OHS Student Services Newsletter
November
Update
Please keep these important dates on your calendar:
*December 4: Family Teacher Conferences 4:00-6:00
*December 21st-January 1st: Winter Break
Sophomore Conferences
WCTC Fall Open House
If you attend the WCTC open house you will receive a waiver for the $30 application fee.
Please visit http://www.wctc.edu/about/visit/open-house.php to register.
Thursday, Nov 14, 2019, 04:00 PM
WCTC 800 Main Street, Waukesha, WI
What's going on in Pride this month?
9th: Personality Styles
10th: Work Values
11th: Choosing the right college
12th: Defining Success
Any questions please reach out to your school counselor!
Career Exploration Opportunities
Please see below for an update from Xello from our school to career coordinator Kyla Stefan:
As the first term comes to a close, I wanted to make sure you were all aware of some great career exploration opportunities and resources available to students at OHS. This year we are using Xello (formerly Career Cruising) to store student interests, data, and career exploration information. As the first term ends, we have asked that all students complete 2 basic lessons in Xello and share information about their career interests or career pathway through this platform.
It is really valuable for you to keep your Xello account current as this data is used to provide specific opportunities and resources that could relate to you or your career interests. As job opportunities, field trips, job shadowing or other experiences become available, we use Xello as an avenue to connect relevant information directly to you. Please take a few moments to make sure you have everything necessary completed before term 2 starts on Tuesday.
Parents - this is a great opportunity for you to have a conversation with your student about their future career plans. In order to access their Xello account and information please follow the steps below:
There are two ways for students to enable the shareable profile from the Student Experience:
On any page in Xello, from the top right corner, students click their avatar and select Share your profile. Or, from beneath their name on the About Me page, students click Share your Profile to open a preview of their shareable profile.
From the top right corner of the profile, students click Share.
From the Share Your Profile window, switch the toggle to ON to get a shareable link.
Students can copy and share the link with parents or other people with whom the student wants to share their Xello profile.
Note: A unique URL is created when the user turns on the share option. It does not exist until that happens. There is no way to access the profile until this link is activated by the student. The student can also turn the link off.
If the student has shared the link with someone and no longer wants to allow access to their profile, they can unshare their profile. This will turn the link off for everyone. Follow the same steps as above to switch the toggle to OFF.
We look forward to working with you and your student(s) as they further explore what their future will look like after their time at OHS.
Raccoon Study Hours
This is an excellent opportunity to get work school work done, work on group projects or put aside time to work on job applications, college applications, or scholarships.
All students are welcome. No advanced sign up is required.
Scholarships
Scholarships have begun to be added to our scholarship grid and our website for our Class of 2020. See all of the info below on how to access this information. Make sure you are following our Scholarship Twitter for updates!
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The Team
Admin Assistant
262-560-3115
Krissy Zimmer
Registrar
262-560-3130
Scott Bakkum
School Counselor
A-D (9-10)
A-Fe (11-12)
262-560-3123
Angela Fisher
School Counselor
E-Ka (9-10)
Fi-Kr (11-12)
262-560-3125
Susan Verhagegen
School Counselor
Ke-O (9-10)
Ks-Ro (11-12)
262-560-3122
Lauren Black
School Counselor
P-Th (9-10)
Ru-Z (11-12)
262-560-3124
Carrie Schultz
School Counselor
Ti-Z (9-10)
IB/GT Coordinator
262-560-3282
Erica Lannan
School Social Worker
262-560-3128
lannane@oasd.org
Brianne Decker
School Psychologist
262-560-3126