Welcome, Class of 2014!

 

 

FHS Spring 2012 Counselor Announcements for Sophomores

Get the College/Career-Ready Edge—Balance is KEY!

Below you will find a list of announcements, including some great opportunities both at Franklin and beyond, which apply specifically to sophomores. Here are some general guidelines before you look through the list. As you prepare for College or a Career after graduation, remember to:

 

• Know your graduation and college entrance requirements
• Participate in extra-curricular activities
• Take a balanced, quality, and rigorous course load, including AP and Honors when possible
• Consider getting a part-time job, under 15-20 hours/week
• Make your summer count! Consider a job, internship, learning experience, volunteering, or job shadowing
• If you are interested in Vocational, Technical or Community College, explore programs that you are interested in now! You can get to work that requires special skills faster by completing certifications. You also can transfer automatically from a community college to every public university in Washington except UW!
• Figure out how much money you would have to make to support the lifestyle that you want. Try this website’s income calculator! http://www.jumpstart.org/reality-check.html
• If you are a student-athlete, know your NCAA requirements and invest in a solid career/education plan that you will enjoy and that can sustain you should your career path veer away from professional sports. Remember, you are choosing the college, not the team; look at all the factors of a college (http://www.ncaa.org/)
• Check out FHS Counseling Blog for tons of resources: www.franklinquakers.org/blog/counseling

1. Service Learning

• 60 hours are required in order to graduate
• The summer is a great time to complete it!
• Choose an organization. (e.g., Clubs at school, Team Read, your church, YMCA, Seattle Asian Counseling and Referral Service, Atlantic Street Center, Jefferson Community Center). More ideas in Counseling Office
• Service Learning Forms are in the Counseling Office. Remember, you need a supervisor from an organization to sign off, and you need to know your start/end date, hours/week, and total hours. Turn form in to Ms. Marsh, in the Counseling Office

1. YMCA Youth Venture @ Franklin

• Youth Venture is a YMCA after-school program where students learn leadership and business skills, create a business/venture plan, and have the opportunity to apply for up to $1000 in seed money to start their businesses. Projects that get funded receive ongoing mentoring and support
• Spring session meets on Mondays, 2:30-4:30pm, at Franklin until the end of the school year
• Information session is on Monday, April 30, in Room 11

1. Other YMCA Programs:

• Every Wednesday after school in Room 10, there is a free rap and music production class with Laura Piece Kelly, a nationally renowned rap artist, poet, and producer. No experience necessary
• Every Monday after school in the Commons is a free break-dancing class with Jeromeskee, a member of Massive Monkees. No experience necessary
• Math Tutoring, Monday-Thursday, 2:30pm, in Room 26 & Reading/Writing Lab, Thursdays, 2:30-4:00pm, Room 111

1. Seattle Public Library, Columbia Branch

• Video Book Review Contest, Enter your videos Beginning May 1st! In May, June & July: Read a book, make a movie, put your movie on YouTube, win a $100 gift card to Best Buy! Must be ages 13-18 to enter
• Game-On! Play the Wii (including MarioKart!), American Idol, Rock Band and Dance Dance Revolution, Tuesday, May 15, 3-5pm, Columbia Branch
• Homework help, Monday and Tuesdays, 5:00-7:45pm, Columbia Branch

1. DO-IT (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Tech) seeking students with STEM interests!

• Do you want to attend college, want work-based learning experiences, want access to mentors with disabilities, have a disability, and have interests in science, technology, engineering, or math?
• Active participants reply to emails weekly, participate in mentorship group, and attend AccessSTEM events
• Application forms at www.uw.edu/doit/Stem/team_app.html
• Contact Person: Debra Zawanda at 206-685-3648 or dzawada@uw.edu

 

1. Peace Activist Trainee Program

• Paid, month-long summer program for sophomore or junior high school students who want to gain skills in organizing for peace and social justice, run by Western Washington Fellowship of Reconciliation
• Learn peace and justice issues, practice of nonviolence, gain skills in public speaking, group leadership, creating videos, conducting surveys, public relations, outreach and lobbying (examples of project topics: homelessness, water rights, police accountability, racism in Seattle, war in Iraq)
• Four weeks, July 9-August 2, 2012, five hours per day, 10am-3pm, Monday-Thursday, $500 stipend or school credit, Applications in the Counseling Office, due May 14, 2012

1. MESA Saturday Academy

• Saturday Academy is for current sophomores interested in MESA Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) or MESA Robotics
• Meet for a workshop once a month, September 2012-May 2013 on a Saturday, at University of Washington, Medical Engineering Building, 10:00am-2:30pm (Pizza lunch is provided)
• Saturday Academy students are connected to summer internship opportunities
• Get application from Ms. Swanson in counseling office. Due May 16, 2012
• MESA contact person: Sarah Sabay, 206-616-2946, ssabay@uw.edu

1. YouthForce Career Internship Program

• Interested in developing skills, experiences, and networks critical to a professional career? Microsoft Apprenticeship Program is hiring students to help with data entry, event coordination, information retrieval, research, composing communications and emails, and compiling reports and presentations
• Qualifications: Age 16 by August 17, 2012, preferred sophomores or juniors, available 5 days per week after school, ability to travel to and from Microsoft campus each day, performing well in school.
• Schedule is August 2012-June 2013. Flexible 2-3 hour after-school shift Monday-Friday, pays $9.04 per hour, no benefits, Located Downtown Bellevue or Redmond Campus
• Apply: www.yf.positiveplace.org, due June 10, 2012

