Fremd Student Services
2019-20 Fall Newsletter
The Student Readiness Plan
The Student Readiness Plan (SRP) is the digital home base for all District 211 students, designed to help develop and track students’ readiness for life after high school. In the SRP, students monitor and update their progress in five areas: Academic Readiness; College and Career Exploration; Student Involvement; Global Competitive Skills; and Wellness. Additional information about the Student Readiness Plan can be found here.
Did you know???
- The SRP provides a student's in-progress semester grades, and automatically updates them every 30 minutes (see the “In-Progress Grades” link on the left-hand side menu of your student’s SRP).
- The Student Readiness Plan is the single location where students’ grade-point averages are accessible at any time (in the Academic Readiness section ).
- Parents can access their child’s Student Readiness Plan by selecting the SRP icon on thei FHS website or by clicking here , then entering their parent SRP username and password. It’s the same login information that parents use to log into Infinite Campus.
Xello
We have upgraded our Career Cruising program to Xello! Xello continues to offer familiar Career Cruising assessments like Matchmaker and the Learning Styles Inventory. In addition to those assessments, significant upgrades have been made in the navigation and display components of the program. If you have used Career Cruising in the past, you will appreciate the upgrades that Xello provides. If you haven’t, it might be time to take another look at what it may offer.
For a more in-depth look, please take some time to view webinars available below.
- Xello Student Experience
- Additional information can be found here.
Erika's Lighthouse
A key component to an individual's healthy development is the conscious allowance for social and emotional exploration and learning.
To grow in a well-rounded and responsible way, we all need to learn how to recognize and manage difficult emotions and use healthy coping and problem-solving skills.
More importantly, we need to understand when it is vital to reach out for support when those skills are not enough to bring us back to a state of emotional balance.
For this reason, certain areas of our mental health deserve special attention. After careful research, D211 has chosen to implement a depression and suicide awareness program, The Erika's Lighthouse Program: Depression and Suicide Awareness for High School Students. This program was developed by a highly respected mental health education and advocacy organization, Erika's Lighthouse: A Beacon of Hope for Adolescent Depression.
The program goals include:
- Raising awareness of depression and its symptoms
- Reducing the stigma surrounding mental health issues
- Encouraging the utilization of support services if necessary
For more information on this program, click here.
Freshmen: Class of 2023
Counselors have already visited VAMP classrooms a number of times this semester to introduce themselves to their students and run group guidance activities. School psychologists and social workers also presented to freshmen in the auditorium on August 28th to introduce themselves and to share what social-emotional support resources are available at Fremd. Counselor visits to VAMP will continue throughout the first semester and all activities/presentations are accessible by parents through Schoology class of 2023 folder. Prresentation topics include:
- High School Graduation Requirements vs. College Entrance Requirements
- Understanding GPA
- Introduction to Xello (formerly Career Cruising)
- Harper Promise
- Social-Emotional Awareness- Mood Meter
- Personality Colors Assessment
- 4-year planning
- Course Selection
- Mental Health Awareness
- Through the Freshman Wellness PE Program Students will complete the Erika’s lighthouse Suicide Awareness/Prevention program
In addition, counselors will continue to meet with freshmen individually as needed or requested.
Sophomores
- The first sophomore Group Guidance Activity will be November 13. Students will use the Student Readiness Plan and Xello to explore possible careers and post-high school planning.
Counselors will continue to meet with students individually as needed or requested.
Juniors
- The first junior Group Guidance Activity was October 2nd. Key points covered:
- Juniors should start researching post-high school options: schools, military or trades.
- October 23rd all juniors will be taking a practice SAT exam and on April 14th will be taking the State SAT exam here at school.
Course selection for the class of 2021 is December 9th and 13th .
Students can attend SAT prep after school Mondays & Tuesdays or use the Khan Academy App to access practice tests.
Students can use Student Readiness Plan to access current GPA, in progress grades and test scores.
Counselors will continue to meet with students individually as needed or requested.
Seniors
Counselors have met with all seniors in small groups and have encouraged all seniors to set-up individual meetings to review post-high school plans.
The first small group sessions were on August 27th and 28th during senior English classes when counselors reviewed the college application process, including, how to send transcripts through Parchment, get letters of rec, if required, send official test scores to colleges, and meet with college reps who visit Fremd throughout the first semester.
FAFSA-
- Filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, is one of the most important steps you can take to assist paying for college. The U.S. Department of Education uses the FAFSA to determine your eligibility for federal student aid, including low-cost loans, grants, and work-study. This is the only way to receive state and federal financial aid.
FAFSA workshops are held at Harper College throughout the year.
Here is a link to an article that describes the importance of filling out FAFSA as well as the process.
Practice SAT (all juniors) Early Dismissal
11:50am dismissal schedule
Juniors will be taking the Practice SAT on Wednesday, October 23rd. The test will be administered paper-pencil in the main gym and south gym. The test will begin promptly at 7:30am. Check-in will begin at 7:10am. We would like all students to be checked in no later than 7:25am.
Wednesday, Oct 23, 2019, 07:30 AM
Main and South Gyms
College Night
There will be over 190 college/university representatives from across the country available to talk with prospective students/parents about their institutions. A list of the schools that will be attending can be found here.
STRIVE SCAN – PLEASE REGISTER BEFORE ATTENDING THE EVENT:
Many college/university representatives will be using scanners at their table to obtain information from prospective students (this is in lieu of the informational cards that are usually filled out by students). Please have your student create a FREE account on Strive Scan using their cell phone or iPad for this event. Strive Scan will send your student a barcode that they will present to college representatives throughout the evening. It is best to have this account created before you arrive at the event on October 23. The second question on the form is a drop down menu item that asks “What event are you attending?” Please choose 10/23/19 - District 211.
TRANSPORTATION TO COLLEGE NIGHT AT PALATINE HS
D211 provides bus transportation from Conant, Fremd, Hoffman Estates and Schaumburg High Schools to Palatine High School for the College Night event. If your family plans to use the transportation service, please register here
Wednesday, Oct 23, 2019, 06:30 PM
Palatine High School, North Rohlwing Road, Palatine, IL, USA
AP Exam Registration
There was a mandatory meeting for all Advanced Placement students in the auditorium on October 8th. Students received important information about upcoming AP Exam registration and the changes to registration.
Contact Mr. Lathrop or Mrs. Monticello with questions.
Student Support Groups
Support Groups can help students to make a regular connection with other students who share an experience that may be having an impact on their life at school. Here’s a list of some of the Support Groups that are running or have run recently.
- Boys Social Skills
- Girls Social Skills
- Decision-Making
- Divorce Group
- Freshman Transition Group
- Grief Group
- Study Skills
- Friends and Family
- African-American Girls
- Latinas Achieving Success (LAS)
- LGBTQ
- Stress Management
- Transfer Students
Other groups can be created as a need arises. If you are interested in any of these groups, or would like to learn more, please contact a school counselor.