Mrs. Law's Lexington Junior High Blog

COLLEGE CREDIT PLUS You are invited to attend a special meeting to inform about the College Credit Plus program. This program enables students in grades 7-12 to earn college and high school credits at the same time by taking college courses from a public or private college or university. This program was enacted by the state of Ohio in September 2014 and began in the 2015-2016 school year. The purpose of the College Credit Plus program is to promote rigorous academic pursuits and to provide a wide variety of options to college-bound students. Colleges and universities will admit students based on their college-readiness. Students who will enter grades 7-12 and meet all the college entrance requirements are eligible to participate in the fall of 2018. The Lexington Local School District will offer students two ways to participate in the College Credit Plus program: The first is for the student to attend classes on public or private college or university campuses. The college ...

Attention Students and Parents: This year, we are offering a Pre-College planning meeting for 8th and advanced 7th grade students. This meeting will take place at 6:30 in the HS auditorium, Feb 6th. This meeting will cover many of the new terms you will hear as you begin to develop a plan for high school and college courses.  We hope to see you there!

Want to help your students explore opportunities for a successful future? From 7:00 to 9:00 PM on Tuesday,  November 15, 2016 ,  Defiance Senior High School  is hosting the twelfth annual  Engineering Evening . Students, parents, professionals, and the general public from the entire Northwest Ohio region (and beyond) are welcome to attend. Event URL:  http://web.defiancecityschools.org/users/manz/weblog/d6ef0/Engineering__Your_Future.html The sponsoring professional engineers society chose the  guest speaker .  Anne Zweibel , a structural engineer with bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Columbia University, works for Hardesty & Hanover. Her topic is “ Notes from a Career in Bridge Design ." There will also be  engineering/technology professionals  from various specialties to discuss their areas of expertise. Further, college representatives  of engineering/technology training programs will also be in attendanc...

Ohio Means Jobs The Ohio Means Jobs website features a student section to engage students in grades Kindergarten through 12th grade to start thinking about their careers. If you go to the Ohio Means Jobs website you can take a guided tour on the site.  Every student at Lexington Junior High creates an account. This account remains active even after graduation, so they can save information and refer back to it in one place in the future. (There is even an adult version!) For example, if your student completes career interest inventories or other assessments, the information is all saved in the “backpack” on the site.  All of the information on the site is saved. So if you started using the site when you were in elementary or middle school it will still be there for you to access and reference when you are in high school. There are cool features on the site including the opportunity to create a budget including rent or house payment, grocery costs and utilities.  T...

Want to help your students explore opportunities for a successful future? From 7:00 to 9:00 PM on Tuesday,  November 15, 2016 ,  Defiance Senior High School  is hosting the twelfth annual  Engineering Evening . Students, parents, professionals, and the general public from the entire Northwest Ohio region (and beyond) are welcome to attend. Event URL:  http://web.defiancecityschools.org/users/manz/weblog/d6ef0/Engineering__Your_Future.html The sponsoring professional engineers society chose the  guest speaker .  Anne Zweibel , a structural engineer with bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Columbia University, works for Hardesty & Hanover. Her topic is “ Notes from a Career in Bridge Design ." There will also be  engineering/technology professionals  from various specialties to discuss their areas of expertise. Further, college representatives  of engineering/technology training programs will also be in attendanc...

Careers Junior High is a great time to start exploring interests and learning about different careers. We will do a lot of activities with the students over these two years to explore different options available to them. Here are a couple of resources to get you started thinking about these things! www.bestcolleges.com This website has a lot of great resources on careers and different educational paths. www.ohiomeansjobs.com This is the website the students will become familiar with. It is FULL of real-world information! Have fun exploring!

Social Media Articles Social Media continues to be an issue for many of our students.  It can have implications far beyond the present day and so it is a common topic for many articles: 3 points to discuss with teens about anonymous messaging The 12 apps every parent of a teen should know about Lots more college admissions officers are checking your Instagram and Facebook Boost college applications with a positive online presence To the well-intentioned but ignorant parents of teenagers Teens are using secret hashtags to share dangerous habits What do college admissions officers look for on Facebook pages? Teens and technology use Cyberbullying risk is much higher for young women and moderate internet users Does social media affect college admissions, how to prepare your profiles Study: college application process gets social College admissions: using social media during admissions process Why many kids are leav...

Digital Footprint & College Admissions As a school community there has been a significant amount of time and emphasis encouraging students to be smart about your digital footprint - the information that you are posting and sharing through various social media outlets.  As a component of that we have often mentioned that the internet and social media can impact your college admissions or scholarship offerings.  Below are a few articles that speak to this: Do colleges look at prospective students’ social media? Colleges shift to using ‘big data’ – including social media– in admissions decisions How Social Media can Ruin Your Application College admissions: Social Media Tune Up Colleges are spying on applicants by quietly tracking them across the internet      (Please note that this article is not specific to social media, but rather how colleges are looking at your level of interest in their school based upon internet rela...