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Maryland Scholars . School Name Date Speaker’s Name. Your Future…. What’s important to you? In what do you excel? What do you love to do?. Life After High School: What does it cost to live?. Apartment Car Payment Car Insurance/Gas/Maintenance Gas/Electricity Phone/Internet/Cable
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Maryland Scholars School Name Date Speaker’s Name
Your Future… • What’s important to you? • In what do you excel? • What do you love to do?
Life After High School:What does it cost to live? Apartment Car Payment Car Insurance/Gas/Maintenance Gas/Electricity Phone/Internet/Cable Food Entertainment Total $1,000 $300 $450 $150 $150 $350 $200 $2,650 A MONTH!!! Pg 10
Will you be able to afford it? Sample salaries (based on 40 hours/week) Minimum wage is $7.25/hour Pg 10
Will you be able to afford it? Pay Check Pay to the order of Jane Eyre Four-Hundred Six Dollars and Zero Cents Earnings Rate Hours This period Regular $15.00 40 $600.00 Gross Pay $600.00 Deductions Statutory Federal Income Tax -$102.00 State/Local Income Tax -$36.00 Social Security Tax -$36.00 Other Health Insurance -$20.00 Net Pay $406.00 $1,000 over budget! Per Month Gross Wages (x4 weeks) $2,400.00 Taxes Withheld -$408.00 -$144.00 -$144.00 Other Deductions -$80.00 Total Expenses : $2,650 !!! Net Pay $1,624.00 Pg 10
What are YOUdoing to PREPARE yourself to earn a GOOD SALARY???
Your Grades andAttendanceBy Year Pg 4
A Summary of Your Gradesand Your Service Learning Hours Pg 4
Other Information: *Activities, *Awards, *Grade Point Average (GPA) Pg 4
Who would you hire? Pg 5
Who would you hire? Pg 5
Your transcript can tells others: • I will show up for class or work! • I am dependable and reliable!
Your transcript can tells others: • I can take on a challenge! AND
Your transcript can tells others: • I am prepared for college work! • I have the skills needed to be successful!
So now what? Maryland Scholars Course of Study • 4 Credits of English • 4 Credits of Math • (Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II) • 3 Credits of Lab Science • (Biology, Chemistry, Physics* • 3 Credits of Social Science • (U.S. History, World History, Government) • 2 credits of same Foreign Language • Students must attain a • 3.0 GPA to Qualify • A 3rd lab science may be substituted for Physics Pg 6
With these courses, you will be more likely to: • Get into college or get a job with benefits • Qualify for scholarships • Graduate from college • Earn more money in salaries (whether you go to college or not)
You have options - Preserve them by taking the right courses in high school!
Set Great Goals! • A goal is what you aim or strive to accomplish. So make them S.M.A.R.T. Specific: What is it? Measureable: How will you measure success? Achievable: What actions will you take? Realistic: What results do you hope to see? Time bound: How much time will it take? Pg 8
Your Goal Worksheet Pg 8
www.BeWhatIWantToBe.com • Find information on: • Jobs • College • How to win prizes • Careers of the future!
4 things you can do now! • Set some goals. • Talk with your counselor and parents about being a Maryland Scholar • Go to www.BeWhatIWantToBe.com and create an account – stay with it! • Work hard, have fun and CREATE YOURSELF!