10th Grade Bridge Law

Counseling Lesson

Your School Counselors

 Who is your school counselor?

• Stephen Chung: Last Names A-G

• Catelyn Givens: Last Names H-O
• Valerie Bullock: Last Names P-Z
• Alisha Panjwani: Counselor Registrar (Enrollment, SOS,
504)
• Crystelle Westhoff: School Counseling Clerk
• Alicia Smith: School Registrar
• Kaylin Walters: School Counseling Intern
Essential Question
How do I plan for my future?
 Let’s talk about…

• Reading your transcript

• Graduation requirements – where do you stand?
• Knowing your HOPE status
• Naviance
• Dual Enrollment
• How do my interests relate to careers?
• Naviance’s Career Interest Profiler
 Transcript Check

• Find your GPA

• Check the accuracy of your social security number
(999 numbers)
• Find the number of credits earned and attempted
• Make sure all credits earned (including middle school
credits) are on your transcript
• Check your transcript against graduation requirements
Status Report
 Promotion Requirement Review

• Promotion to 11th grade:

Requires 10 credits, including
• 2 credits of English
• 2 credits of Math
• 2 credits of Science
HOPE Scholarship Information
www.gafutures.org
 My GPA

Cobb GPA HOPE GPA

• Weighting • Weighting
• .5 point Honors • O points Honors
• 1 point AP • .5 point AP, IB, DE (up to
a 4.0)
• Includes ALL classes
• Includes only 5 core subjects
• English, Math, Science,
Social Studies, & World
Languages
Which classes count toward HOPE?

All classes that begin with the following numbers…

23. x English
HOPE counts all courses that
27. x Mathematics
begin with the listed
26.x Science numbers…. required
40.x Science and elective courses.
45.x Social Studies Review course list at
60.x-64.x Foreign Language www.gafutures.org
??.x Additional courses approved for fourth
year of science

Check your HOPE GPA and review HOPE rigor

requirements at www.gafutures.org
 HOPE Eligibility
Scholarship Grant
• 3.0 core GPA as calculated by GSFC • No initial GPA requirement
(can be earned in college)
• Technical certificate or diploma
• Must earn a minimum of 4 credits
from the academic rigor course list
• Must have a high school diploma
or GED
prior to graduating from high school.
(Review your HOPE transcript on • Must be a GA resident for at least
GAfutures.org) one year (Green Card or
citizenship)
• Two year or four year degree
• Must graduate from a GA high school • Covers a percentage of tuition
• Must be a GA resident for at least one
year (Green Card or citizenship)
• Covers a percentage of tuition Apply by completing the FAFSA
after October 1st your senior year.
 What is Zell Miller?
Zell Miller Scholarship
• Requires 3.7 core high school (HOPE)
GPA as calculated by GSFC
• Requires 1200 SAT Math and Reading
or 26 ACT composite
• Must earn a minimum of 4 credits
from the academic rigor course list
prior to graduating from high school.
• Pays for two year or four year degree
• Must graduate from a GA high school
• Must be GA resident for at least one
year (Green Card or citizenship)
• Covers FULL tuition
• Applies automatically for Valedictorian
or Salutatorian
• Must maintain 3.3 GPA while in
college
Zell Miller Grant
• Requires 3.5 college GPA for grant
eligibility
• Does not require minimum test score
• Pays for certificate or diploma
• Must graduate from a GA high school
• Must be GA Resident for at least one
year (Green Card or citizenship)
• Covers FULL tuition (retroactively
covers previous semester once 3.5
GPA is earned)
• Must maintain 3.5 GPA while in
college
Apply by completing the FAFSA
after October 1st your senior year.
 Dual Enrollment
 Georgia’s Dual  The goal of Dual
Enrollment program Enrollment is to increase
allows high school college access and
students (9th – 12th completion, and prepare
grade) to earn college students to enter the
credit while working on workforce with the skills
their high school diploma. they need to succeed.
 The Dual Enrollment  If you’re interested in
program covers tuition, Dual Enrollment, speak
mandatory fees and with your school
required textbooks. counselor.
 Interested in Dual Enrollment?

• Research admissions requirements and application deadlines for colleges

• Take SAT/ACT/Accuplacer
• Look into full-time and part-time options
• Talk to your family about this experience
• Consider challenges…
• How your future college may view Dual Enrollment vs. Advanced Placement
• Rigorous college level classes
• Activities during and after the school day
• Transportation and parking
• Schedule complications
• Cobb County and college calendars are different—exam dates/breaks
 Naviance
Naviance is a delivery system and
college/career search engine, but it also
how we communicate with YOU and
your parents, throughout the year.
 Logging into Naviance

o If you’re on a CCSD computer, then you will be

automatically logged into Naviance.
o You can access Naviance from the CCSD homepage,
your school’s website, as well as your school
counseling department’s website.
o To log into Naviance from home, you will use the
following: User Name: Password:
Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365
User Name Password
Naviance Student homepage
 Enter Your Email Address

We need your email address so we can communicate important

information with you. Please get in the habit of checking email
frequently.
1. Click on the “About Me” link at the top.
2. Click on “My Account.”
3. Click on the Pencil Icon in the “Contact Information
Box.”
4. Enter your email address.
5. Click “Save.”
You can also use Naviance for…

 College and Career Planning

 Resume Builder
 Communicating with your Counselor
 Scholarship Searches
 Bridge Law

 Go to “My Planner” and click “Tasks”

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 Scroll down to “Tasks You Need to Work On”

 Complete Task 1 by selecting: “Learn about DE
Options”
 Select “take this survey” in the upper right hand
corner to begin the survey
 Answer questions and click “Save and Finish”
 Next, Complete the
Career Interest Profiler
• Go to “My Planner” and click “Tasks”
• Complete Task 2 by selecting: “Complete Career
Interest Profiler”
• Select “complete the Career Interest Profiler” in the
upper right hand corner
• Click “Start”
 Once Finished,
select “View
Matching Careers”
Explore Career Suggestions
& Save 3 as “Favorites”
All of Your Saved Careers Will Now
Be In Your Account Under
“Careers I’m Thinking About”
 Don’t Log Out!

 Wait for a counselor to confirm your completion

 Go to “My Planner” and then “Tasks” to show
completion status
 “Education is the passport to the
future, for tomorrow belongs to
those who prepare for it today.”
- Malcolm X

Something to think about…