Reality CheckReality Check

Sophomore SummitSophomore Summit

Things a Sophomore Things a Sophomore Should Know…Should Know…

How many credits do I have?How many credits do I have? What classes do I need to What classes do I need to

repeat? (if any)repeat? (if any) What are my options for What are my options for

earning or making up credit?earning or making up credit? What new opportunities are What new opportunities are

open for my Junior and Senior open for my Junior and Senior year?year?

What are some careers I am What are some careers I am interested in?interested in?

What career do I need to What career do I need to support my lifestyle?support my lifestyle?

Current classesClasses you just finished

Your name Credits & GPA

Subject & Credits Required

Your grade and credits

Class listed with no grade or credit = you are in it now

Am I on track to graduate?By now you should have 9 credits

including:

• 1.5 credits of English• 1.5 credits of Math• 1.5 credits of Science• .5 World History• .5 or more CTE credits• .5 Health• .5 or more PE• .5 or more Art

Transcript Evaluation Time!

Let’s take 5 minutes and count your credits

What is a GPA and Who Cares?• GPA = Grade Point Average• Total value of all grades divided by GPA credits

4.0 = awesome!

3.0 = good

2.0 = okay

1.0 = hey, you passed!

0.0 = we need to talk• Who Cares? Universities, scholarship

committees, and car insurance companies

Maybe I will, Gosh!(graduate on time, that is…)

If your transcript

looks anything like

this one…

Meet with your

counselor very soon to make

a plan for credit make up.

How to Make Up Credits

• Summer School• Everett Online High School• Outside Correspondence Options

(like BYU)• Sno-Isle Skill Center Summer

Program• Community College Summer

Quarter• Work or Volunteer Hours next year• Ed-Cap, Youth Re-Engagement &

other alternative programs

What Can I Do Next Year?• Sno-Isle Skill Center• Cascade Automotive Tech Program• Running Start• ORCA (and other specialized college

programs)• Advanced Placement Classes• NJROTC• Work & Volunteer Credit

Career Training…(apply next year)

Dental Assisting

Diesel Mechanics

Fashion & Merchandising

Fire Service Technology

Medical Assisting

Nursing Assistant

Precision Machining

Robotics & Electronics

Veterinary Assisting & Grooming

Welding

Auto Maintenance

Auto Technician

Business & Management

Computer Aided Drafting

Computer/Web Programming

Computers, Servers & Networking

Construction Trades

Cosmetology (12th grade only)

Criminal Justice

Culinary Arts

Running Start

•Junior and/or Senior Year

•Take up to 18 college credits (if full-time @ college) each quarter for free!

•Can take full-time or part-time

•Can take everything there except Senior Seminar

•Amazing opportunity to get college credits and challenge yourself

Thinking About College?To Do List:

2 years of the same world language4 years of English2 or 3 years of lab science (Physics or

Chem for WWU)

3 years of math Challenge yourself with AP and HonorsTake the PSAT next year (if you

haven’t)Running StartActivities In & Out of school

Reality Check!!

WOIS

3 Ways to Search

1. “I have no idea what I want to do or how much I need to make!”

2. “I know how much money I want to make. What kind of job do I need?”

3. “I know what I want to do for a career but I don’t know how much money I can expect to make.”

• Reality Check Time

• Log In to WOIS ID = Student IDPassword = Student ID

Thanks for ListeningThanks for Listening