January 14, 2022

**What is ASVB Testing?

The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) is a heavily researched and well-respected aptitude test developed by the Department of Defense. The ASVAB Career Exploration Program (CEP) is designed to help students in 10th/11th/12th grades find their path to career satisfaction. The ASVAB CEP includes a validated aptitude test and interest assessment. The results are used to guide career exploration.

Do you need to share the results of your ASVAB test with the military? No. There is a box on the text that will ask you that question. If you do not want your scores shared with the military, do not check the box. The student results will then only be sent to the student.

What if my child doesn't know what they want to do yet for their future? GREAT! This test will help you understand what your strengths are! The ASVAB test only scores you on questions that you answer. Questions that are not answered do not count toward anything. It truly is just a great way to help your son/daughter to find their strengths and work from there to guide into career exploration.

Where will my son/daughter take the test? John Champe will be hosting ASVAB Testing on Monday, January 31, 2022. This is a teacher work day. Students are off, so no academic classes will be interrupted. It will be held in the Career Center. Students report at 9am.

What grade levels are open to test? Grades 10-12 are open to take the ASVAB test.

Click HERE to sign up to test!!!!

Are you not sure what your post-secondary plans are after high school? Are you thinking about NOVA but don't know where to start? Do you want to apply to NOVA and want some hands on help with your application? Well today is your lucky day!!! Please fill our this form (or stop by the Career Center on your way to lunch) and I will make arrangements with our NOVA rep to come and help! See me soon as I want to get the rep here in January or early February!!!

Click here for listings !!!

All of our fairs will feature MatchMaking! At the time of registration, students will select the attributes that are most important to them in a college. They will then receive an email that best matches them to the specific colleges and universities based on the criteria they provided. Students will then reference this email on the day of the fair to connect with their best-fits! Make sure to encourage your students to register early so they can take advantage of this great new feature.

In-Person National College Fairs
​​​​NACAC is offering a limited series of in-person National College Fairs this spring. If you live in California, Florida, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey or Pennsylvania, we are coming to a city near you. If your state isn’t on this list, we may be headed your way this fall!

Virtual College Fairs
We are excited to be launching a whole new platform in 2022! The new NACAC Virtual College Fairs are a great opportunity to connect with colleges and pursue your college dreams. Have a quick video chat with a rep, drop in on a virtual presentation, send a question through chat - make a connection YOUR way!

Go now and check out a video on how it all works!

We look forward to seeing you and your students at an upcoming college fair soon!

Best wishes,
NACAC College Fairs Team

For additional information and times visit www.nacacattend.org/fairs

Video about the Skilled Trades Fair:

https://vimeo.com/652078826?embedded=true&source=video_title&owner=101787519

SAVE THE DATE!

Skilled Trades Fair

Academies of Loudoun

42075 Loudoun Academy Drive Leesburg, VA 20175

Wednesday, January 26, 2022 from 6:30pm – 8:30pm

(snow date February 2, 2022)

Students can register here

Join Us on Wednesday, January 26 from 6:30pm – 8:30pm at the Academies of Loudoun for a Skilled Trades Fair featuring our business partners from Graphic Communications, Culinary Arts, Environmental Plant Science, HVAC, Masonry, Welding, Building Construction, Auto Collision and Auto Servicing. The purpose of this event is to share information with students about these industries including job opportunities, future outlook, and how to get started. This event is open to ALL LCPS students. . More details to come!

Best Regards,

Kim M. Yeager M. Ed

Placement Coordinator

Academies of Loudoun

42075 Academy Drive

Leesburg, VA 20175

P: (571) 252-1990

Kim.yeager@lcps.org

@LCPS_Academies

NASA’s Virginia Space Grant Consortium (VSGC) is excited to share that the application window is now open for our FREE summer residential STEM program for 8th and 9th grade students in Virginia!

