Student Services Update: October 10-14

ADVISORY:

As always, please click on the Advisory Calandar  to see schedule for next week.  If you have any questions, please connect with our Program Developers: Alison (9), Alex (10), Mark (11), Bill (12).

TEACHER  COLLEGE RECOMMENDATIONS HELPFUL TIPS AND GUIDELINES:

The teacher letter of recommendation should focus on the student’s personality, academic performance, contributions etc. within your classroom.  it is okay to mention some extracurricular activities, but the focus should be on your direct observation of the student in your classroom. The reader is trying to get a sense of the type of learner the student is and his/her contributions to the academic and social milieu. Here are some writing tips and guidelines for the format of the letter.

Please use electronic letterhead and format to write your letter (see attached).

To submit the letter of recommendation: 

1. Sign into Naviance (SSIS link-Faculty-Naviance)
   1. ACCOUNT: saigon
   2. USERNAME:
   3. PASSWORD: (ask one of us to reset password if you forget this information)
2. Click on “manage and complete the college recommendation”
3. Select the student you are submitting documents for
4. Click on “prepare forms”
5. Scroll down to teacher documents and select the drop down menu titled “add new document”
6. Upload your letter of recommendation to Naviance
7. Complete the Common Application teacher evaluation (For U.S.)

Once the letter of recommendation and Common Application are submitted the counselor will mark the recommendation as completed.

Please let us know if you have any questions or experience technical difficulty while trying to submit.