Guidance

The primary purpose of guidance is to assist students in making important decisions. These decisions involve selection of courses and information, developing insight, examining alternatives, and making plans. All of this must be done within the framework of God's Word, and must be based on a realistic evaluation of one's abilities, interests, and past performance.

A guidance center provides services for the Junior/Senior High School. These primarily include:

  • maintaining college/career resource files and a library of guidance materials
  • assisting students in making decisions regarding course selection, post- secondary education, and careers. (Individual conferences for grades 9-12)
  • developing student schedules
  • providing career awareness courses and programs. (Career Days, Career Awareness Course for grade 11)
  • coordinating student testing and scholarships/awards
  • facilitating the college admissions process
  • developing orientation/informational programs for parents/students. (grades 7, 8, 9 -
    Orientations; grades 10, 11, 12 - SAT class)

Parents are encouraged to communicate with the guidance counselor to request assistance and information.

CAREER CENTER

The Career Center is available for student and parent use. There one will find college catalogs and other information about individual colleges, SAT and ACT information and help, financial aid information and help, and many handbooks on careers and colleges. These materials are temporarily housed in the Guidance Counselor's Office.

TIME TABLE FOR CAREER PLANNING

Seniors

You are on the last leg of your post-high school career-planning program. By now, you have probably made a number of decisions about yourself and your career possibilities and interests.
If you have not, by now, been able to narrow your attention to some specific careers and career planning, you need to give some hard thought to these matters now. See the guidance counselor to help you with materials and things to help you in your thinking.

SEPTEMBER - DECEMBER

  1. See the guidance counselor to help you crystallize your post-high school plans.
  2. Using the College Handbook (in Mrs. Silverman's office), college catalogs, etc., choose three of four colleges or training programs to explore and complete applications.
  3. Register in early fall to take the SAT or ACT (depending on what the colleges of your choice require). First tests are in October.
  4. Take every opportunity to talk to college representatives that are visiting the school. Even if the college is not one you think you are interested in, talking with a representative may help you formulate your thinking.
  5. Keep up your high school grades - - these are the last grades colleges will see before making decisions about your admission and financial aid.
  6. By November, plan visits with colleges or schools in which you are interested and which are near enough to visit.
  7. If you have SATs of a 1,000 or better and at least a "B" average, begin scholarship research in colleges and organizations in fields which you have interest. See Mrs. Silverman for help.
  8. Attend college nights at high schools & county colleges. (Early November, Late October at King's)
  9. By November, make applications to schools of your choice and interest. Seriously consider Christian Colleges.

JANUARY - APRIL

  1. Begin to prepare the financial aid forms. Note: Federal or State aid forms are not accepted before January 1st.
  2. Be sure all the forms needed are sent to your selected schools.
  3. Check with colleges to see that all materials, including score reports and copies of financial statements, have been received. Most colleges will not consider an application if any part of it is missing.
  4. Keep working. Second semester grades must be reported to colleges and admission is generally contingent on "satisfactory completion" of the senior year.
  5. Try not to be discouraged during the seemingly long period of waiting to hear the results from your applications.
  6. Make plans for summer employment to help you with the finances necessary for school in the fall.

Juniors

You have probably been narrowing down your career thinking. This year much of that thinking will take the form of some plans that may effect the rest of your life.
Career thinking in the form of college or work planning does not have to be difficult or confusing if an orderly approach to it is followed. What it boils down to is this:

  1. Knowing yourself - the interests and talents that God had entrusted to you. (Who has God made you to be?)
  2. Knowing the possibilities that exist in the world of work. (Where can you invest your talents and gifts as a steward, accountable to God?)
  3. Planning the steps needed to become an active steward in the role God has for you. (What is your next step?)
    Your junior year is planned with a number of activities to help you in all three of these areas. Feel free to talk with Mrs. Silverman at any time to get your career plans rolling.

SEPTEMBER - DECEMBER

  1. Think about what you know about yourself and what you think you might enjoy doing as your lifetime occupation. Explore career files in the library to help you develop your career awareness.
  2. Pray about your plans throughout the year.
  3. Take the PSAT at the end of October.
  4. Talk over PSAT scores with Mrs. Silverman to see what help these may be in your post-high school planning.
  5. Talk to as many of the college representatives that visit TKCHS and at college fairs as possible. This will broaden your understanding of colleges even if you are not particularly interested in the one that is represented.
  6. Take Careers Class.

JANUARY

"Register for the March SAT, or March ACT. (or earlier!)

MARCH

"Register for the May or June SAT, or April ACT.

JANUARY - JUNE

  1. Parents and students meet with Mrs. Silverman to discuss course selection and your personal career plans. Review course selection with a view toward graduation requirements.
  2. If you are thinking of college or other post-high school education, make use of the college catalogues and college choice information in the career center. Use the COLLEGE HANDBOOK in the career center.

JANUARY - SUMMER

"Visit the campuses of several colleges or schools that you think may meet your needs for training to be a faithful steward of the gifts and talents God has entrusted to you.

SUMMER

  1. You may want to find a summer job to begin saving for college.
  2. Many schools will accept early applications during the summer after your junior year.
  3. Get applications from colleges you are interested in applying for admissions.
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