Counseling Scoop November 11, 2020

Trimester 2 Coming up...

Greetings Sundevil Families! Schedules for trimester 2 and 3 are now viewable in Synergy Student VUE.

Schedule Change Request Priorities

Student needs to repeat a class in which they earned a D or F.
12th grade student notices they are missing a requirement for graduation or college preparation.
Student has a missing class period (for example: no class scheduled for period 3 - Note: off-roll is NOT a missing period).
Student is scheduled for the wrong level of a class (for example: Scheduled for Spanish 6 and hasn’t taken Spanish 5 yet).
Student scheduled to take a class they have already taken and passed.
Student wishes to drop a class for an off roll period. (Must be same period as the dropped class).

If your student has one of the above circumstances, please ask them to fill out the schedule change request form. Please note we cannot make elective nor teacher changes.

We are here to help so if your student has questions, please encourage them to reach out to their counselor via email or via the MC Counseling Course in Canvas/My Connect. If you have questions about the re-opening of school, please see Mr. Magno’s Re-opening Plan here.

Celebrate Colorado: Higher Education Presentation by Admission Counselors from five public Colorado universities

Nov 18, 2020 - 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (PST)

Please register here

How Covid-19 is impacting College Admissions and Financial Aid

Check out this blog post from The College Solution. There are also links to many other pertinent topics in her blog.


AEP - The American Exchange Project The American Exchange Project takes the model of a foreign exchange, a study abroad, and applies it to towns and cities the United States. Students have the opportunity to interact online via Zoom with other students from around the nation in a series of conversations moderated by members of the organization. Click here for more information	<=Two Amazing Opportunities=>	Civics Unplugged Fellowship The Civics Unplugged Fellowship is a 5-month civic leadership program that empowers high school students representing every region of the U.S. with the tools, training, and community to build the future of American democracy. More info and application here. Deadline November 30.

AEP - The American Exchange Project

The American Exchange Project takes the model of a foreign exchange, a study abroad, and applies it to towns and cities the United States. Students have the opportunity to interact online via Zoom with other students from around the nation in a series of conversations moderated by members of the organization. Click here for more information

<=Two Amazing Opportunities=>

Civics Unplugged Fellowship

The Civics Unplugged Fellowship is a 5-month civic leadership program that empowers high school students representing every region of the U.S. with the tools, training, and community to build the future of American democracy. More info and application here. Deadline November 30.

Current Scholarships

Current Scholarship Link

ATTENTION SENIORS!

Senior Form – REQUIRED FOR ALL SENIORS

For seniors applying to colleges that ask for letters of rec (Common Application colleges).

Student Letter of Rec Survey

Be sure to submit YOUR portion of the application by the deadline. You don’t have to wait for your counselor or teachers’ letter of recommendation to be completed first.
If you aren’t sure if you need a letter of rec or need help with your college applications, visit our College Application Checklist webpage here and reach out to your counselor via email!