Burlingame High School

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Burlingame High School

• Sophomore Parent Night
• Class of 2012

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Welcome!

• Please pick up your childs folder at the
  entrance of the room

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The Counseling Department

• Karen Latham Counselor (A Da)
• Tammy Esrailian Counselor (Db - Ki)
• Luis Mashek Counselor (Kj - P)
• Carla Renzi Counselor (Q Z)
• Brent Daniels Asst. Prin./Instr.
• Lori Friel College and Career Advisor
• Beth Pascal EXPLORE
• Sue Glick PAWS
• Jeannette Gomez Stud. Data Analyst
• Nick Calabrese School Safety Advocate

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BHS Web Site

• http//bhs.smuhsd.org/
• Information about our school and programs,
  teacher directory, teacher web pages
• Counseling pages - presentation materials,
  articles, links
• www.bhs.schoolloop.org
• Can be reached from the BHS web site
• Contact staff, obtain assignments and materials,
  review grades

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Some Notes about Sophomore Year

• Classes are more difficult
• Students taking CP or AS classes, are expected to
  read more as well as have an increased ability to
  synthesize information
• Students are testing boundaries (still!), they
  want to be more independent
• Smell of post-high school/ college is in the
  air, they are starting to think about what is
  next
• Students are starting to pay more attention to
  whispers about college but arent sure what to do
  when

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Sophomore Year pg. 33What to Think About
Now-Students

• Students should do their personal best in their
  classes
• Time to prioritize academic and social balance
• Four Year Plan - review and planning
• Take the PSAT (3rd Saturday in October-take
  junior year for National Merit)
• Results available first week in December
• Keep a list of extra activities/honors, etc.
• Take Subject Tests in June, if applicable
• Enroll in Summer School / Programs for
  remediation or enrichment

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Sophomore YearWhat to Think About Now-Parents

• Keep the lines of communication open, kids are
  stressed
• Kids think every question is nagging or
  theyre always on my case about something
• Dont give up. Phrase questions in multiple ways
• Listen, listen, listen
• Talk about topics other than school
• Set aside family time (dinner, weekend
  activities)
• Silence the community whispers
• Its natural to talk about what your kids are
  doing at this age
• Be careful to not fall into the trap of kid
  comparison and why isnt my kid doing what all
  the other kids are doing
• Your child is unique and has his own set of
  talents and gifts

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Sophomore YearWhat to Think About Now-Parents

• Get to know your students interests. See what
  hes passionate about and find avenues that
  support those goals, not the goals that everyone
  else says are important
• Help your student make thoughtful class choices
  for himself
• We have many students that could benefit from
  support classes or bridge classes but dont take
  them because all their friends arent taking them
  too
• Encourage your student to take AP/Honors classes,
  when appropriate. For example, if your student
  tells you he doesnt like English, English Honors
  may not be the best choice for him. Students
  should take AP/Honors classes in areas they
  enjoy. While students need to be encouraged, they
  shouldnt be pushed too hard they push back!
• If your student tells you, I think US History AP
  might be too much next year, listen to him with
  a parent ear, not a college ear

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Sophomore YearWhat to Think About Now-Parents

• Help your student find an academic and social
  balance
• If your student is involved in 3 sports and loves
  them, then recognize this is type of dedication
  could mean grades arent as high as you might
  want this all takes time
• Go with your parenting instincts children need
  emotional support, parental supervision, adequate
  sleep, healthy eating habits, physical and
  intellectual challenges, resilience, and time to
  reflect and plan

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Study Skills and Time Management Help me
Prioritize! pgs. 13-15

• Study skills books
• Find them on the web, in counselors offices and
  in the library
• Can help with note taking, test taking, etc.
• Find your Learning style
• Learners are generally either visual, auditory or
  kinesthetic
• Take a quiz on our website or through the study
  skills books
• Use the tips to apply your learning style to your
  classes
• Time Management Sheet on web
• Balance scheduling
• Its not about doing it all, its about doing
  what you like and want to devote time to

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Moving Forward With Our Kids In Mind

• We're trying to change the atmosphere so that
  peopleunderstand it's better to have a
  well-balanced studentgoing to a 'good fit'
  college, as opposed to a neuroticgoing to an Ivy
  League school.
• http//www.challengesuccess.org

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Career and College Planning

• Getting Ready for Life After High School Planner
• Interest Inventories
• Bridges 9th grade
• Choices 10th grade
• www.bridges.com
• User name 1009382
• Password burlingame
• CSUMentor.edu Plan for College
• Job Shadowing EXPLORE/Service - PAWS
• Career and College Representatives Visits
• PSAT Follow-up
• Through college board via My Roads
• Results arrive early December

