J.E.B.StuartHighSchool September17,2014 StudentServicesNewseltter StudentServicesStaffWelcomesSocialWorker AsmaAhmad Insidethisissue Jr/Sr Parent Night ....................... 2 Besware! ..................................... 2 We are so excited to welcome Asma Ahmad to our team as our new school so‐ cial worker. Asma is a product of FCPS and grew up not far from J.E.B. Stuart High School on Columbia Pike. Her recent experience was with the Office for Women & Domes c and Sexual Violence Services; and, she also served as a Clinical Supervisor at the Victoria Transcultural Clinical Center, a local provider of intensive home‐based counseling services. Of special interest, Asma speaks Urdu and Spanish, and places a high value on family and community outreach. FCPSFamilyConnection All students should be using their FCPS Family Connec on account for college searches, career searches. Students can access a great deal of valuable infor‐ ma on by logging in to the program. Parents can also view Family Connec‐ on. Login for both students and parents is through their FCPS 24/7 (Blackboard) account. By registering for Family Connec on students and parents will receive mely emails from Mrs. Kelley about college, scholarships and edu‐ ca onal programs. College Fair/Night ....................... 2 SAT/ACT ...................................... 2 Freshman Transi on ................... 3 Join Us‐Jr/Sr Parents ................... 3 ReadiStep/PSAT .......................... 3 Follow Us on Twi er ................... 3 Student Services Staff Michelle Flynn, Director of Student Services Counselors Gloria Rubin, School Counselor Carissa Camacho, School Counselor Virginia Jus s, School Counselor Richeal Fretwell, School Counselor Ann Elise Schneider, School Counselor Linda Hardy, School Counselor Dan Zarchin, School Counselor Student Services Support Staff Kari Kelley, Career Center Specialist Larry Jamieson, School Psychologist Asma Ahmad, School Social Worker Kerry Preble, Registrar ThankYouforSupportingJunior/SeniorParentNight,September11th We had a highly successful Junior Senior Parent night on September 11, and will have our Senior Career Units on September, 16, 17 & 18. The college applica on process along with informa on about the Pathway program will be presented by Mrs. Kelley, then students will meet with their counselors in small groups to discuss gradua on re‐ quirements and individual issues. If you have ques ons about your child’s college search or college ap‐ plica ons please make an appoint‐ ment with his or her Counselor or Mrs. Kelley in the Career Center. “We can do anything we want to if we s ck to it long enough.” ‐ Helen Keller Beware“CollegeAdmissionsAssistance” It has come to our a en on that some of our parents and students are receiving unsolicited emails from “College Admissions Assis‐ tance” this is a company that uses high pressure tac‐ cs to persuade parents to pay for college admissions assistance and has been the subject of many consumer complaints. It’sTimefor CollegeFair/ CollegeNight! Fall is a busy me, but it is the per‐ fect me for high school students to explore colleges. On October 19, and 20 Fairfax County public schools sponsors College Fair at the Fair Oaks Mall and College Night at Hay‐ field Secondary School, this is a great place for Sophomores and Juniors to start their college explora on. Infor‐ ma on about these events, including a list of par cipa ng colleges is avail‐ able at www.fcps.edu/is/ schoolcounseling/collegefair 2 SAT/ACTTesting On the issue of tes ng, Stuart is a test center for both the SAT and the ACT tests. Our recommenda on is that all Juniors take BOTH the SAT and the ACT in the SPRING of their junior year, and if needed again in the fall of senior year. Students who receive free and reduced lunch can obtain a fee waiver for a one SAT test and one ACT test in their Junior and Senior year. Students must reg‐ ister ONLINE for the tests, by going to www.collegeboard.com for the SAT and www.actstudent.org for the ACT. Please note: the Stuart school code for both the SAT and the ACT is: 470‐797. FreshmanTransition The counselors will hold freshman transi on units with the Freshman class on October 9 and 10 and October 23 and 24. These units are designed to help freshman bridge the educa‐ onal and social gap between middle school and high school. Junior/SeniorParentCoffee-JoinUs! Student Services will also host a Junior Senior Parent Coffee on Friday Octo‐ ber 17, at 8:00 am. This is a me for you to chat with the school counseling staff in a more informal se ng. DoYouFollow UsonTwitter Yet? If not, what are you wai ng for? For informa on about the college applica on process, scholarships, school informa on, mental health re‐ sources, etc. Have your student fol‐ low us too! NewTranscriptAuthorization&ReleaseForm This year we have a new transcript authoriza on and release form. These must be on file for the transcripts to be sent to the colleges. The form is avail‐ able from the Student Services Office and it is part of the Senior Packet which is available on the Stuart Website and in Family Connec on under the shared document folder. Follow J.E.B. Stuart Student Services on Twitter @JEBStudentSvcs ReadiStep/PSATTesting Wednesday October 15 is a special day at Stuart. FCPS pays for all sopho‐ mores to take the PSAT test, but Juniors who want to receive their tests score reports must pay a fee of $17.00. Students will be able to pay for the test in the Career Center during lunch on October 3rd, 7th, 8th. Checks should be made payable to JEB Stuart High School, and we would appreciate it if you would put your child’s name and grade on the memo line. Ninth grade stu‐ dents will be taking the Readistep assessment. The Readistep is part of the College Board’s College and Career Readiness integrated assessments. It pro‐ vides feedback to help students iden fy the skills they need to be college and career ready. Find out more about the College Board assessments at h p:// pathway.collegeboard.org/ . 3
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