PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER

Class of 2021

Welcome

Parents!

Counselors Dept. Chair – Jill Fearday

• A-Ca = Joan Bell

• Cb-Da = Melanie Silvestri

• Db-He = Bryan Tucker

• Hf – L = Ray Piagentini

• M-O = Marla Engleman

• P-Sa = Tim Martin

• Sb-U = Jill Argall

• V-Z = Monica Barreiro

• ELL = Nancy Saldana

INDEX CARDS

• Please write down any questions on

the index cards we provided.

• Please pass that card to the end of

your row.

• We will answer those questions at the

end of the program.

THE BIG PICTURE BEGIN WITH THE

LONG-TERM

GOALS IN MIND

• As parents and educators,

how do we work together to

help your child develop

appropriate achievement

goals while also maintaining

a healthy life balance?

THE

FRESHMAN

YEAR

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

20.50 CREDITS

English………………... (8 sem.) 4 credits U.S. History…………… (2 sem.) 1 credit Global Studies/AP World History.…(2 sem.) 1 credit Civics…………………… (1 sem.) .50 credit Science……………….. (4 sem.) 2 credits (Life Science & Physical Science) Mathematics………….. (6 sem.) 3 credits Physical Ed....… (7 sem.) 1.75 cred. Health…………………. (1 sem.) .50 credit Fine Arts/Applied Arts..(2 sem.) 1 credit Consumer Education .50 credit Driver Education…........(1 sem.) .25 credit Additional credits 5.0 credits

FRESHMAN CREDITS EARNED

BETWEEN 5.5 - 6.5 CREDITS IS TYPICAL.

English 1 credit

Math 1 credit

Science 1 credit

Global Studies or AP World History 1 credit

World Language 1 credit

PE-1 year .50 credit

Fine or Applied Arts .50 - 1 credit

THE 4-YEAR PLAN

COLLEGE ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Beginning post-high school planning – FOR FRESHMEN:

Creating the student profile:

Transcript (1/3 complete by June 2018)

Resume = Awards / Activities / Community Service / Employment / Sports

Test scores (ACT/SAT)

Teachers/Counselor (connections)

Personal Statement

Optional statement of explanation

COURSE REQUESTS

PROCESS

On Thursday, Nov. 16,

Freshmen received the

following information.

Counselors also visited

Advisories last week.

Goals

How do we get there?

Advice from Seniors

“If I could do one thing

over again in high

school, I would have

worked harder my

freshman year.”

Hard-work

Curiosity

Optimism

Self-control

Strong character

Integrity (doing the right thing)

More significant than IQ, GPA or

test scores.

Shared by

college

admissions

offices

• A significant factor in the college

admissions process is the

candidates quality of character.

–Integrity / Ethics

–Compassion

–Civic and social responsibility

–Digital responsibility

The steps in your path

to success…….

• Doing your best in high school

College – the next step

• 76% of BHS graduates attend a 4-

year university after high school

• 20-23% attend a 2-year community

college

Suggestions for Enhancing

Success in the Classroom

Healthy balance • Math Resource Center

• Academic Resource Center

• Talk with your teachers

• Talk with your counselor

Give yourself time to

RE-energize.

Sophomore Year

SOPHOMORE

ENGLISH

SOPH. ENGLISH

year-long classes

• Sophomore English College Prep

• Sophomore English Honors

• Sophomore English Advanced Honors

Your current teacher will

recommend you for the

appropriate level.

MATH &

WORLD LANGUAGES

•Teachers will make

recommendations based on

your student’s performance

1st semester of this year.

SCIENCE

Check the

Prerequisites

in the

Course

Guide!!

SCIENCE SEQUENCE

• If in Biology – will take either

– Chemistry / honors

– Physics / AP Physics 1

• If in Chem. Honors – may take

– AP Physics 1

– Human Biology Honors

– AP Chemistry (two period class)

Remember to check the Course Guide.

Consider this choice

based on strength in

Algebra I / Geometry.