Building Leaders for Advancing Science and Technology (BLAST) is ideal for students who have a passion for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) and have not yet had either the confidence or the opportunity to participate in experiential STEM programs before now.

The BLAST application window closes February 7, 2022. More details about each program, including videos from past sessions, can be found here: https://vsgc.odu.edu/blast/. Please reach out to Julie Back, STEM Education Program Specialist, with your questions: jback@odu.edu.

Graduation for the Class of 2022 will be 7:00 PM on Friday, June 17, 2022, at Eagle Bank Arena. Please put this in your calendars and let out of town family and friends who may attend, let them know.

As we are at the Eagle Bank Arena, there is no limit on how many friends and family members you bring.

Our military recruiters are visiting JCH during our lunchtime hours. Here is the schedule that is available thru April 2022:

Marines: February 7th, March 14th, April 4th

Army: February 9th, March 9th, April - no visit

Navy: No visit in January/February, March 21st, April 18th

Army National Guard: February 10th, March 10th, April 2nd

• Marine NROTC and other scholarships: Click here to learn more about them!
• Marine Military Bands - interested is what it takes to be in the Marine Military Band? Click here for more information.

If you are interested in either of these opportunities with the Marines (juniors and seniors welcome), please email Karen.King@lcps.org so I can make arrangements with the Marine recruiter for a visit in the career center to answer your more specific questions.

Hello John Champe High School Community,

My name is Gabby and I lead the Ambassador Program for the Side-Out Foundation. The Ambassador Program is an opportunity for your students to earn volunteer hours, national scholarships, and leadership experience while impacting metastatic breast cancer research.

Side-Out is an accredited nonprofit, started by a high school volleyball coach in Fairfax County. You can read our story here. Since 2006 we have hosted over 10,000 fundraising events nationally and studied over 500,000 breast cancer cells to develop individualized treatments and improve care for those in the latest stages of breast cancer (We have hosted over 661 events in Virginia alone). We focus on educating and empowering the youngest generations to understand metastatic breast cancer and support change for those affected.

I’m hoping you can help me make sure your students know about Side-Out and our Ambassador Program. You can find all the details here. Whether your students are looking for leadership experience, nonprofit experience, exposure to medical career fields or just want to find a meaningful volunteer opportunity - we’d love to meet them and encourage them to register during the month of December.

Thank you so much for your time in reading this,

Gabrielle Huff

Ambassador Program Manager

The School of Business at Stevens Institute of Technology is offering a paid virtual summer research program for high school students. In this six-week program, students will have the opportunity to work alongside a faculty member from the School of Business and assist them with research in their area of study such as entrepreneurship, marketing, management, economics, and finance. At the conclusion of the program students will complete both a written and oral presentation. The written report will include a literature review, and the oral presentation will include a 5-minute video of a PowerPoint presentation detailing their research findings. The program will run from July 1, 2022 - August 12, 2022, and students will receive a $500 stipend after completing the program.

Eligibility - Applicants must currently be in their junior year of high school (junior now, getting ready to go into your senior year for fall 2022 - no exceptions).

CLICK HERE for application form.

The completed Google application form which will include all of the following items:

• 1-page essay in which you describe yourself and detail what you hope to gain from this experience
• a copy of your current resume
• a copy of your unofficial high school transcript
• one letter of recommendation from a teacher, a guidance counselor, or a work supervisor

***Applications are due by February 1, 2022. Applicants will be notified by March 15, 2022.

There is still time to apply for FAFSA. CLICK HERE FOR THE FAFSA LINK TO GET STARTED !!! If you start this weekend and get stuck, there is a side bar "chat" live while you are in FAFSA where someone can help you.

Click here for the list. This is a great resource as you can sort by 4-year public or private, 2-year community college, trade/career, by program, HBCU, Hispanic-Serving institutions, and much, much more.

Email: Karen.King@LCPS.org
Website: www.LCPS.org
Location: 41535 Sacred Mountain Street, Aldie, VA, USA
Phone: 703-722-2680