Student Services Update: October 31-November 4

PSAT: Wednesday Nov 2, 2016 8-12pm

The schedule that day would be Day 8.  H,E,F,G  Wednesday, November 2 in the Gym at the start of H block all 10th and 11th graders will be asked to be seated by 8:00 with hopes of starting the exam by 8:15 am.  I will shoot for a 11:30 PM end time.

Students assigned seats will be posted on the windows of the Gym, the  doors of the Gym and the testing bulletin board outside of the counseling office.

Teachers who teach 10th and 11th-grade classes will need to be in the Gym to help proctor the exam, Erin will send an email out to those teachers.

H– Jason Bixby, Haeyoung Chung, Andrew Crawford, Bill Fossgreen, Robert Kostreski

E-Alex Bunting, Polly Butz, Chris Sylvester, Sophie Tsai

F- Hang Dinh, Chris Byck, Martin Lauer, Evan Wineberg, Robert Kostreski

ADVISORY:

As always, please click on the Advisory Calendar  to see schedule for next week. There is only one more class meeting and Lead Advisors will work with class representatives to lead the meeting.  One upcoming advisory date will be Wednesday instead of Thursday:November 2!  If you have any questions, please connect with our Program Developers: Alison (9), Alex (10), Mark (11), Bill (12) and/or  Lead Advisors:  Clare Alexander (9), Chris Sylvester (10), Marty Lauer (11) and Andrew Crawford (12).

We need your eyes on the calendar just as students need to look at Moodle to know what is coming in your classes!  Thank you again for all of your support. Great things are happening in advisory.

STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES:

Please continue to use the log in entry system in Powerschool to share your concerns about any of your students.  Counselors will then follow-up.  Also, please see the StudentSupport Services document for any learning plans and/or accommodations for your students.

TEACHER  COLLEGE RECOMMENDATIONS HELPFUL TIPS AND GUIDELINES:

Thank you for attending the Teacher Recommendation Letter workshops offered!

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.)

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