Counselor's Bulldog Chronicles

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Purpose: to provide every student the opportunity to connect with their counselor and create meaningful relationships & source of support.

Counselors are wrapping up the personalized counselor's meetings with the seniors. Next we will begin with the juniors followed by the sophomores and freshmen's. Letters are being emailed to parents after we meet with the student.

The 1st round of the personalized counseling meetings will conclude before Christmas break. We will begin the 2nd round in January with our Freshmen.

Personalized Student Counseling: https://live.myvrspot.com/iframe?v=MTBlZDZiYmJlMjJjMWJiOGFjZDU5N2M5NzQ2MjYxOGQ

What is Self-Management? The ability of being in control of our emotions and behaviors so that we can accomplish tasks and succeed in new and challenging situations.

Why is Self-Management important? If we don’t learn to manage ourselves, others will do it if for us. Self-managers have more opportunity, freedom and respect.

Top Self-Management strategies:

• Goal setting
• Behavior monitoring
• Self-reinforcement
• Self-evaluation

To encourage more students to participate in upper-level courses and to pursue specific interests in a four-year sequence of courses for which there is no Honors designation, the District will allow high school students to apply for a Pass/Fail grading option for any course above and beyond graduation requirements. Courses taken as Pass/Fail will not count towards graduation requirements, including endorsements. Students may take up to four credits (eight semesters) as Pass/Fail. These Pass/Fail courses will be excluded in the computation of grade point averages and class rank.

Students who elect this option:

• Must submit the electronic application with all appropriate signatures by Friday, October 20, 2023 by 3:00 p.m.

• The electronic application can be found at PASS/FAIL Application

• May not request a change back to a traditional numerical grade on the transcript, once the Pass/Fail option is approved.

• Will receive numerical grades on progress reports and report cards for eligibility purposes.

• Will receive a P (Pass) or F (Fail) for the semester grade associated with that course(s) on the transcript.

• A double blocked class counts as two semesters

• May NOT Pass/Fail a dual credit course

College, Career, and Military Readiness (CCMR) ensures that all Texas high school students have access to high quality pathways to career and college. It is about preparing students for life after graduation. It is made up of curriculum, resources, programs and activities that help students have the tools they need to enter college or the workforce and begin a career.

There are several ways a student can demonstrate college, career, or military readiness. Please see the attached graph.

Graduation Requirement Beginning in 2021-2022, each student must do one of the following in order to graduate:

• complete and submit a free application for federal student aid (FAFSA)

• complete and submit a Texas application for state financial aid (TASFA)

• submit a signed opt-out form TEA must establish and convene an advisory committee to develop recommendations for adoption of rules including implementation of the new requirement and related timelines.

The FAFSA application will open for all students on December 1, 2023.

For more information, click here: https://tea.texas.gov/sites/default/files/HB3-Video-Series-FAFSA.pdf

Opt out form (please return to the counselor with student and parent signature):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aFncjUiIsYiP6I2vGpWXh3z0hvxIocf0/view?usp=share_link

College entrance exams:

SAT - https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/sat/registration/dates-deadlines

Applying to multiple colleges with one application:

ApplyTexas https://www.applytexas.org/

Common App https://www.commonapp.org/

Our district has many resources available for you to research and find what is best for your family. You can reach out to your counselor for more information as well.

https://www.humbleisd.net/o/humbleisd/page/counseling-behavioral-services#resources

https://www.humbleisd.net/page/student-wellness-counselor

· October 2-6- Fall Break (no school)

· October 9th – 8th Grade Parent Night @ 5:30pm

· October 9th - College Night/ Humble Civic Center

· October 20th - Pass/Fail Deadline for Fall Semester (link will be provided at a later time)

· November 7th - Election Day (student holiday)

· November 11th - Veterans Day

· November 20-24 Thanksgiving Break

December 11th - 15th - Final Exam Week

· December 18th - 29th Winter Break

January 3rd - Beginning of 2nd semester