Back to School Night

1. Welcome Class of 2014 Parents!!! Mike Krouse Student Services ITL Back to School Night

2. Students need to hand Registrar list of colleges they will be applying to at least 20 school days prior to application due date. Provide $4.00 for each school they are applying to. For Naviance/Common Application schools, invite your teachers and counselor electronically through the Naviance website. Transcript Request ProcedureFall of Sr. Year

3. Signed transcript request form Signed waiver of rights form Student Questionnaire Parent Brag Sheet Two teacher input forms (given to each teacher) Four copies of your resume (One for counselor, one for each teacher) All forms are given directly to the Registrar. Nothing is given to the teacher or counselor. Required Forms

4. Within 20 days of receiving the student’s list of schools, but after the week of October 7th, the Registrar will electronically send the transcripts. Class Rank will be available the week of October 7, 2013. The transcript packet will contain a copy of the student’s transcript of grades, a profile of our school, and a list of courses the student is taking during the 2013-14 school year. The Counselor will electronically submit the Secondary School Report and the Counselor Recommendation through the Naviance website. The Teachers will electronically submit the Teacher Recommendation Form and their letter through the Naviance website. Transcript Request ProcedureFall of Sr. Year

5. Junior/Senior Calendar • January/March/May/June 2013-Take SAT Reasoning Test or ACT • March 2013-Request teacher commitment for letters of recommendation • March/April/May 2013-Visit Colleges • June 2013-Take SAT Subject Tests • June 2013-Athletes register with NCAA Clearinghouse (www.ncaa.org) • June/July/August 2013- Narrow down College Choices

6. Junior/Senior Calendar • September/October/November/December 2013- Complete College Applications • October/November/December 2013- Take SAT Reasoning Test and Subject Tests and/or ACT • November 1, 2013-Priority Deadline for University of Maryland, College Park and many others. • January/February 2014- Complete FAFSA Form • March/April 2014- Receive Decisions from Colleges • May 1, 2014- Make Final Decision on School Attending

7. FAFSA = Free Application for Federal Student Aid - www.fafsa.ed.gov • First step in the financial aid process. • Use to apply for federal student aid, such as grants, loans and work-study. • Allows students and their parents to borrow money to help pay for college. • Usually have low interest rates and offer attractive repayment terms, benefits and options. • Generally, repayment of a federal loan does not begin until after the student leaves school. • Can be used to pay school expenses such as tuition and fees, room and board, books, supplies and transportation.

8. FAFSA = Free Application for Federal Student Aid - www.fafsa.ed.gov • Federal Deadline - Online applications must be submitted by midnight Central Daylight Time, June 30, 2014. Any corrections or updates must be submitted by midnight Central Daylight Time, September 15, 2014. • State Deadline (Maryland) – Must be received by midnight March 1, 2014. • College Deadline - Each college may have a different deadline.

9. Scholarships Available everywhere • Internet (ex. fastweb, hcpss.org, mdgoforit.com, Maryland Higher education Commission –www.mhec.state.md.us) • Scholarships.hcpss.org • Scholarship drawers in Student Services • Directly from colleges and universities • Employer’s company or business

10. I am the Naviance Navigator and I will be your host!

11. Family Connection River Hill Student Services is pleased to introduce Family Connection from Naviance, a web based service designed especially for students and parents. Family Connection is a comprehensive website that you and your child can use to help in making decisions about courses, colleges, and careers. Family Connection is linked with Naviance Succeed, a service that we use in our office to track and analyze data about college and career plans, so it provides up-to-date information that is specific to River Hill. The following slides provide an overview of Family Connection.

12. Using Family Connection An On-line Resource for Students and Parents for Post High School Planning & Advising

13. Overview • What is Family Connection? • What Can Students And Parents Do Using Family Connection? • How do you access it? • How do you register? • How does it help with career and college planning?

14. What is it? • A web-based resource for students and parents that encourages and supports post high school career and college planning • Family Connection is specific to River Hill • Family Connection is linked with Naviance Succeed, a service that is used by Student Services.

15. WHAT CAN STUDENTS AND PARENTS DO USING FAMILY CONNECTION? • View guidance news bulletins • Create a résumé • View college visits and sign up • Complete a college search • Complete a career search • Develop a prospective college list • Provide access to scholarship search engines; over a hundred national • scholarships are available • Maintain journal entries • Game Plan Survey • Complete school developed surveys • Compare colleges • Links to selected third party resources • (i.e. College Board, Financial Aid, NCAA, Careers, College searches, etc.) • Track deadlines • View scattergrams

16. Features Available to Students and Parents Using Family Connection The following slides highlight some of the features in Family Connection Using Family Connection, you will see me, the NaviGator

17. How is it accessed? Family Connection is web-based • https://connection.naviance.com/riverhillhigh • Student accounts • Parent accounts

18. How do you register? • Students received a registration code last year. • Parents will receive a separate registration code • Registration codes are used to create accounts • Codes are random and alphanumeric for security reasons • Codes can be used only once • On your first visit, enter the code in the New User box, then follow on-screen instructions to create a user name and password (see slide #9) • On subsequent visits, sign in using the Returning User box

19. The next time you log in, use user name and password Sign-in Page First time registration, click “I need to register.”

20. New User Registration Page Enter Registration Code

21. Complete the Registration

22. After You Sign in Click on the Tabs Important Messages Updates from the Guidance Office

23. Colleges Page Use these links to do a college search

24. See what College visits are scheduled and sign up to attend! College Visits

25. Visit College Website College Profile

26. Colleges I’m Thinking About Click Here to add colleges to your prospective college list

27. Accepted THIS IS YOU! Denied Scattergram School Averages

28. Colleges I’m Applying toAdd colleges and request transcripts

29. About Me – Resume and Surveys Click here to fill out important surveys, tell us your Game Plan and create your resume

30. Search for and Explore Careers

31. There are hundreds of careers in Naviance Careers

32. How does Naviance help? • Shared resource linking home to school • On-line tool for collaboration among counselors, students, and parents • Accurate, complete records about student choices from our school • Realistic assessments of your child’s chances of admission at colleges where prior graduates have applied • Career exploration

33. It is time for Q and A

34. For more information about Family Connection, please contact your child's counselor.