1. Traffic Education Summer 2012

• June 25-July 25, Monday-Friday for 5 weeks (uninterrupted by vacations, sports, jobs, etc), 8am-10am or 10am-12pm, depending on the school
• Normally $599. Two students enrolling together at same location can save $50 each; see Addendum in Counseling Office
•  Pick up application in Counseling Office, due June 13, 2011

1.  Summer Traveling, College Prep, and Service Opportunities:

• This website provides a list of opportunities that involve traveling to other states or countries: http://www.whatkidscando.org/. Click on “Summer Journeys: WKCD Annual Summer Abroad Directory (’12)” and “Summer Academics and Enrichment: A Taste of College” to learn more

1.  Camp Erin-King County: A Grief Support Camp for Kids and Teens

• Three-day overnight camp for teens who have experienced the death of a loved one
• Free for teens up to 17 years old, who live in King County
• Friday, August 24, through Sunday, August 26, 2012 at Girl Scout’s Camp River Ranch in Carnation, WA
• Contact Person: Chris Olson, Camp Erin Coordinator, at 206-749-7689 or Christopher.olson@providence.org
• Pick up an application from the Counseling Office

1.  North Seattle Community College Upward Bound

• What is it?
  • After School Sessions:  Tutoring, HSPE prep, College Advising, College orientation
  • Summer Academy: 7-wk mandatory classes, field trips, college simulation
  • Stipends: $40/month during the year; $80/summer. Transportation stipends provided
  • Summer Bridge between senior year and college
  • Requires a desire to go to college, your commitment to after-school academic and cultural services and Upward Bound 7-wk summer program, be either low-income or first generation in your family to go to college
  • Application packets are in the Counseling Office
  • http://webshares.northseattle.edu/upwardbound/

1.  Running Start

• First, do research to find out whether this is a good fit for you
• Take Compass Test, which is a college placement in math and English at any community College:
  • At Seattle Central Community College, the COMPASS test is walk-in. Testing hours are Mondays: 8am-7:30pm, Tuesdays: 1pm-7:30pm, Wednesdays-Fridays: 8am-4:30pm (arrive 45 minutes before end time)
    • Bring Student ID and $18. (If qualified for free/reduced lunch, see Ms. Swanson for fee waiver)
    • Free Compass Test Prep Workshop at Seattle Central: Monday 1:30–3:30 pm, Room BE4138, Thursday 10 a.m.–12 pm, Room BE3201. Call the Running Start Office to confirm workshop time
    • http://www.seattlecentral.edu/testing/compass.php
    • After you receive test scores, go to the community college’s Running Start Office and get Enrollment forms
    • Meet with your FHS Counselor to complete high school counselor portion sometime after May 22^nd and before school starts in the Fall (counselors will have office hours in August 2012)
    • Turn in Enrollment Forms to Running Start Office at the community college & Register for classes

1. College Access Now (CAN) at Franklin!
2.  Credit Retrieval

• You CAN go to college! Join the CAN family and receive help navigating through the crazy college application process
• College Access Now students: will be the first in their families to attend and graduate from college in the US, qualify for free or reduced school lunch, and have a minimum GPA of 2.0
• CAN provides support and offer services in: advising such as application and essay-writing support and FAFSA and scholarship application assistance, campus visits, ACT test registration and preparation, college persistence

• Novanet—Currently, it is available during school for credit retrieval for free or after school for $75 per course
• Summer School—Franklin may have summer school for credit retrieval, not finalized
• BYU High School On-line Courses—usually $128 per course, not for students wanting to meet NCAA requirements, for list of courses and directions for registration (you must see your counselor prior to registering for a class), visit the on-line catalog: http://is.byu.edu/site/courses/index.cfm?school=hs

1.  HSPE/EOC News

• HSPE—Reading and Writing scores come out in early June.  Students who do not pass one or both subjects may retake the exam(s) they failed this August.  You may also retake these exams next Spring
• ALGEBRA/GEOMETRY EOC EXAMS – All students currently enrolled in Algebra 1B and Geometry B will be taking the EOC exam in that subject on Tuesday June 7, even if you previously passed one of the EOC exams.  You are required to pass one of these exams in order to graduate.  Any sophomore student who has not yet passed an EOC and is in a math class other than Algebra 1 and Geometry will also be taking an EOC exam on Tuesday June 7 in order to meet this requirement!
• BIOLOGY EOC-All students taking Biology classes and all other 10^th grade students will be taking the Biology EOC on Wednesday June 8.  Students are not required to pass the Biology EOC, but you are required to take it!

1.   College Entrance Testing

• PSAT—Juniors will take in October! Do your best because this determines who the National Merit Scholars are!
• SAT/ACT—Take Spring of your Junior year (and Fall of your Senior year, if possible). The more math under your belt, the better, so get ready, and study up for Spring 2013. Practice tests on collegeboard.org; or log on to MyCollegeQuickstart at https://quickstart.collegeboard.org/posweb/login.jsp.  There are also practice tests in the library.

1.  You Can Apply for Scholarships for College Now!

• www.Franklinquakers.org/blog/counseling, http://guides.kcls.org/lahs

1.  Come to FHS Spring College Night!! Tuesday, May 15 at Franklin, 6pm