Friday, September 25, 2009

Week 9/21-9/25

In class, we have reviewed both individual college selection criteria and worked with a partner to review college brochure and propaganda.  On 9/23 we attended a presentation with Baylor University and on 9/25 we saw UT-Austin.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Monday and Tuesday

Thanks to all the parents that attended the Open House.  It was a pleasure to meet all of you.

For the past 2 days, students have worked on ca Career Inventory Project in the computer lab which is due today at the end of class.

Tomorrow we are meeting back in the classroom.

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Career Talk

Today we watched a powerpoint on career planning for high school students.  

Remember the following:

Monday and Tuesday we will meet in RM 131!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

College Essay Group Assessment

We will work in groups per essay individually reviewed on Friday.  Groups will grade essay and present today!

Q/A and annotation due today.

Friday, September 4, 2009

Happy Labor Day Weekend!

Sorry, blog has been down for the last few days (Google did an update).

Today, we are annotating College application essays and answering a question set regarding the same.  Due on Tuesday when you walk into class.

Friday, August 28, 2009

COLLEGE APPLICATION ESSAY #1

We will be finishing up our rough draft of the college application essay #1 and starting our team building activity.  We will also be viewing a few video clips pertaining to the reasons we chose to go to college.

DON'T FORGET - ALL SUPPLIES ARE NEEDED FOR MONDAY, AUGUST 31ST!

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008

Hello class!!  Today, we started an overhead presentation on admissions essay requirements and do's and don'ts.  We also discussed the format of the essay and what colleges expect from your essay.

Journal Entry #3
"Why do I feel I should pursue my TOP career choice?"