NEWPORT HIGH SCHOOL Use these resources to help your student prepare to make course choices with their counselor

Your student’s guidance counselor will help your student select appropriate courses and complete the forms for 2021-2022 registration. They will check for graduation requirements and courses required for your student’s plans after graduation.

Your student must come to this meeting ready to tell the guidance counselor what those post- graduation plans include. Not all students have a clear vision; that’s okay—in fact, quite common.

We rely on families to explore passions, interests, and dreams with their students. We have provided many specific resources below that will help your student narrow a world of possibilities to a few that suit them.

Help your teen continually distill their ideas throughout high school. Watch videos, visit websites, and read with your student. Most of all, listen carefully to what really resonates with them. Those interests will fuel their learning and success. Help them notice where that they spend free time. What activities do they lose themselves in and forget time?

Any passion can lead to a well-paying career: • Passionate artists, musicians, and writers hone their craft and find employers that value those skills. • Students combine a passion for science with skills in writing, teaching, or illustrating. • If your student knows that helping people drives them, that will help us guide them to next steps. • Always start with what ignites your student’s desire to learn.

Avoid focusing on job descriptions. Economists predict that most of the careers these students will pursue do not exist now. What your student must find are the topics and skills that motivate them to learn and practice. The economy finds room for people who know what they want to do and learn to do it well.

Not all students will go straight to college. Whatever your student’s plans, it is just the next step in a lifetime of learning—including college, internships, travel, volunteering, a job. Your student should discuss with you and then tell us that college may not be the next step. We can help them find a path that leads to a job they enjoy that will support the lifestyle they want.

The resources below will help your family explore the possibilities. Investigating them with you will prepare your student to give their counselor the information that will guide the most productive selection of courses for next year.

New resources announced in principal’s newsletter each week. After our counselors distribute information first to their students (because experience and science have taught us that students must own and lead this process), we will send those resources to you.

Counseling Department • Counselor assignments to students by last name and contact • General Webpage with resource links • Registration webpage (all course selection materials for students) • Grade Checklists • Annual presentations • Running Start • College & Career Planning webpage • College Planning webpage

Resource Documents and Videos District Course Catalog

Includes flow charts and forms that explain graduation requirements and class progressions. Click here.

Counselors will review all this information with your student.

Counselor Presentations to Students – February 2021

th Current 9 Grade: Join live event Current 10th Grade: Join live event Current 11th Grade: Join live event

Video Presentations on Elective Courses

Discussions by Newport teachers about their elective courses.

Naviance

Help your student engage with the resources in this fabulous program. It contains both priceless information and teen-friendly planning tools.

All students have a log-in for the program. Parents can use the parent access or their student’s id/password. The student access provides more details and tools.

College & Career Advisor

Vanessa Lopez-Kopp, our College & Career Advisor has many resources to help students explore jobs, careers, and colleges.

Your student should begin working with her and exploring during their freshman year. But it is never too late.

She often works with students whose plans do not include college.

Ms. Lopez-Kopp schedules all the college and university recruiting visits to Newport and can help your student understand what each offers and how to find a good fit.

Click here for webpage or email her at [email protected]

College, University, Vocational & Technical Schools, etc.

Spend time with the websites of institutions that teach topics and skills that interest your student. Your student can learn a lot about what the training will be like and what the career will entail.

If you have questions about entry to colleges and what courses they expect students to take in high school, ASK that COLLEGE’S ADMISSIONS counselors. Especially in the changing environment that the pandemic has brought, Newport’s staff can’t effectively answer those questions. Colleges welcome the questions.

In fact, most colleges track how many times a student contacts them. They then pay special attention to those applications because the student has demonstrated interest and commitment to that college.

Your student can identify these organizations using Naviance.

Video: Newport High School Information Event Open House—Illustrates opportunities at Newport & the learning culture that includes students, school staff & families.

Video: Music Department Orientation & Information

Video: Art Department Orientation & Information

Newport High School Student Clubs

• FlipGrid messages from many of the dozens of opportunities at Newport (you may need to use the student laptop) • Clubs page—descriptions and contact information for every club

Students should look ahead to their interests and plan those into their timetable for next year. (See timetable planning tools below.)

Video: Athletics & Activities Details

Again, students must schedule the time to participate.

Your student should understand the time commitment they are making to these teams. Career and Technical Education Town Hall video recording.

Includes information about college credit in high school and Network for Innovative Careers (WANIC) programs at other schools where NHS students can participate.

Out of District WANIC programs have begun registration, so students interested in taking a WANIC class outside of our district can follow this link for more information and to register.

WANIC offers high-quality, tuition- free technical and professional training for high school students. These year-long, advanced-level Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs are based on rigorous academic and industry standards and prepare students for career and college readiness.

CTE Catalog

CTE Course Descriptions

Video: WANIC Program

How to help your student overcome the pressure to always do more A psychologist argues that we should stop blaming ourselves for being lazy and start creating a society where overwhelm isn't the norm. Go to Full Article Coach your student to plan their time rather than guessing how many courses they can handle Writing it down so there is no doubt that you and your student understand each other can save hours of family wrangling to manage commitments.

It’s 24/7. There is no debate that our weeks have seven days with 24 hours each. That’s a total of 168. • That number sounds large, but lets take out sleep (which should be a non- negotiable minimum). Here’s a link to a study that shows that students who rest do better in school. Take out nine hours per day (168-63=105). • Now remove hours at school—also not negotiable. Four days of seven hours plus one day of five hours equals 33, which leaves us with 72. • Still sound like a lot. Don’t forget these: o Travel time to and from school and activities, o Meals and snacks (Researchers recommend a five-minute break every hour to stand, move around, drink water, snack as needed, etc.) o Personal hygiene o Household chores • Add other commitments: o sports, o clubs, o volunteer hours, o learning to drive, o health care appointments, dental appointments, etc. o family and community commitments. • Use this guide on our Counseling/Registration webpage as a tool for estimating homework time. Add that. • Anticipate problems! o We get sick. o Technology fails. o Teammates stumble in their commitments. o We have special assignments and exam weeks. o Our team may participate in a tournament or the band may travel. o Things often take more time than anticipated. • Leave time for fun and relaxing. Again, there is research that proves that minds that rest perform better. This isn’t a luxury; it’s a fact of human body and brain physiology. Studies also show that students who plan time for fun find it much easier to commit to their study schedule. Tools • Weekly planning grid in pdf format or in Excel • Estimating course time requirements Staff Contacts Student Last Name Email Appointment Booking

A — CR Carolyn Edwards Link

CU — HU Heather Erickson Link

HUA — LIM Nicole Anderson Link

LIN — PA Tania Maxfield Link

PE — TAN Karen Schulz Link

TAR — Z Emilie Bosone Link

Ms. Aldridge, Counseling Secretary [email protected]

Vanessa Lopez-Kopp, College & Career Advisor Click here for webpage or email her at [email protected]

The Bellevue School Districts annual College Conference Program (with session descriptions and registration) is now posted on the 2021 College Conference page.

The conference is critical for juniors, but it helps freshman and sophomores look ahead and plan to succeed.

Translations available this year in six languages This year, there is a “College Application 101-for Parent” session presented in Spanish (Jannely Quintana and Mariela Stockdale) and six of the sessions will have closed captions available in six languages (Spanish, Chinese-traditional, Chinese-simplified, Korean, and Vietnamese).

Every spring, the College Conference draws hundreds of families. Although it will go virtual this year, the 2021 Virtual College Conference offers opportunities for high school families to listen to professionals discuss the ins and outs of preparing for college.

Presenters come from colleges and businesses across the country and are available to answer your questions.