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Planning Curriculum

• 10th grade  Explore the Plan
• Students use Choices computer software program
  to explore possible college majors as they relate
  to interests
• Counselors present to classes on topics such as
  graduation requirements, post-high school options
  and the California community college system and
  UC/CSU requirements
• Students create 4-year academic plan and review
  portfolio, which includes exploration activities
  done in the 9th and 10th grade
• Academic Plan and Review Parent Night covering
  topics such as graduation requirements and
  college information.  Give families student
  generated 4-year plan and portfolio. Students
  have Life After High School booklet

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Planning Curriculum

• 11th grade  Research and Develop the Plan
• Classroom presentations review graduation
  requirements, discuss college information,
  testing dates and other post-high school options
• Individual meetings with students to help develop
  their plan and identify different tools
  (internet, College/Career Center, etc) to do
  research
• Resume writing workshop
• Parent night to help families support students in
  their search

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Planning Curriculum

• 12th grade  Execute the plan
• Class visit college application process,
  community college transfer application and
  testing information
• UC/CSU Application Workshop for students
• Letter of Recommendation information
• Individual appointments for planning
• Scholarship and Financial Aid presentations
• Senior Parent Night
• College/Career Center classroom visits
• Articulation with college representatives - two
  and four-year schools
• SMUHSD College Fair

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Transcript

• Official record of high school coursework
• All courses, grades and credits
• GPA both weighted and un-weighted
• Weighted GPA calculation
• with weight given to Honors and AP courses that
  are underlined on the UC/CSU A-G list (primarily
  11th and 12th grade honors and AP coursework)
• AS (Advanced Standing) courses are not weighted

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Graduation RequirementsCourse Work

• Social Science
• 35 credits
• To include Contemporary World Studies, Modern
  World History 1-2, U.S. History 1-2, American
  Government and Economics
• English
• 40 credits
• Mathematics
• 30 credits
• To include 10 credits in Algebra 1-2

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Graduation RequirementsCourse Work

• Science
• 20 credits
• 10 credits each in Biological and Physical
  Science
• At least one course must be from the d
  requirement on the UC/CSU a-g list
• one year to be taken by end of the 10th grade
• World Language
• 10 credits
• to be taken by the end of 10th grade

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Graduation RequirementsCourse Work

• Fine/Performing Art
• 10 credits
• Physical Education
• 20 credits
• 10 to be in Core PE in the 9th grade

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Graduation RequirementsCourse Work

• Health
• 5 credits
• Electives (any work in above in excess of
  minimum)
• 50 credits
• ___________________________
• 220 Credits Required Minimum

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Graduation Requirements

• High School Exit Exam
• All students must pass the High School Exit Exam
  mandated by California State law. The exam
  consists of two parts (1) reading and writing
  and (2) mathematics. Students must pass both
  parts to receive a high school diploma. The test
  is based on the California State Board adopted
  standards.
• http//www.cde.ca.gov

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Life After High School pgs. 45-49

• There is no one path for life after high school,
  individual needs are important
• We have many students go to four and two-year
  colleges while others take advantage of different
  opportunities vocational art schools, gap
  year
• With respect to college, students feel pressured
  about good colleges about following the pack
• The fit is so importantwhat is good for your
  neighbors daughter who loves math, may be
  different than whats good for your son who loves
  to draw
• Many factors should go into a college choice--
  academic fit, location, size, etc.

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Good News There is room for everyone

• There is room in the colleges of this state and
  this nation, students need to look broadly at
  their choices
• Colleges have various degrees of selectivity
  from admitting all eligible applicants to only 1
  in 10 applicants
• Look beyond the most popular, most selective
  schools
• 3,800 colleges in U.S., 2,100 4-year colleges in
  U.S.
• There are more schools in the U.S. that accept
  over 75 of the students that apply than dont
• In California we have three of the most respected
  public college systems in the country

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Community College pgs. 52-55

• 18 years old
• High School Graduate
• GED or CHSPE
• Concurrent Enrollment

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Community College

• Vocational Certificate
• Associate Degree
• Transfer Program
• 60 units of transferable college work to transfer
  to university

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Community College

• Advantages
• Low cost
• Choose any of the 109 community colleges in the
  state of California for the same cost
• Small classes
• Variety of educational goals can be met
• Transfer to a university is based on college work
• Transfer doesnt include high school work or
  SAT/ACT

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UC/CSU Eligibility Requirements pg. 8

• Course work
• Grades in those courses
• Exams

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UC/CSU Subject Requirements

• A History/Social Science
• Two years
• One year U.S. History or ½ year U.S. History and
  ½ year civics or American Government, and one
  year of world history, cultures and geography

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UC/CSU Subject Requirements

• B English
• 4 years

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UC/CSU Subject Requirements

• C Mathematics
• Three years (UC recommends 4 years)
• Including beginning Algebra, Geometry, and
  Intermediate Algebra
• Courses taken in the seventh and eighth grade
  (that the high school accepts as their
  equivalent) may be used

