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Anderson High 3/31/20 Akins 3/12/20 Bowie 4/1/20 Eastside 3/5/20, 3/6/20 McCallum 3/9/20, 3/10/20 Navarro 3/25/20 Northeast 2/25/20 Travis 3/23/20 Students will be given a pass during their first period to attend choice sheet completion during advisory and part of A2/B6.
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Counselors have been visiting SS classrooms February 25th-March 8th.
Choice sheets will be going home to parents to review and make changes soon. Please ensure any changes or revisions are returned no later than March 29th. Every girl deserves access to a better future. That’s why we’ve launched the Verizon Innovative Learning program for girls—a dynamic, three-week summer program for middle school females, where they’ll learn design thinking, 3D printing, augmented reality and social entrepreneurship. Only 12% of engineers and 22% of computer professionals are women, and we want our girls to have the right tools to pursue all the opportunities available in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) fields. T Click on the file link below for more information!
Breakthrough Central Texas is a long-term academic program that provides a path to college for students who will be first-generation college graduates. From the end of their 6th grade year until 6 years after they graduate high school, Breakthrough works closely with these students, their families, and the school staff to support their success in school. We do this by providing a 6-week summer program after their 6th, 7th, and 8th grade school years, providing academic enrichment during the school year, hosting after-school tutorials, and assigning each student an academic adviser to provide individualized support, as well as so much more. While the student is in high school, we also provide test prep, individualized advice about careers and colleges, and help with applications and financial aid. In college, we continue to support our students by helping them navigate the complex world of college admissions, classes, internships, and finding a job. The best part is that this program is 100% free to our students; we only ask that they pay with their hard work!
Click here to complete the questionnaire All AISD High Schools were represented at the high school fair last week during lunch. High school representatives were here during every lunch on October 23rd-25th. Students enjoyed visiting their zoned school as well as schools with special programs. The Kealing Guidance Department is making presentations to all 7th grade students through advisory beginning on November 7th thru the 9th. The goal is to instruct them on how they can “Be the One” to help a friend who is struggling with depression or hurting themselves. The presentation goes over the signs of depression and the ways to help friends cope. We will also discuss what to do when friends are hurting themselves and/or are having suicidal thoughts. Counselors will encourage all students to tell an adult if someone expresses thoughts of hurting themselves; this includes telling their parents, especially if they learn of a student’s thoughts outside of the school setting.
Counselors will share the number to a help hotline, the National Suicide Prevention LifeLine, at 1 (800) 273- TALK. or to text CONNECT to 741741 to chat with a crisis counselor. Please feel free to pass this information onto others. If your student communicates to you that one of their friends is having suicidal thoughts. Please either contact their parents or the police, who have mental health officers that can check on them in their home. Other resources can be found under the HELP tab on the Counseling Website: http://kmsguidance.weebly.com/ All it takes is one person to “Be the One” to save another’s life. All 8th grade students and their families are invited to celebrate the end of their middle school careers at the 8th Grade End Of Year Ceremony. At this event, we will recognize each student individually and they will receive a certificate of completion.
The ceremony will be held on, May 30th at 6:15pm at the AISD Delco Center. Registration will open May 1st on the guidance department website (kmsguidance.weebly.com). Please expect an invitation to arrive late April and plan on attending this ceremony! Thinkery offers the Counselors-in-Training (CIT) program for teenagers (ages 13–18) to work in Thinkery Camps. CITs work closely with staff mentors to lead fun, STEAM-based activities in Thinkery summer camps. Individual goals are set to ensure each participant develops new skills and gains valuable work experience that is transferable to future academic and career endeavors. While volunteering, CITs facilitate STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) focused activities in Thinkery’s camps and inspire the next generation of problem solvers through being a STEAM role model!
Below you’ll find a link to the CIT website where you and your teens can find more information as well as our application for the summer which is NOW OPEN!!!
Please visit the link below to help you complete your choice sheet.
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AuthorRoxane Lopez, 8th grade counselor Archives
March 2020
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