5th grade parent orientation

We had a wonderful turn-out last night as we hosted the 5th grade parents for middle school orientation night. If you were unable to attend or still have more questions, please call the middle school and you will be directed to the appropriate staff member. We can't wait to meet the incoming 6th grade students next year!

Career Lunch Time Speakers

As part of the 8th grade guidance curriculum, the counselors have invited guest speakers to come in and talk to interested 8th graders about their careers. This is following the True Colors classroom lesson that the counselors delivered in February. Each 8th grader was able to determine their personality type, which was represented by 4 different colors, blue, orange, green, and gold. The guest speakers have also represented these colors and students are able to sign up to come hear about their career path. We started in February with "Blues" being represented by Mrs. Stacey Oswald (director of Campus Life in Lowell) and Ms. Laurie Kuna (former Lowell teacher, school board member, and author). March was the month for "Orange" with Mrs. Patty Sellner (athletic trainer) and Officer Toddy Summerhays (Lowell schools police liaison). Mr. Ross Otten (engineer) visited us last week to represent the "Greens" and Dr. Kim Mast (veterinarian) will be coming this week. Our final speakers for the "Golds" will be Mrs. Heather Cooper (pilot), and Sergeant Matthew Boulis to talk about careers in the military.

Educational Development Plans

The counselors worked with the social studies classes for both 7th and 8th grade to help them create their Educational Development Plans (EDPs). A student creates their EDP in 7th grade, and it is a tool that stays with them throughout high school. We use a program called Career Cruising to help students gain insight into future career possibilities. Within their EDP, students are able to save potential career paths, research specific jobs, set/save goals, and much more as they get older. We hope that students will re-visit their EDP throughout the school year (and summer), and share the information with their parents. Here is how a student logs into his/her EDP: 1) Go to careercruising.com 2) Log in with, username: lowell, password: arrows 3) To log in to their personal EDP -- 7th grade: username: las-first initial, middle initial, full last name, and the number 20 password: las + student ID 8th grade: all the same except the number 19 goes after their last name

Freshman Orientation Date

A message from the High School Counselors: Class of 2019 Orientation Thursday, February 12, 2015 Lowell Performing Arts Center 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM Please enter on the West side of the building. This orientation is for parents and their children who will be entering high school in the fall of 2015.

Today in STARS we talked about body image and the pressures that are put on young girls to look a certain way. This can be a difficult topic for some girls to talk about, so if your daughter is participating in STARS it might be nice to have a follow-up discussion at home tonight. The link below is one of the videos we watched together. http://realbeautysketches.dove.us/

Variety Show - Tonight!

Come support and be entertained by our middle school students who are participating in the Variety Show tonight! The show is at the LPAC and begins at 7:00.

STARS has begun!

We are so excited to begin another year with our STARS mentorship program. Yesterday we met with 45 6th grade girls and 24 8th grade girls to start this wonderful experience. STARS will continue to meet up until Christmas break. Here is the schedule for dates and hours we meet: November 12 - 3rd hour November 19 - 4th hour December 3 - 5th hour December 10 - 6th hour December 17 - 7th hour