Dear Parents:
These high school years are very important to your child's future. Grayling High
School offers many resources to help you and your high school student plan for
the future. Here is a list of some of the opportunities you should be aware of
in the next four years.
Eighth Grade Parent Information Night: Every year, at the same time that
counselors are introducing the eighth graders to the high school scheduling
process, parents are invited to an evening meeting so that they get the same
information.
Freshman Orientation: At the start of every school year, a freshman
orientation is held prior to the first day of school. Parents are also welcome
and encouraged to attend.
EXPLORE Testing:
This testing offers an opportunity to assess levels
of academic achievement. It is done in the fall of the freshman year.
Business Management Support:
This class offers students an experience in
career exploration and planning, learning employability skills and developing
job search skills.
Career Cruising (www.careercruising.com)
and
CxBridges ( www.bridges.com ):
These are proprietary web sites to which all Grayling students and their
parents have access. They are very user-friendly and truly great resources for
career and educational planning. See the counselors for passwords.
EDP's
(Educational Development Plans):
Student will be developing an EDP with
their counselor. This is a good opportunity to make sure that the courses they
take will help them reach their goals. Parents are welcome to set up
appointments with their child's counselor to develop the EDP.
College Planning Night:
Every year, in the fall, the Counseling Office
presents important information for students and parents concerning college
preparation and college selection.
College Fair:
Every year, again in the fall, Kirtland Community College
hosts a college fair, where representatives of most post-secondary educational
institutions present information about their schools.
PLAN:
This is a pre-ACT test designed to help sophomores do a "reality
check" of their interests and abilities.
PSAT: This is a pre-SAT test for juniors which helps them assess their
abilities and prepare for college.
ACT:
This is the college entrance exam most often taken by Michigan
students planning on attending college. It is now given as part of the
state achievement test, the MME, which all juniors take in March.
Financial Aid Information:
Once a year, the counselors, in conjunction
with a college financial aid office, present an evening of financial aid
information for students and their parents.
Counseling Office Resources:
In addition to college catalogs, video
tapes, college and scholarship applications, the Counseling Office has books on
parenting, study strategies, careers, standardized test preparation and summer
opportunities for teens that can be checked out .
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HOW CAN YOU STAY
INFORMED? |
The Counseling Office uses
many avenues to communicate important information to parents and students. Some
of these are:
- Grayling High School parent
newsletter. Look for this to come out with your child's progress reports
or twelve-week grades.
- The school district calendar.
- Daily announcements, which are
posted on the GHS webpage.
- Posters and fliers in the school.
- Crawford County Avalanche
and local radio announcements.
- School publications such as the
Student Handbook and Curriculum Guide
- Edline
- Class meetings
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WEEKLY
PROGRESS REPORTS |
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If you would like more frequent grading
information than what is available through Edline, you may require your
child to have a progress report completed by his/her teachers at any time.
Forms are available in the counseling office or by clicking
here. |
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