Counseling Annoucements
Create Parent Account
To create a new parent account, you will need the Access ID and password for each student you want to associate with your parent account. If you do not have this information or have questions, contact your school.
Open your Web browser to your school's PowerSchool Student and Parent portal URL.
Click the Create Account tab
Click Create Account.
Enter the information needed to create your account. The email address you enter is used to send email notifications, including account recovery notices and account changes confirmations.
For each of your students, enter the Access ID and Access Password provided by your school and your relationship to the student.
Click Enter.
Check your email for a verification message and click the link within the email to sign in to your PowerSchool account within 24 hours of receiving the message. If the link has expired, you can request a new link be emailed to you.
Enter your Username and Password.
Click Sign In.
Recover Your Username
Use this procedure to recover your current username. Once you provide your email address, your current user name will be sent to your email.
Open your Web browser to your school's PowerSchool Student and Parent portal URL.
Click Forgot Username or Password?
Click Forgot Username?.
Enter your email address.
Click Enter. An email is sent to you with your current username.
Recover Your Password
Use this procedure to recover your current username. Once you provide your email address, you will need to check your email to recover your password.
Open your Web browser to your school's PowerSchool Student and Parent portal URL.
Click Forgot Username or Password?
Enter your username and email address.
Click Enter. An email is sent to you with the next steps for recovering your password.
Please use this information as you need. If you are seeking information and help here are some resources that may help. Please talk to me if you would like more information or help. Click Here
Junior I Have a Plan Day
We have several items for you to accomplish today. Today is meant to help you plan for next fall and beyond; please be honest with yourself and take your time. If you rush through and not think about the questions you are answering you are only hurting yourself.
The schedule for today:
Mock Interview Schedule - On TBA we will be hosting a mock interview for all freshmen and juniors. Please take this opportunity to practice your application skills. This is a formal presentation and first impression of yourself upon future potential employers. Please click on they hyperlink and fill out the application.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScStNznHuMYGVaSeKQm011bOn-PUsBXWddkLObLaqL6Sd35BA/viewform
PSAT Results - I will walk you through the PSAT results and hand back your test booklets.
ASVAB Results - Go to www.asvabprogram.com and click login. Enter the access code found on right side of your test results. This will show you your strengths, the more books you have piled the stronger that skill is. Under step 1 click on Take the FYI. Begin to do the assessment. Please write down your results on the paper provided. Once you have completed this you are welcome to look through the various occupations based on you FYI score and compare your strengths to the careers that are high in your FYI category. Please write down the top 3 careers you are considering right now.
NO ASVAB - go here www.Plan your Adventure.net - If you did not take the ASVAB please go to www.planyouradventure.net. You will take the interest inventories here and investigate your careers. Please circle the strength you feel is best for yourself.
AFTER ASVAB - Please record your findings from ASVAB on www.planyouradventure.net You will log in with your school Google account. You do not need to retake your inventories, if they have changed please change them based on your findings with ASVAB, save and continue. Please update your courses for your 4 year plan.
Activities Resume - I have a few activities resume shared with me. Please update your personal resume. If you sit and brainstorm all the items you have been involved with now, it will make your life so much easier when you apply for scholarships and colleges. I will reshare any resumes I have. If you can't find yours, please recreate another one.
When you need a letter of recommendation from teachers, Mr. Lahndorf or myself, it is appropriate to hand them a resume when you ask someone to write a good note for you. This will suffice.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/16J0FD8wgR5TAQpiiw8LRZjrpCvLqx1uxPW0HmR2Eydo/edit?usp=sharing The hyperlink for a blank resume document.
Iowa Return on College Reality Check - Do you want to be able to buy a BMW or a Honda Civic when you graduate? Do you want a 3 bedroom house or a studio apartment? Learn what an entry level person makes when you graduate from college and see if this is what you truly want out of life or do you want more? Click the hyperlink to travel here. http://www.iowastudentloan.org/smart-borrowing/return-on-college-investment/whats-your-roci.aspx
Research your top colleges, figure out what it takes to get in, and make sure you are on track academically.
SCHOLARSHIPS -there are a few scholarships out there designated for juniors if you are interested in signing up for scholarship search engines go here to do so. You may want to create another email account before doing so.https://sites.google.com/site/hlvschoolcounseling/home/scholarship-websites-recommended-by-ican
Schedule College Visits - make sure you are comfortable where you are going so it is a better transition from high school and college.
What else do you need? Register for ACTs? go here: http://www.actstudent.org/
Compass test? - talk to Mrs. Robison
Military? - talk to Mrs. Robison
We have several items for you to accomplish today. We will work through the 10th Grade Guideway and get a better understanding of what you may or may not want to pursue after high school. We will also prepare for Iowa County Career Fair to be held _________________________
The schedule for today:
MAP -My Academic Plan take your time and answer this honestly. This year you need to focus on what you want to become, so next year you can focus on the best college/university for you to attend. Your senior year is for actual applying for school and finding money to pay for school.
Go to: https://www.planyouradventure.net/ Please log in with your school Google Account.
Activities Resume - I have a few activities resume shared with me. Please update your personal resume. If you sit and brainstorm all the items you have been involved with now, it will make your life so much easier when you apply for scholarships and colleges. I will reshare any resumes I have. If you can't find yours, please recreate another one. Be sure to make a copy of my document before you begin typing!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/16J0FD8wgR5TAQpiiw8LRZjrpCvLqx1uxPW0HmR2Eydo/edit?usp=sharing The hyperlink for a blank resume document.
PRINT OFF YOUR RESUME- HAND IN TO MRS. ROBISON FOR NOVEMBER 8th CAREER FAIR!
At 10:00 AM everyone must be done with your I Have A Plan Guideway and have your resume updated and printed off. We will begin working on interview skills, the type of questions to ask, and what you need to wear on ______________________
Senior I Have a Plan Day - Google Docs
Seniors you will need to complete the checklist and the checkout form at the end of this document. They are printed off and in your packets you will receive. Please be productive today and take the time to plan your future and complete much needed tasks before graduation.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OILcU2b2JwJGInYiyZ9upPGz3P3qIyN_kBZCkp1AyMc/edit?usp=sharing
You have 2 things you will need to complete this morning. You will need to complete your career interest inventory and will learn what your RAI score is to see if you are on track to gain college admissions when you graduate. You will also start your activities resume which you will keep throughout your high school career and update your activities each year. By the time you are a senior you will have documented everything you have participated in, all the awards you have received, and all the volunteer hours you have put in so filling out college applications and scholarship applications will be a breeze and will not take a long time to sit and remember everything you have done. As you are quietly filling out your career inventory and your activities resume, I will be meeting with students to take your course requests for next year, look over how many credits you have earned and change your career path if we need to.
1. Please go to https://www.planyouradventure.net/ to begin your career inventory. Please create a log in and create an account using our school Google account. Be sure to write down your password so you will not forget it from year to year. You will answer a series of questions, once you are done your ticket out is print off the results and hand them in to me.
2. Once you have completed your Adventure, you will now fill out an Activities resume. This is a Google Document, please make a copy before typing also share this document back with me for safe keeping. You will highlight the area you need to enter your information and begin typing. Once you have completed your resume and documented everything you have accomplished or will accomplish before your sophomore year, please print and hand this to Mrs. Robison as well. https://docs.google.com/document/d/16J0FD8wgR5TAQpiiw8LRZjrpCvLqx1uxPW0HmR2Eydo/edit?usp=sharing