AP, CIS, & PSEO. Help you become a better learner • Learn lifelong skills • Learn from motivated peers It saves you money $$$ or time • Better chance to get more scholarships • Could get college credit for classes

14. Rigorous Courses We encourage taking challenging courses including: • Project-Lead-the-Way (PLTW) • College level engineering courses taught be adjunct faculty. College credit earned through passing test at end of course. • Advanced Placement (AP Courses) • College level courses at South HS. Possible college credit through test at end of course. • College in the Schools (CIS Courses) • U of M courses offered at South HS by adjunct faculty. U of M college credit by successful completion of course. • Post Secondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) • Completing college class at the college. Admission determined by college. College credit by successful completion of course.

15. PSEO, Post Secondary Enrollment Options *Find Applications on the college websites or in the South counseling office. * U of M Twin Cities: Application deadline - April 1st, 2014 Strong GPA (the average admit GPA is 3.7)Space is limited to 500 new students each year. Concordia University St. Paul: Deadline: Fall Semester - May 1st, 2014 GPA of 3.2 are encouraged to apply. MCTC: Deadline for Spring semester-December 2nd, 2014 Deadline for Fall semester-June 2nd, 2014 NEW! Sophomores, pass 8th grade MCA test and meet prerequisites of course you want to register for. Juniors-3.0 GPA, top 1/3 of class Seniors-2.5 GPA top ½ of class

16. College Admissions Testing • ACT v SAT • SAT II/Subject Tests • TOEFL • Retaking a test? Scores in time for many 4-year college deadlines: • Nov 2, 2013 SAT (register by Oct 3) • Oct 26, 2013 ACT (register by Sept 27) • Test Optional? Check out http://www.fairtest.org for schools with optional testing requirements • STUDENTS NEED TO SEND SCORES FROM THEIR ONLINE ACCOUNTS (South High cannot send test scores to colleges. Students may have SAT/ACT scores sent at any time, at least 3 weeks prior to college deadline is recommended) • 10/12/2014 • 16

17. ACT March 18th South High (Juniors) • All students are required participate in district and state mandated tests. The ACT and/or Accuplacer tests are replacing the MCA-II/GRAD tests. All South Juniors are to take the March test regardless of whether they have taken an ACT, will take an ACT later, or are PSEO students. Data from the March test will be used at a district- and school-level in a number of ways. • We do have a number of PSEO juniors who are planning to take their District-Wide ACT on the make-up date during MPS' Spring Break. Some of the area colleges, including the University of Minnesota, are on spring break the week of March 18th and so PSEO students do not need to miss PSEO classes to test on the March 18th date. • 10th graders will be going on various college tours to St. Cloud, UW River Falls, MCTC,

18. Academic Supports • Teachers are always the first resource • See Teacher Schedule Handout • Other resources are available: • NHS tutoring- Every Tuesday and Thursday • Writing Center- 8am-4pm Everyday • Hennepin County/Minneapolis Public Libraries • Community agencies • Peer supports/ study groups

19. Credit Recovery ALC after school Mon.-Thur. Hour: 3:00-5:00 Summer School Dates: June-July Alternative Schools: see your counselor Move Ahead Online Minneapolis (Health, PE, Math, Art Science to go ahead in those subjects)

20. Counseling Department Events

22. Questions? Thank you!