Counseling Calendar
Change to Naviance! The district has changed the login process for Naviance. The link has been updated on the Counseling website. Students will now enter through the “Clever” platform, which is operated by Jeffco. Students will need to login into Clever using their Jeffco login and password. If you or your student have any questions please do not hesitate to contact the counseling department. Here is a link to the new Naviance Login: https://clever.com/in/jeffco. SENIORS With the early action deadlines coming to a close it’s time to start thinking about those regular decision college application deadlines! Make sure you are paying attention to the deadlines for each of the schools you are applying as some of them will be over winter break. YOU are responsible for keeping track of your deadlines. Remember you will need to request transcripts for those schools before the break as we will not be available to submit anything during the break. We are asking that you have all of your requests in by DECEMBER 16th. If you have any questions please come see your counselor. This notification is for students who have college applications due by January 6th. Scholarship Workshop Starting on December 9th, we will hold our first scholarship workshop of the year. This is not mandatory, but it can be a great time to get a jump start on the scholarship application process. We will have lists of databases to access, information on how to utilize Naviance, and a handful of hard copies of scholarships that have been mailed to D’Evelyn. Our goal is to make the process as easy as possible. Please stop by during 7th hour at any scholarship workshop to learn more. Our next workshop will be on January 15th. ICAP and Scholarship Class Meeting Mark your calendars! On Wednesday, January 8th we will be meeting with you to complete your district required ICAP. We are going to be touching on some last minute college information, and introducing you to financial aid information. We will be having you all sign up for the COF (Colorado Opportunity Fund), which helps give students from the state of Colorado a discount to attend in-state schools. To sign up you will need your social security number, so make sure you know that or have it with you on Wednesday! We will also be having a guest from the DEF share scholarships that pertain directly to all of you! This will be a very informative meeting on paying for college so we highly encourage you to attend! JUNIORS ICAP and College Introduction When we return from winter break we are starting off the ICAP season with you! On January 9th we will be meeting with you during 7th hour to complete the district required ICAP. This meeting is targeting what you are doing to reach your goals after high school. We will be looking at what careers you are considering, and what steps you will take to prepare for those careers. We will also be introducing you to college search engines, and help you take the steps you need to start deciding which colleges you want to apply to. SOPHOMORES ICAP and College Introduction When we return from winter break we will be meeting with you all as a big group on January 7th based on your last name to complete the district required ICAP. The purpose of this ICAP is to help support you in your continuing exploration of careers, and to help you generate a plan to reach your future goals. We want you to begin to consider life after high school and what steps you need to take to reach your end goal. We will also be introducing you to the college search process so you have the foundation to begin looking at schools you are interested in attending. We are very excited to work with you all again, and hear about all of the great ideas you have! FRESHMEN Course Selection and ICAP In late January we will be coming into your English classes to go over your course selection for next year! On this day we will talk about the courses you will need to take your sophomore year, and introduce the possible electives you can take. Once we complete the course selection we will also complete your required district ICAP. This ICAP will help you outline the steps you need to take over the next few years to graduate on time. You will be setting goals, choosing careers that interest you, and other taking a deeper look into what you need to do to reach your goals. College Talk High School Graduation Requirements Over the last few weeks we have received questions about the new Colorado graduation requirements. Last year the state of Colorado released its new graduation requirements for students graduating in the year of 2021 and beyond. For students to graduate from high school they will need to meet their high school’s graduation requirements, and they will need to receive a passing score on one of the following assessments: SAT, ACT, ASVAB, or an AP Exam. Below is a chart that has the passing benchmarks that students need to reach for each specific exam. As mentioned, students only need to meet the passing requirement for ONE of the options. We offer the SAT exam for free to all juniors in the spring semester of their junior year. Students will take a SAT practice exam (PSAT) in freshman, sophomore, and the fall of their junior years. As a counseling staff, we will evaluate the scores of the PSAT exams and provide suggestions and recommendations to students and families on how to meet these graduation requirements. If you have any questions about the requirements, exams, or process please feel free to reach out to your counselor. Graduation Requirement Chart: Must pass the MATH and ENGLISH section of ONE test. |
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