Post Graduation Prep

Students may see any counselor on the staff regarding personal issues. For educational decisions or registration, students are to see their assigned counselor.  Except for unusual circumstances, students should see their counselor before or after school, or between classes, or at lunch. Counselors cannot see students during class unless a teacher has sent the student or the counselor sends for the student. Students may request an appointment by filling out a purple slip in the Counseling office. 

Counselors seek to provide students with up-to-date occupational and career information. Students should understand that the courses they select often have a significant bearing on the options open to them in the future. A career interest survey is available to students upon request; students then receive an in-depth computer analysis of their career interests. A scholarship search program is also available to students. 

Provide students with strategies for success both in high school and college and ongoing preparation for college admissions. Students are encouraged to choose high school courses and curriculum with their post-high school training and/or career goals in mind. To assist students and parents in this exploration, various materials and programs are available. These programs include small group sessions with junior and senior students regarding the details and processes of choosing a college, testing, admissions requirements, and applications for admissions and financial aid. Many colleges send admission representatives to visit the high school each year. Students and families are urged to take advantage of these visitations and other informational programs.  

Individual Career and Academic Plan

ICAP is a multi-year process that intentionally guides students and families in exploring career, academic, and postsecondary opportunities, with the support of meaningful career conversationalists. Students develop the awareness, knowledge, attitudes, and skills to create meaningful and powerful pathways to career and college readiness.

ICAP is a foundational tool that gives students ownership of a process that helps them explore their unique talents and aspirations, participate in career and postsecondary options, and create pathways to financial success after high school.  Students will receive ICAP instruction during advisory using the Schoolinks to plan post-graduation life. Schoolinks can be found on the students' class links page.

Central High School is committed to providing students with coursework and potential internships that would prepare all students for the next level, whether that be a 2 or 4 year college, a trade school, or the workforce.  Part of this plan is to recommend 2 college level courses for all students: AP Language for All as part of Comp 11 and an additional course that receives weighted grades.