Junior Parent Meeting

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Junior Parent Meeting

• October 10th, 2012
• Class of 2014

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Welcome!

• Mr. Bronner Principal
• Mrs. Sayre Nickell Assistant Principal
• Mrs. Donati School Counselor grades 10-12
• Mrs. Spangler School Counselor grades 7-9
• Mrs. Phillips Athletic/Attendance Secretary
• Mrs. Hogue Principals Secretary
• Mrs. Limbert Guidance Secretary

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Agenda

• Overview of graduation requirements
• Junior Year Timeline
• Scheduling and options for your senior year
• Post High School Education and Career Options
• Housekeeping/Important Dates/Events

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Graduation Requirements

• 4 Credits of English
• 4 Credits of Math
• 3 Credits of Science
• 3 Credits of Social Studies
• 2 PE Classes (1/2 credit)
• ½ Credit - Health
• ½ Credit 21st Century Technology
• 1 Credit of Personal Economics (does not apply to
  CTC students)
• 1 Credit of Fine Art (Art, Band, Choir, Woods,
  Blue Blazer/Scroll, Creative Writing)
• Completion of Community Service Hours (10 for
  last year, 15 for this year, 20 for your senior
  year)
• Total of 22 credits needed to graduate

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Junior Year Timeline

• Fall/Winter
• Look over the newsletter you are
• provided in homeroom to
• familiarize yourself with
• scholarship requirements, etc
• Begin preparing for the ACT
• Take the PSAT (October 17th)
• Begin researching potential colleges and majors
• Meet with the college reps that come to BHS
• Visit a college!
• Focus on your grades
• Attend the Financial Aid meeting on January 15th
  at 7 pm

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Junior Year Timeline

• Spring
• Register and take ACT (April 13th)
• Visit a college
• Plan out your Senior Year schedule (fill schedule
  with college prep courses!)
• Finish the year strong!
• Summer
• Continue to visit colleges
• Narrow down college choices

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Scheduling For Your Senior Year

• Fill your schedule with challenging courses
• Colleges like to see quality classes
• PSEO
• Go to college while in high school
• Receive college AND high school credit
• Informational meeting (mandatory)
• March 5th, 2013 at 700 pm

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Senior Year Timeline

• Fall
• Keep your grades up!
• Visit more college campuses (2 visits)
• (Re) take the ACT by DECEMBER
• Apply
• Read monthly newsletter for scholarship
  information
• Meet with the college reps who visit BHS or at
  college fairs
• Attend senior parent night
• Meet with Mrs. Donati

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Senior Year Timeline

• Winter/Spring
• Keep your grades up
• Attend the Financial Aid night
• Fill out appropriate Financial Aid forms
• Apply for scholarships
• Dayton Montgomery County
• Brookville Community
• Decide and Deposit before May 1
• Graduate!!!!

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Post High School OptionsPlanning

• ACT Online Prep
• Every Junior and Senior student has an account
• Practice tests with real ACT test questions
• Practice essays for the new optional ACT Writing
  Test, with real-time scoring
• Comprehensive content review for each of the
  ACT's four required testsEnglish, Math, Reading,
  and Science
• Diagnostic test and personalized Study Path
• Free!
• Link is located on the High Schools website
  under the Link and Downloads tab

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College Selection

• Unsure of where to go?
• What to major in?

www.mymajors.com
NextStepU
See Mrs. Donati for log-in info
See pg. 9 in the planning guide for a guide to
college selection
www.collegeprowler.com
www.zinch.com
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Education Pays
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Learn to Earn

• Ready to LEARN when you enter Kindergarten and
  ready to EARN with post secondary credential
• learntoearndayton.org Take the pledge
• 9th grade through high school Individuals will
  be ready to learn when graduating from high
  school

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Goal 3 Ready to learn when graduating from
high school

• High School Diploma long term academic and
  career success
• 9th grade year earn minimun of 5 credits
• Algebra I English 9 Science
• 10th grade year proficient or above on OGT
• 12th grade year Graduate

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Internet Safety -CommonSenseMedia.org

• No such thing as Private
• Agreement on what is okay to post
• Be a good digital citizen
• Cyberspace Golden Rule applies
• Agree on downloads
• Critical thinking
• Stay in safe neighborhoods
• Review your own habits
• Better safe than sorry

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College Selection

• By your senior year, you should narrow college
  selections down to three or four colleges.
• Be sure your qualifications meet the colleges
  criteria (ACT/SAT scores, GPA, major is offered,
  etc) to avoid losing
• application fees and
• being disappointed
• See pgs. 12 and 13 in handout

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College SelectionCollege Representative
Visitation Schedule

• September 20th Hanover College 800 am
• September 24th Sinclair Community College
  1130 am
• September 24th United States Marines
• September 26th - College Fair at Fifth Third
  Field 600 800 pm
• September 27th University of Dayton 900 am
• October 2nd Cedarville University 948 am
• October 5th US Navy Lunch Table
• October 9th US Army (Lunch Table)
• October 16th Indiana University East 200 pm
• October 17th Ohio State University 145 pm
• October 19th Wright State University 1132 am
• October 25th Bowling Green State University
  1255 pm
• November 5th Miami University 145 pm
• November 6th Manchester College 900 am
• November 7th Grace College 1040 am
• November 7th -College Fair at UD Arena 630
  830 pm
• November 9th University of South Carolina
  950 am
• November 20th Ohio State Lima 1132 am

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cholarships!

• Collegeprowler.com
• Scholarships.com
• Fastweb.com
• Zinch.com
• Mycollegedollars.com
• www.drpepper.com/promotions/
• Brookville High School
  Guidance
• Office on Facebook to
  stay in the loop of new scholarship announcements

BHS Financial Aid Night January 15th 700 pm
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Financial Aid

• Page 12 13 in the handout lists the cost of
  attending Ohio Public and Private Colleges
• Consider attending a two year community college
  and transferring to a four year university to
  complete the last two years
• Work Study is often a good way to help out
  financially this is listed on the FAFSA

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Housekeeping

• Begin preparing your students for the transition
  now
• Time management
• Organization
• Healthy eating
• Laundry
• Budgeting

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College Student Panel

• BHS will host its 2nd College Student Panel
• Great opportunity for students to ask questions
  about life after high school from their former
  peers
• Former BHS students
• Currently enrolled in a two year or four year
  University (public, private, and out-of-state)
• Working full time after attending CTC or Sinclair
  
• Plan is to host this in December of 2012

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Dates To Remember

• October 25th End of First Nine Weeks
• November 1st and 6th Parent Teacher Conferences
  430 800 pm
• November 2nd Grade Cards Go Home
• November 7th Star Day (100 Dismissal)

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Coffee With The Counselors

• Communication between home, school and the
  community
• Topics may include career planning, test taking
  skills, and technology
• These will be held in the high school office
• October 9th
• December 11th
• April 9th
• All meetings are at 730 am