Social Studies graduation

requirements = 2 ½ years:

Social Studies requirements

Global Studies/AP World – freshman year

1 semester of Civics (junior or senior year)

US History – typically taken junior year

For college admissions, you may

want to consider at least 3 years of

Social Studies. Other courses are

also available to take senior year.

Civics – New State of Illinois

graduation requirement.

Two class options (junior or senior year)

that meet Civics requirement:

1. Civics (semester – regular credit)

2. AP Government and Politics

(year-long)

Social Studies options

for your Sophomore

year

2 semester options

Honors or regular option for both

21st Century Issues

–global current events

Living Law

–Practical law and how

it effects our lives

Year-long class World Geopolitics

-Current events -Political Geography -Middle East Latin America China,India, Brazil,Africa, 3rd World

This course strengthens reading & writing skills.

New for US HISTORY

• Sophomores have been able to take

AP US History.

• Sophomores will now be able to

take regular US History as well.

Social Studies -Year-long AP level

- AP Human Geography

- AP US History

(Summer reading recommended)

- AP European History

(Summer reading recommended)

?’s regarding Social Studies

levels

Average, honors, AP

which is best for you??? Discuss the options with your current

Social Studies teacher.

You will then have the information you need to

select your Social Studies classes for your

sophomore year.

18-19 Course Guide

WOW!!!

So many choices!!

Find what interests

you.

Available on BHS home page

CLASSES AVAILABLE TO SOPHOMORES TO

MEET CONSUMER ED. REQUIREMENT

• Business Exploration (offered in summer)

• Accounting I

• Marketing for Millennials

• Sales-The Global Impact

Business Start Up Incubator year-long

(open to sophomores if space available)

One semester classes

Health and P.E.

Sophomores take: 1 semester of PE

- Soph. PE

- Intro. To Dance

- Intro. To Weight Training

1 semester of Health

HEALTH OFFERED IN

SUMMER SCHOOL

Health is offered both sessions in Summer

School. 3-week course to earn .50 credit.

If you take Health in Summer School, you still

only take 1 semester of PE during the school

year.

STUDENT ATHLETES - DIVISION I OR II

If you are considering playing sports in

college, please review the BHS cleared

courses on NCAA eligibility web site.

www.eligibilitycenter.org

DRIVER’S EDUCATION Offered in Summer School –

limited enrollment

May be taken privately.

Students must bring , to the Counseling

Office, a copy of their Driver’s License

or the letter from the Secretary of State

to earn credit for Driver’s Education.

STEPS IN

PLANNING

YOUR

SOPHOMORE

YEAR

CLASSES

Academic Planning

Process

Academic Planner Selecting classes on Infinite Campus

• An email was sent to all

freshmen on Nov. 17th

(via bsd220 email) with

instructions to access

Academic Planner.

Student course requests

Review

Course Guide to make sure you are eligible to take a

course.

Blended vs non-blended

-Multiple courses are offered as “blended”.

-The “B” in the course number notes that this is a

blended class.

-See Course Guide for information about

blended options in each subject area.

For specifics about blended classes,

please contact the Department Chair

for the subject area.

If you want to

repeat a class??

Discuss this with

your counselor.

You may also select possible

Junior and Senior year classes

• Selecting tentative classes for junior

and senior year helps you formulate a

possible plan to pave the way for your

college goals and career pathway.

• Is changeable.

Lets your counselor know what you

are thinking about for your

“multi-year” academic plan.

Time-line 1. Students request courses on IC account

November 17 – December 14

2. Teacher recommendations entered

December 15 – January 8

3. Counselor in your Advisory - Jan. 29 or 30

4. Deadline to enroll in Summer School Feb. 21.

Teacher recommendation reminder

Math, English and World Language teachers

enter recommendations between

Dec. 15th – Jan. 8th

You may view the recommendations.

You will ALWAYS be placed in the recommended

class even if you entered a different request.

Example: You select Spanish IV Honors,

your teacher recommends Spanish IV,

Your counselor will correct your entry.

?’s regarding recommendations – ask your teacher

When you request classes:

• It is very important that you take time to

think about your class selections.

• Changes to your schedule over the summer

and in the fall are EXTREMELY LIMITED OR

IMPOSSIBLE.

