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Naviance and AVID Edison High School

Naviance and AVID Edison High School. School Atmosphere and Expectations. Communication – As Freshmen come into the high school environment, they will be expected to build communicative relationships with their teachers and counselors.

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Naviance and AVID Edison High School

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  1. Naviance and AVIDEdison High School

  2. School Atmosphere and Expectations • Communication – As Freshmen come into the high school environment, they will be expected to build communicative relationships with their teachers and counselors. • Higher academic standards than the middle schools – The level of responsibility of high schools students will be solely upon them to initiate. This will call for courage of the student and support of the community around them.

  3. Graduation Requirements • English: 4 years • P.E./Health: 4 years • Mathematics: 4 years • Science: 3 years • Social Studies: 3 years • Foreign Language: 2 year • Career/Technology: 1 year • Visual/Performing Art: 1 year • Financial Literacy: 1 semester

  4. Academics • Grade Point Average (GPA) • All courses (including P.E./Health) • Cumulative (Freshman year – Senior year) • Weighted vs. Unweighted • Transcripts

  5. Career University (Doctorate) Professional School University (graduate) Vocational Technical School University (Undergraduate) Junior college Military High School Middle School

  6. Freshman Action Plan • Fall • Meet counselor and register for college prep courses • Use Naviance to search for colleges and careers • Begin a calendar with important dates and deadlines • Get involved in extra-curricular activities • Winter • Learn about the cost of college and financial aid • Use a college savings calculator to track your savings • Visit Colleges and speak with friends home for holidays

  7. Freshman Action Plan cont… • Spring • Speak with Counselor about college prep courses for next year • Look for summer opportunities: job, internship, or volunteering • Explore Summer Enrichment Programs • Summer • Summer Reading lists • Visit colleges

  8. What is NavianceFamily Connection? • Family Connection is a Web-based program designed for students and parents. • It assists students and parents in helping make decisions about courses, colleges and careers as well as assist in finding funding. • Information is specific to Edison High School.  • Counselors can update students and parents about up-coming meetings, news, events, and other Web resources for college and career information.

  9. Colleges • Search for colleges by: location, majors, resources, etc. View average test scores, average GPA’s, funding sources of students, tuition costs, student life, diversity levels, attrition rates, etc. • Identify how the student compares (GPA and Test Scores) with other students who applied to that college from Edison High. • Explore enrichment programs (ie. Summer programs). • Explore scholarships and complete scholarship applications.

  10. Careers • Explore career profiles by career clusters, interest, or personality type • Provides you with career education requirements, specific job responsibilities, average salaries, and jobs within each career field. • Allows the student to take personality and career interest profiler tests to help them find a career that matches your interests.

  11. Mrs. Rao ebony.rao@edison.k12.nj.us

  12. Questions

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