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Time Management Know that your senior year will go by in a flash. Keep in mind all important deadlines and keep up with your course work.

Stay Organized Use planner or smart phone in order to keep up.

Communicate Your parents, teachers, counselors, and advisors are here for you!

CLASS OF 2017 Class Input and Selections

Cap & Gown Measurements

Senior Showcase Planning

1GRADUATION

Review Transcript

Calculate GPA

Review & Plan for Tests

2COLLEGE CAREER

MyMajors

Top 3 Colleges

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STUDENT NAME: PAPA CLASS OF 2018

Summer Packet Public Academy for Performing Arts

SCHOLARSHIPS FAFSA

Resources

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Class of 2018 Summer packets will be turned in on the first day of school.

We have put this summer packet together with very useful information for you during your senior year. We expect for you to spend quality time on every part of this packet; please do your best.

Class Input & Selections / Cap and Gown

Next year will be filled with upcoming deadlines and projects that you need to get done. In order to best reach you, we need an email that you check everyday.

We also need to order your caps and gowns and gather information for the graduation ceremony. We have created a survey for you to fill out and tell us all of this info. Please keep in mind, your cap and gown will be ordered by PAPA staff. Your Senior Fees will cover the cost of the order.

You will receive the Class of 2018 Graduation Planning Survey via email. Please use your school Gmail account. If you are unable to access the survey via email please, type this link (exactly) into your web browser.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeK-r86U3FEDOil0bQ9jKnb0C5FSjMs6pfLrTsjQ9rXlPYoGQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

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STUDENT NAME

“Don’t count the days, make the days count” - Muhammad Ali

SENIORSHOWCASE

SeniorShowcasewillbeforma:eddifferentlythisyear.AllSeniorswillbeenrolledinan“IndependentPerformanceMentorship”classwhichwillcountfor.5credithoursandisnecessaryforgraduaHon.

Thefollowingisdueonthefirstdayofschool:

1. Request&acceptanceofaperformingartsmentor

2. CompleHonofatentaHveperformanceplanoutline.

3. Seniorsmustbeenrolledinaclasswiththeirmentorthisyear.

4. SetupameeHngduringthefirstweekofschoolwithyourmentorsoheorshecansetupascheduleofworksinprogress/rehearsal/feedbacksessions/etc.StudentswillalsoplanfortheirperformanceperthePerformingArtsSchedule.WewillshowcaseSeniorsatcertaineventsthisyearinlieuofhavingonecombinedshow.

5. LackofpreparaHonandfailuretomeetwithyourmentorasscheduledwillresultinafailfortheclass.

6. SeniorShowcaseisarequiredinordertoparHcipateinthegraduaHonceremony.

TENTATIVESENIORSHOWCASEPLAN:Pleasea:achyourdetailedplantothisSummerPacket.

MENTORREQUESTED:

MENTORSIGNATURE

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Graduation

Review YOUR unofficial PAPA transcript - it is in this packet, Appendix page 1. NOTE: Junior year semester 2 grades are not included. You will get these grades in the mail with your report card. Alternatively you may also access your grades through PowerSchool.

Once you have reviewed your transcript, it is your job to calculate your own GPA including Junior year semester 2 final grades. You can do this by following the instructions on the GPA Worksheet attached (Appendix page 2).

Self-calculated GPA: __________________

Please indicate any credit recovery courses need:_______________________________________

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STUDENT NAME

Review and Plan for College Entrance Tests

Test Taken? Yes / No

Score When will you take/ retake it?

ACT

SAT

ACCUPLACER

OTHER

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YOU HAVE SO MANY OPTIONS… Follow your dreams!

Plan for them, too. Most priority applications for admission are due in December.

Start your process now!

Priority deadline for federal financial aid is March 1st.

STUDENT NAME

Use the collegedata.com search engine to find colleges you may be interested in. This site will assist you with your “college chances,” which is an estimate of your admission chances at any college. This is helpful to see how to improve your odds. This site also provides a College Match, Net Price Calculator, Financial Aid Tracker, and more!

College Career

Complete activity worksheets from MyMajors magazine (Appendix pages 3-5):

1. Find a MAJOR

2. Find a COLLEGE

3. Find a CAREER

We selected these worksheets because they are valuable. They will allow you to find information that will be useful in the very near future.

Follow all instructions and do your best. These worksheets are for YOU. Scholarships and Financial Aid

Complete activity worksheet: Find a SCHOLARSHIP (Appendix page 6)

Complete the following College and Career Planing (Google Doc. Survey)

https://docs.google.com/a/paparts.net/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScUInpxNHoQavIKaO68K5Eh__cGI1qMMJQlN53E0eiTQcRt0A/viewform?usp=sf_link

Find out who government financial aid you can apply for, and how, in Do You Need Money for College? at StudentAid.gov/needmoney

Watch the “Overview of the Financial Aid Process” video at www.YouTube.com/FederalStudentAid to learn about getting student aid from the government.

Be careful when searching for scholarships: Read “Don’t Get Scammed on Your Way to College!” at StudentAid.gov/resources#consumer-protection.

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STUDENT NAME

Senior Packet Check-List

Do all the things.

______________________________________________ Student Signature/Date

Did you do it? (only acceptable answer is yes)

Assignment

Class of 2018 Graduation Planning (Google Doc Survey)

Calculate own GPA

Indicate Credit Recovery Needs (If Applicable)

Fill out the Review and Plan for Tests chart

Find a MAJOR worksheet

Find a COLLEGE worksheet

Find a CAREER worksheet

Find a SCHOLARSHIP worksheet

Watch/read the financial aid links

College and Career Planning (Google Doc Survey)

Cap Decoration Planning (See handout and template in your folder)

New and Improved Senior Showcase Overview (TBA by Ms. Montoya)

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