• High enrollment in classes means that

changes cannot happen.

• Talk with your parents about your choices.

2018

DATES

• SESSION I – June 4 – June 21

• SESSION II – June 25- July 17

• (no class July 4th or 5th)

Talk with your parents about vacation

plans, you may only miss 1 DAY in a

session or you are dropped

from the class.

Specific Sophomore classes

offered in Summer School

• Health (offered both sessions)

• 21st Century Issues

Each are one-session only.

Summer School Information

All course offerings will be available on

December 22nd to view on

BHS home page

–Academics

–Sports camps

Summer School website Barrington220.org/summerschool

Summer School Registration

• Opens JANUARY 9

• BHS homepage

– “parent” or “student” tab

– “summer school” link

• CLOSES FEBRUARY 21

Upcoming in Freshman Advisory

Healthy choices

Freshmen receive

personal NAVIANCE

account

Self-awareness

College / Career

BHS NAVIANCE Naviance is a tool for you to use to

put together your post-high school plan.

It helps you connect with:

your counselor

colleges

Get in the habit of

checking

your bsd220 email.

Deadline to apply Harper Promise:

December 15th, 2017

Parent confirmation AND

Student survey completed

Harper Promise rep. here tonight in foyer

Lisa Horcher in foyer regarding Community Service

Questions: email Carrie Galvan

cgalvan@barrington220.org

HARPER Promise Scholarship

Three specific criteria:

Attendance

GPA

Community Service

Your record of data for

those 3 criteria begins:

January 9, 2018

– 1st day of 2nd

semester

Attendance criteria:

Freshman - 2nd sem. = 5 days absent

Sophomore year = 9 days absent

Junior year = 8 days absent

Senior year = 7 days absent

3 tardy days to class = one absence

GPA = minimum annual

un-weighted GPA Freshman 2nd sem. = 2.0

Sophomore year = 2.25

Junior year = 2.25

Senior year = 2.3

Graduate on time – 2021

Community service criteria:

Freshman - 2nd sem. = 5 hours

(Logged with Mrs. Horcher in GRC)

Sophomore year = 10 hours

Junior year = 15 hours

Senior year = 20 hours

Clarification on Community/Volunteer

service during high school

•YOUR BHS community service record started the summer

before freshman year.

•Eligible hours you completed the summer before your

freshman year and hours you complete this semester count

toward your first .25 credit on your BHS transcript.

•Every 30 hours of volunteer service you complete earns you

.25 BHS credit on your transcript – up to a full credit.

For specifically

HARPER Promise service hours

• 5 hours required (during sem. 2)

• Hours you complete

–starting January 9th

• MUST BE submitted to BHS

by July 12th, 2018

Your counselor is here to help you plan for your Sophomore year!!

• As parents and educators,

how do we work together to

help your child develop

appropriate achievement

goals while also maintaining

a healthy life balance?

Balancing the

Achievement Treadmill

Excessive

expectations Over scheduled

At what cost?

• The greatest cause of anxiety is endless

expectations.

• Parents want the best for their children.

• This best, often leads to expectations.

• Expectations burden the child, suppress their

individuality, and distance the child.

• Shifting expectations to

hopes/standards for your children can

help reduce stress and reinforce the

relationship.

Perfectionism

is about

having such

high

expectations

that they

interfere with

your

performance.

• Perfectionism isn’t about a love of being

meticulous. It’s about fear. Fear of making a

mistake. Fear of disappointing others. Fear of

“failure”.

• Many students simply collapse under the weight

of too much pressure that occurs too early in

their lives.

• Too much pressure – for anyone, but especially

for still-developing adolescents – can be

dangerous.

• It’s not enough to have an average child. Parents

want to have a gifted child.

They don’t have to do

EVERYTHING

• MORE ISN’T

BETTER

• MORE may mean:

–MORE STRESS

–MORE ANXIETY

–MORE

DEPRESSION

Pressure has

increased

• Currently over 10% of the

freshman class has 8 straight

classes.

