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School Communication, Helpful Websites For You

and Your Students

Cal-SOAP

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Aeries Accounts

➢ What is an Aeries account?○ Aeries Software's multi-decade focus on education solutions, Aeries is designed

specifically to support K-12 environments. It provides users with a superior tool which allows complete and immediate access to student information: district, school, student, class, or grade. Aeries also gives teachers, administrators, parents, and students controlled access to student information via web browser interface.

➢ Does your student have access to an Aeries account?○ Your student should be able to create an account and access the account

➢ Do parents have access to an Aeries account?○ Parent should be able to create an account and access the account

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Middle Schools

➢ Britton Middle School○ Chris Moore

Phone: 408-201-6160 Email: moorec@mhusc.org

➢ Martin Murphy Middle School ○ Alex Aasen

Phone: 408-201-6260 Email: aasena@mhusd.org

Who can you contact at your school site to help you create an Aeries account?

➢ Ann Sobrato○ Courtney Macko

Phone: 408-201-6200 Email: mackoc@mhusd.org

➢ Live Oak○ Maria Reitano

Phone: 408-201-6100 Email: reitanom@mhusd.org

➢ Central Continuation○ Vera Gomes

Phone: 408-201-6300 Email: gomesv@mhusd.org

High Schools

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➢ Barrett○ Mary Alice Callahan

Phone: 408-201-6340 Email: callahanm@mhusd.org

➢ El Toro○ Darren McDonald

Phone: 408-201-6380 Email: mcdonaldd@mhusd.org

➢ Jackson Acad. Math/Music (K-8)○ Patrick Buchser

Phone: 408-201-6400 Email: buchserp@mhusd.org

➢ Los Paseos○ Debbie Stewart

Phone: 408-201-6420 Email: stewartd@mhusd.org

➢ Nordstrom○ Debbie Grove

Phone: 408-201-6440 Email: groved@mhusd.org

➢ Paradise Valley○ Swati Dagar

Phone: 408-201-6460 Email: dagars@mhusd.org

➢ San Martin/Gwinn○ Claudia Olaciregui

Phone: 408-201-6480 Email: olacireguic@mhusd.org

➢ P. A. Walsh○ Teresa Sermersheim

Phone: 408-201-6500 Email: sermersheimt@mhusd.org

Elementary Schools

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Transcripts

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What do your student grades mean?

Grade Description Grade Points

A Excellent 4.0

A- 3.7

B+ 3.3

B Good 3.0

B- 2.7

C+ 2.3

C Satisfactory 2.0

C- 1.7

D Barely Passing 1.0

F Failing 0

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Do you have a personal Email address?

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Steps to Create an Gmail Account

1. Go to www.gmail.com.2. Click Create account.

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3. The signup form will appear. Follow the directions and enter the required information.

4. Review Google's Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, click the check box, then click Next step.

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5. Here, you'll have an opportunity to set up recovery options. Recovery options are helpful if you forget your password or if someone tries to access your account. If you don't want to set up recovery options at this time, click Done.

6. Your account will be created, and the Google welcome page will appear.

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➢ Naviance for is a college and career readiness solution that helps students discover during these pivotal years their strengths and interests, and see how they can help them reach their goals. It also enables individual learning plans aligned to students’ goals.

➢ Students can use Naviance to apply for local, State and National scholarships

➢ Naviance Website: https://www.naviance.com/

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What is Family Connection?➢ How do you access it?➢ How do you register?➢ How does it help with career and college

planning?

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What is Family Connection in Naviance?

➢ Family Connection from Naviance is a comprehensive website that you can use to help make decisions about courses, colleges and careers. Family Connection also provides up-to-date information about resources for college and career planning.

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Option #1➢ Let’s look at our instructions on how to get

into our accounts.

Option #2

➢ Family Connection is web-based: https://connection.naviance.com/auth/fclookup

How do you access Family Connection?

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➢ If it is your first time visiting Naviance, please click "I need to register"

➢ Make sure to fill out all the fields and click “Complete Registration”

How do you register?

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➢ Search for colleges➢ Use links to do a college search➢ Use SuperMatch college search➢ Explore careers

What can I do with Family Connection?

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➢ Search for colleges

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➢ Explore careers

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Let’s review some conceptsResume Builder

Record high school activities, awards, volunteer experience, etc. Organize information into multiple printable versions of a resume that can presented to employers or colleges

Do What You Are

A personality survey. Results can be used to explore suggested college majors and careers based on personal preferences and strengths

Scholarship List

Local organization sponsored scholarship opportunities updated weekly. Database lists entries by name, deadline, and includes a link to the application.

Questions?