Welcome Freshman Families!

LSW…Committed to lifelong learning and collaboration with families, school staff

and our community.

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Tonight’s Agenda

• Meet the Counseling Center staff•Keeping in contact•Upcoming Events• Graduation requirements• Graduation Demonstration Exams•College Access information •SHOS•Gifted Program information

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Counseling Center Staff

A-G: Dr. Simpson-Kirkland * dsimps@lps.orgH-K: Mr. Feeken * efeeken@lps.orgL-P: Mrs. Volker * pvolker@lps.orgQ-S: Mrs. Finkhouse * cfinkho@lps.orgT-Z: Mr. Ernst * ternst2@lps.orgSPED ~ A-Z: Dr. Lehn * jlehn2@lps.org

Secretary: Mrs. Way * jway@lps.orgRegistrar: Mrs. Carman * ccarman@lps.orgSocial Worker: Ms. Clare * nclare@lps.org

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I’ll have the same counselor during my 4 years of high school.

Counseling Center Staff

Our staff is concerned about your student’s success and well being. We are committed to working in cooperation with you, your student and your student’s teachers. Please be sure to talk with your student and learn about his/her school experiences.

We will be working with our freshmen in small groups . We will begin meeting with students after the beginning of term 2.

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I’ll have the same counselor during my 4 years of high school.

Keeping in Contact

The best information about your student’s progress in class will come directly from your student’s teachers.

Counseling Center - http://lsw.lps.org/Pinnacle Internet Viewer – http://lps.org/parents/

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I can check my grades on-line!

Keeping in Contact

ZOHO - https://creator.zoho.com/ternst/parent-student contact/form-perma/parent_studentcontact/

ZOHO access information is available on the Southwest Counseling Center website: http://isite.lps.org/pvolker/web/

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Text messages from the Counseling Center? AWESOME!!

Upcoming Events

Parent/ Teacher conferences – September 194-7 pm

Graduation Demonstration Exams –

Writing – September 28, 29 and October 6Reading – October 5

Freshman /counselor small group meetings will begin after October 18th.

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I need to use my planner to write down these dates.

LSW Departments

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LPS Graduation Requirements

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Graduation Demonstration Exams

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All students are required to pass Graduation Demonstration exams in Reading and Writing in order to graduate.

The Reading Graduation exam verifies vocabulary knowledge and reading comprehension skills.

The Writing Demonstration exam verifies writing and editing skills.

Graduation Demonstration Exams

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Students will demonstrate their Math proficiency by successfully completing coursework in Algebra.

Students are encouraged to complete 4 years of Math during high school.

Most colleges/universities require successful completion of 4 years of Math.

College Access-Know How 2 Go

EducationQuest.org

• High School graduation and college/university admissions requirements are not the same.

• Colleges/universities require more advanced academic work completion.

• Students will need to take either the ACT or SAT college entrance examination.

• It is never to early to begin planning for life after LSW.

Educational PlanningI can check out KnowHow2Go.org

for collegeplanning info.

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SHOS Information

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SHOS: Silverhawks Helping Other Silverhawks

A student-centered, student-led transition program for all LSW 9th graders to:• Mentor & build relationships with upperclassmen • Encourage sense of safety, connection, & academic success

SHOS begins Freshman Day and continues on Tuesdays during Term 1 @ 2 p.m.

Questions? See Mrs. Finkhouse – cfinkho@lps.org

Thank you for your time!

The sky is the limit!

Go Hawks!

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LSW - Soaring to Success

It’s going to be a great year !

Gifted Program Information

• Mrs. Roeber - Gifted Facilitator•sroeber@lps.org• Differentiated vs. Regular Instruction• Differentiated course load for freshmen

• Mr. Raatz – rraatz@lps.org• Differentiated vs. AP Classes

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