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UC/CSU Subject Requirements

• D Laboratory Science
• Two years (UC recommends three years and a 4th
  year for science related majors)
• Including two of these three areas
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Physics

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UC/CSU Subject Requirements

• E Language Other than English
• Two years (UC recommends 3 years)
• Must be in the same language
• Courses taken in the seventh and eighth grade
  (that the high school accepts as their
  equivalent) may be used

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UC/CSU Subject Requirements

• F Visual / Performing Arts
• One Continuous Year
• Dance, Drama / Theater, Music or Visual Arts

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UC/CSU Subject Requirements

• G College Preparatory Electives
• One year in addition to those required in AF
• For a full list see the A-G list for Burlingame
  High School at www.ucop.edu
• CSU information at www.csumentor.edu/
• ALL COURSES TAKEN TO SATISFY A-G
  REQUIREMENTS MUST BE COMPLETED WITH A C GRADE OR
  BETTER

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UC/CSU Scholarship Requirementpgs. 56-61

• Scholarship Requirement
• Grades and Test Scores
• For each GPA there is a required test score to be
  eligible
• GPA min. requirement for UC 3.0
• GPA min. requirement for CSU 2.0

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College Tests pgs. 10-11

• PSAT
• Taken by Sophomores and Juniors
• Measures verbal and math abilities and gives
  students practice for taking the SAT.
• Used for qualification for National Merit
  Scholarships when taken in the Junior year.
• Administered once a year, the third Saturday in
  October.

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College Tests

• SAT Reasoning
• Reasoning test for college admission
• The test consists of three parts
• Critical Reading
• Passage based reading
• Sentence completion
• Writing
• Grammar, usage, word choice
• Essay
• Mathematics
• Arithmetic/algebraic reasoning
• Geometrical reasoning
• Taken in the Junior and Senior years

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College Tests

• SAT Subject Exams
• 20 different one-hour tests designed to measure
  knowledge in a specific subject
• Required by some privates and optional at
  University of California
• Tests should be taken upon the completion of a
  specific subject
• tests are highly recommended for competitive UC
  campuses and certain majors.

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College Tests

• ACT
• College admission test measuring
• English
• Mathematics
• Reading
• Science Reasoning
• Writing test can be added to align with SAT
  requirement for UC
• ACT or SAT may be used for college admission
• Taken in the junior and senior years

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College Tests

• AP (Advanced Placement)
• 34 different subjects
• Student can gain college credit or advanced
  college standing
• Students enrolled in a AP course are required to
  take the AP test for that course
• AP tests are given in May
• Do not need to take course to take exam

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College Tests

• TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)
• All undergraduate applicants who have not
  attended high school for at least three years
  full time where English is the principal language
  of instruction must take the TOEFL

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Programs and Opportunities

• Regional Occupation Program (ROP)
• Hotel and Hospitality, Auto Body and Repair,
  Carpentry, Criminal Justice, Health Careers,
  Office Careers,
• Community Service/Service Learning
• Volunteering to discover - give back and explore
  interests
• Community College - Concurrent Enrollment
• Astronomy, Computers, Real Estate, Philosophy

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Programs and Opportunities

• Middle College High School
• Graduate high school on a college campus
• Summer Job
• Responsibility, manage money and time
• Intern/Job Shadow
• Explore career interests
• Travel
• Learn the world
• College Programs/Visits
• Investigate diverse opportunities

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SMUHSD Summer School

• Remedial Classes
• Meet graduation requirements
• Replace D grades to be college eligible
• Math, English, Social Studies, Science, PE
• Six week session (Mid June - July)
• Applications available in the spring semester
• There are other summer school opportunities
  through community colleges, ROP, universities

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Counseling Department

• Karen Latham (A Da) 558-2812
• klatham_at_smuhsd.org
• Tammy Esrailian (Db Ki) 558-2813
• tesrailian_at_smuhsd.org
• Luis Mashek (Kj - P) 558-2807
• lmashek_at_smuhsd.org
• Carla Renzi (Q-Z) 558-2811
• crenzi_at_smuhsd.org
• Lori Friel - College Advisor 558-2818
  lfriel_at_smuhsd.org
• Beth Pascal - EXPLORE Coordinator 558-2847
  bpascal_at_smuhsd.org
• Sue Glick PAWS 558-2873
  sglilck_at_smuhsd.org
• Brent Daniels-Assistant Principal, Inst.
  Services bdaniels_at_smuhsd.org
  558-2803

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Helpful Web Sites

• bhs.smuhsd.org
• www.csumentor.edu
• www.ucop.edu
• www.cccco.edu
• www.californiacolleges.edu
• www.assist.org
• www.collegeboard.com
• www.act.org
• http//www.challengesuccess.org

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Thank you for Coming

• QUESTIONS?