The Weekly Update
In This Week's Newsletter
- 🎉🎉Celebrate Nation Career Development Month! Each week a new career will be highlighted in the weekly CCR newsletter- CHECK IT OUT!
- This week's CCR news (Do colleges look at senior grades?, apprenticeships in other states, and more!)
- ⭐⭐⭐ STUDENT INTEREST DAY SURVEY⭐⭐⭐
- CTE Class Highlight
- Michigan Career Pathfinder
- Xello for Families & Xello for Students
- Positivity Project- GRATITUDE ❤️
- College Application Waiver Codes
- Scholarship Information **NEW** scholarship opportunities (military, college athletics, & more)
- Employment/Volunteer Opportunities
- Useful Links
- Simon Says...
- Past Newsletters
🚩STUDENT INTEREST DAY SURVEY🚩
Student Interest Day is right around the corner and your feedback is NECESSARY to make the event a success! If you have NOT responded to the survey yet, PLEASE RESPOND ASAP!
Last year, many students either did not respond or did not take the survey seriously and ended up being placed in a classroom for a topic they were not interested in. The point of the event is for students to learn about a career field of interest. PLEASE RESPOND HONESTLY!
CLICK HERE to take the Student Interest Day survey
NATIONAL CAREER DEVELOPMENT MONTH CAREER SPOTLIGHT--> Computer Network, Systems, and Database Administrators
- Network and computer systems administrators design, install, and support an organization’s computer systems.
- Systems administrators are responsible for maintaining system efficiency.
- Database administrators work with database management software and determine ways to store, organize, analyze, use, and present data.
- Computer security specialists plan, coordinate, and maintain an organization’s information security.
- Telecommunications specialists focus on the interaction between computer and communications equipment.
- Web developers are responsible for the technical aspects of Web site creation.
- Webmasters or Web administrators are responsible for maintaining Web sites.
To learn more about these careers and more, CLICK HERE!
Do Colleges Look At Senior Year Grades?
Question: By the fall, many seniors have applied to colleges. Does it matter if they maintain their grade point average in their senior classes? Do colleges look at senior year grades? What about seniors being accepted on early admission?
Education system must adapt to the changing needs of teens’
EQUITY NYC studied graduation rates and found that the percentage of college enrollees was lower in 2021 than in any other year since 2007. There must be changes made in the American education system to combat the rising number of recent high school graduates who intend to pursue something other than higher education through college. CLICK HERE to read more about the changing face of education.
Check Out What Idaho is Doing in Apprenticeships
Gov. Brad Little touted Idaho’s growing apprenticeship programs Wednesday.
He also used the occasion to talk up one of his pet projects: the fledgling Idaho Launch post-high school incentives program.
“There are multiple pathways to success,” Little said Wednesday, at a proclamation ceremony in Meridian marking November as Idaho Apprenticeship Month. “We need more young Idahoans to go on to postsecondary education, and we’ve been very intentional about expanding ‘go-on’ to include opportunities outside of the traditional four-year college degree – including apprenticeships.”
🚩🚩MARK YOUR CALENDARS!🚩🚩Young Men & the Workforce Field Trip
Young Men & the Workforce is a great opportunities for high school juniors and seniors to learn about and network with local professionals. This event (full-day field trip) is exclusively for students of Fenton, Lake Fenton, and Linden High Schools. Stop in to see Mrs. Grady in the counseling office to sign up and grab a permission slip. SPOTS ARE LIMITED!!
- Young Men & the Workforce- Friday, December 8th
What Can I Add to My Xello Profile?
Xello provides students with a platform to save all sorts of information. From winning a competition to researching a career field or college, and to saving important research paper, Xello offers students the opportunity to save all of the important events, memories, and assignments in one place.
- Did you have a job over the summer? Add it to your Xello profile!
- Are applying for colleges? Apprenticeships or trade schools? Check out the resources in the Xello program (and addit to your profile!).
- Have you completed a class assignment that you're particularly proud of? Add it your Xello profile!
- Thinking about a certain career field but want to know more? Check out career fields in depth in the Xello program!
- Xello is an amazing resource that contains LOTS of information for career & college readiness- CHECK IT OUT!
Positivity Project- GRATITUDE
Gratitude is the quality of feelings and expressing thankfulness and appreciation. It is an affirmation that there is goodness in other people and the world and that we have received that goodness. People with the strength of gratitude have a readiness to show appreciation for kindness and also to return kindness. A leading expert, Robert Emmons, calls gratitude a “relationship-strengthening emotion because it requires us to see how we’ve been supported and affirmed by other people.”
Out of all 24 character strengths, gratitude is the single best predictor of individual well-being. It is correlated with increased energy, empathy, happiness and optimism. And, the great thing about gratitude is that it can be intentionally cultivated. Numerous studies have concluded that gratitude is like a muscle. The more you practice it, the stronger it gets -- and the more you’re able to reap its benefits.
Michigan Assured Admission Pact (MAAP)
TEN of Michigan’s 15 public universities today announced a bold new initiative to greatly streamline the college admissions process, boost enrollment, and help students realize their full educational potential. Beginning this fall, participating universities in the Michigan Assured Admission Pact (MAAP) will admit Michigan high school graduates who have earned a cumulative high school grade point average of 3.0 or above (on a 4.0 scale). CLICK HERE for more details!
The following universities have committed to joining the MAAP for the Fall 2024 admission cycle:
- Central Michigan University
- Eastern Michigan University
- Ferris State University
- Lake Superior State University
- Northern Michigan University
- Oakland University
- Saginaw Valley State University
- University of Michigan-Dearborn
- University of Michigan-Flint
- Wayne State University
AMAZON Future Engineer Scholarship
Amazon Future Engineer students can boost their future for themselves and their community with the support of college funding, paid internships, and industry mentors. You can receive a scholarship of up to $40,000 (up to $10,000/year) towards an undergraduate degree in engineering or computer science and an offer to complete a summer internship at Amazon!
Applications are now OPEN and will close on December 15th at 4:00pm EST. CLICK HERE to apply!
See Mrs. Grady in the Counseling Office for More Information
- Sovita Credit Union-customer service member (drop off a copy of your resume to Mrs. Grady in the counseling office to apply)
- Local childcare center is looking for individuals interested in working with children
- Lucky's Steakhouse- host, bussing, to-go staff needed (paid hourly + tips)
- Visiting Angels (click on the flyer below)
- Creative Foam Products- light assembly work, 2 to 4 hour shifts available
Work-Based Learning Coordinator
Instructional Technology Coach
Handler for Simon the Therapy Dog
Fenton Senior High School
810. 591. 2906
