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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