• Increases in IBS, Migraines,

Test Anxiety, Depression,

School Refusal, Self-harm

• Students shut down / burnout

• Increased incidents of social

media dangers

Factors

that

contribute

to School

Anxiety

• Inability to manage feelings of

discomfort

• Difficulty experiencing

disappointment

• Inability to apply conflict

resolution skills

• Unable to communicate needs

effectively

• Chicago Tribune excerpt

featuring

Patrick B. McGrath, Ph.D.

“Very often, depression and

anxiety are like brother and

sister, and you don't see one

without the other.”

• Teens are very skilled at

masking what is going on

inside.

• When the turmoil going

on inside is so extreme

that it spills over to

external behavior,

something is way out of

balance and it has

probably been going on

for a long time.

From Tribune Article

• “With intervention and

treatment, there is hope – and

often recovery – for teens, he

said. “Parents can let go of

their beliefs that there is only

one path to success.”

From Tribune Article

• “Parents should know it’s definitely

OK for their kids to get a B, and

getting an A in a class is not the end-

all and be-all in life,” McGrath said.

“You don’t have to compete with your

neighbor, whose kid was just accepted

to an Ivy League school, and your own

child is going to the local community

college.”

Information

shared at

recent BHS

Institute Day

• Smart Phones not only

increase anxiety but also

create a distraction to not

address personal concerns.

Students don’t seek help

from a parent or trusted

adult.

• Addiction to social media is

as powerful - and the same

as drug and alcohol

addiction.

Has the Iphone

destroyed a

generation?

• Limit / monitor screen

time

• Young people sadly

have a stronger

relationship with their

phone than with people.

• Set strong standards of

digital responsibility.

• Our message of hope is create a mindset

for achievement standards that help your

child maintain a positive balance that

allows for the enjoyment of:

• school

• co-curricular activities

• simple freedom to be a teenager

• time with family and friends

We want to

help

children

learn….

• How to deal with failure

• How to be resilient

• How to accept making a mistake

• How to become comfortable being

uncomfortable

• That there are many ways to be

successful

Failure

Struggles

Appropriate

Challenges

• Catalysts to pivot us forward in

a better direction.

• Give us the greatest platform

for self-discovery and growth.

• When your child is allowed to

pull themselves up from

failure, what an empowering

moment.

• Imagine your child saying - ”I

achieved this myself and

when I struggle again, I

know I will succeed

again.”

Healthy

shifts in

mindset

• Learning goals vs grade driven

messages:

– “What was the favorite thing you

learned today?” rather than “What

grade are you getting in…..?

• Empowering/encouraging

messages:

– “I appreciate and can see how hard

you are working!” rather than

“You got the A, I’m so happy and

proud!”

• What happens when they get a B or a

C – even if they work hard for that?

We embrace

the quality /

competitive

education

provided by

our schools.

• The key is to take advantage

of the wealth of

opportunities but balance

that with appropriate

academic hopes/standards

while recognizing the

social/emotional needs and

developmental stage of the

adolescent.

Focusing on your child’s

strengths • Ask your child what went well in their day.

• Listen and tune into strengths your child is

expressing.

• Point out those strengths to your child.

• Tap into strengths to address academic

or social/emotional concerns.

Three Good Things generating positivity and optimism

• On a piece of notebook paper, place

a line down the middle.

• On one side list 3 good things that

happened today, this week, etc.

• On the other side list why they went

well.

• Creates an upward

positive trend.

Three more good things • Parent lists three good things about child.

• Child lists three good things about parent.

• Share.

• Write a letter of gratitude to each

other.

• Consider your journey to adulthood…

• Who inspired you?

• Who built your strength, optimism,

resilience and independence?

• How did they do that?

Reading to Consider (some content shared in powerpoint pulled from these

resources)

• Lemonade by Dr. Alan R. Graham

• The Optimistic Child by Dr. Martin Seligman

• The Self-Motivated Kid by Shimi Kang

• At What Cost? Defending Adolescent

Development in Fiercely Competitive

Schools by David L Gleason

• How to Raise an Adult and Break Free of

the Over Parenting Trap and Prepare Your

Kid for Success byJulie Lythcott-Haims

Student / Parent Resources

QUESTIONS