1. High School 101:
    2. Blueprint for Success
    3. Teacher’s Guide
      1. The following guidelines will help you get started:
      2. Highlights of several lessons provided in the student guide (blue cover):
    4. Understanding High School Credits
    5. Timeline for implementation
    6. January – March:
    7. March 15 & 16 – High School Counselors visits to middle schools:
      1. Tuesday, March 15
      2. Wednesday, March 16
    8. March 25 - 29 – High School Transition Conferences:
      1. Friday, March 25
      2. Monday, March 28
      3. Tuesday, March 29





    High School 101:





    Blueprint for Success





    Teacher’s Guide


     

    Everett Public Schools is committed to providing every student with the inspiration, planning, academic preparation, and social capital to graduate from high school ready for college and careers. As a middle school counselor or teacher, you play a critical role in preparing each 8th grader for the transition to high school.

     

    I am pleased to introduce this first edition of High School 101: Blueprint for Success Teacher’s guide, a companion to the student resource, High School 101: Blueprint for Success. This guide will support the transition activities you will engage in with your 8th grade students. It contains lesson plans to be used with the student resource guide.

     





    The following guidelines will help you get started:

     
    · You will notice that in the Table of contents of the student resource guide (blue cover), italicized titles indicate booklet worksheets. These worksheets are activities students will complete as you go through the guide. The “Answer Key” for each worksheet is provided in the Teacher’s Guide.


     





    Highlights of several lessons provided in the student guide (blue cover):

     
    · High School Vocabulary Worksheet (pages 8 – 9)


     
    · Post High School Opportunities (pages 13 – 15) – gives more opportunities about the doors on page 12. (Note: the door in the upper right corner of page 12 should be labeled “Military.” We’re not sure how this typo happened!).


     
    · High School Graduation requirements (page 20 - 21) – use these pages when teaching about high school credits. The worksheet is on page 22.


     
    · Calculate your GPA worksheet (page 24) – this is provided to use with the GPA trajectory lesson.


     
    · High School transcript (page 25) - we suggest you project this page using a document camera. It is also available online at: http://www.everett.k12.wa.us/jacksonhigh/counseling/Transcripts  


     
    · Creating your 4-year high school plan (page 26) should be completed by all students before their Transition meetings.


     
    · Additional lesson worksheets can be found on pages 11, 12, 34, 37, 40 & 41


     

    A teacher’s guide lesson has been included in the back of this booklet (starting on page 43):

     





    Understanding High School Credits

     

     





    Timeline for implementation

     





    January – March:

    The High School 101: Blueprint for Success student resource guides have been delivered to your schools. The expectation is that all 8th grade students will arrive at their Transition conference having completed their (1) credit lesson, (2) GPA trajectory lesson, and (3) at least the 9th grade portion of their 4-year plan (p. 26).

     

     





    March 15 & 16 – High School Counselors visits to middle schools:

     

     





    Tuesday, March 15

    Cascade HS to Eisenhower MS

    Jackson HS to Heatherwood MS

    Everett HS to North MS

     





    Wednesday, March 16

    Cascade HS to Evergreen MS

    Jackson HS to Gateway MS

    Everett HS to Evergreen MS

     

     

     





    March 25 - 29 – High School Transition Conferences:

     

     





    Friday, March 25

    CHS to Eisenhower

    JHS to Heatherwood

     





    Monday, March 28

    JHS to Gateway

    EHS to Evergreen

     





    Tuesday, March 29

    CHS to Evergeen

    EHS to North

     

     

     

    Thank you for supporting our students in this important transition from middle school to high school. Special thanks to everyone involved in the planning and revising of these materials.

     

    Sincerely,

    alt

    Becky Ballbach

     

     

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