Senior Family Virtual Workshop - August 20th 2020 - Achievable Dream Middle ...

Senior Family Virtual
Workshop
August 20th 2020

 Introductions:
                Dr. Claudia Hines-Director of School Counseling
Welcome:        Robert Mompoint; Professional School Counselor-Director;
                 Heritage High School
Presentation    Nakia Holmes; Professional School Counselor; Heritage High
Overview         School
                SSG, Lorenzo Welch-US Army NG Recruiter
                Andres Jimenez- Navy

 Introduction to Naviance
                How to…
Presentation       
                   
                       Access Virtual College Tours
                       Apply to Colleges/ Universities
Agenda                How to submit your transcripts on Naviance
                      Letters of recommendation

                SAT/ACT

 Naviance is a college and career readiness tool/software that
              allows students to research and prepare for careers, college,
              personal life goals and more recently apply to colleges. Naviance
              was introduced to students in NNPS in the fall of last school year.
What Is      Students were advised to complete a 180 question Career Interest
Naviance?     Profiler that helped them determine which careers/jobs best
              suited them based upon their responses.
             This year seniors will use Naviance to do virtual tours, research
              colleges, request transcripts, and letters of recommendations.

How do I
access
Naviance?

Virtual College
Tours Through
Naviance

Applying to Colleges

1. Create a list of colleges that you are
interested in applying to.
2. Letters of recommendation ( two/three
letters)
3. Test scores ( SAT/ACT)
4. Personal Essay
5. Deadlines ARE IMPORTANT!!!!!
6. Early Action-non-binding/Early Decision-
binding

Types of Applications

    Common Application: www.commonapp.org
     - Non-exclusive Common App: Apply by way of Common App or College Website
     - Exclusive Common App: Apply only by way of Common App
    Electronic Applications: Submit on college website
    Paper Applications: Mailing information on college website

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Common Application
If you are using the Common App to apply for any colleges, you
will be required to match your Common App account with your
Naviance account.

Create Your Common App Account

     Complete your FERPA Release Authorization.

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Create Your Common App Account

     Match your Naviance Student account with your Common App
     account. Go to the College tab > Click on Colleges I’m Applying To >
     Match Account

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Requesting Transcripts via Naviance Student

Add Colleges to your List

     Add colleges to your list of “Colleges I’m Applying to”
     Go to the Colleges tab > Click on Colleges I’m Applying to > Click on the
     red plus button

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Add Colleges to your List

     Click to type in the name of the college you’re applying to and indicate
     what deadline and how you are applying. Click to add transcript at the
     bottom of the page.

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Requesting Teacher Letters of Recommendation

Requesting a Letter of Recommendation

     On the Colleges tab, scroll below your list of colleges applying to and
     locate the Teacher Recommendations section. Click to Add Request

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Requesting a Letter of Recommendation

     Select the teacher name from the dropdown and enter a personal
     message.
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Show Me How Feature
This feature allows students to get guided step by step
instructions on how to maneuver through the website.

 Both the ACT and SAT will be available for students to take this
             year. Due to the high demand of students needing to test, both
             companies have included additional testing dates to their
             calendars.

College     Both Heritage and Denbigh High Schools are testing sites.
                Heritage (SAT only)
Entrance        Denbigh (SAT and ACT)

Exams       *Special Note: Heritage and Denbigh High Schools will not be
             offering the SAT tests in August and September. October test
             administration TBD.
            Denbigh High School will not be offering the ACT test during the
             months of September and October. December testing is TBD.

2020-2021 SAT TEST DATES

               TEST DATES             REGISTRATION DEADLINES
 August 29, 2020                July 31, 2020
 September 26, 2020             August 26, 2020
 October 3, 2020                September 4, 2020
 November 7, 2020               October 7, 2020
 December 5, 2020               November 5, 2020
 March 13, 2021                 February 12, 2021
 May 8, 2021                    April 8, 2021
  June5, 2021                    May 6, 2021
If you are a student athlete, don’t forget to bubble in 9999 when
registering for the SAT so your score will go directly to NCAA
Eligibility Center.

 TEST CENTER CODE: Heritage High: 47488

2020-2021 ACT TEST DATES

                        TEST DATES                     REGISTRATION DEADLINES
       September 12,13,19, 2020                   August 14, 2020
       October 10,17,24,25, 2020                  September 17, 2020
       December 12, 2020                          November 6, 2020
       February 6, 2021                           January 8, 2021
       April 17, 2021                             March 12, 2021
       June 12, 2021                              May 7, 2021
       July 17, 2021                              June 18, 2021

      Don’t forget to bubble in ( 9999) when registering for the ACT if you
      are a student athlete, so your scores will be sent to the NCAA
      Eligibility Center.

      TEST CENTER CODES: Denbigh High: -Hampton High: 164310

College
Information
              https://www.nacacnet.org/college-admission-status-coronavirus

 1. Naviance: succeed.naviance.com
              2. Naviance Student Tour and Overview
              : http://www.screencast.com/t/tbcYt9eUkKg
              3. Creating College List & Requesting Letters of
               Recommendations :
               https://www.screencast.com/t/Eibj9gqU
              4. SAT Test Dates
References
             https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/sat/register/dates-
             deadlines
              5. ACT Test Dates
             http://www.act.org/content/act/en/products-and-services/the-
             act/registration.html