
College and Career Newsletter
September 2022
From Mrs. Myrick
Seniors: Keep working hard on your college essays and applications! As a reminder, please make sure you are asking teachers for letters of recommendation at least 3 weeks before the due date for applications. I am happy to review essays and applications, so feel free to schedule time with me!
If you have not submitted your After Grad Packet you must submit that before I can write any letters of recommendation. Please turn those in ASAP! You can email the packet directly to me at kelli.myrick@stemk12.org
Please make sure you are completing the below form when you start receiving college acceptances!!!!
Juniors: Now is the time to start thinking about where you want to go to college! Go to as many college fairs as possible, speak with all different types of schools, and sign up to get on the mailing lists for those colleges.
I will be hosting as many colleges as possible throughout each week. Naviance will have all of the college visits that are currently scheduled. If there is a college coming that you are interested in, come to my office at the bottom of the stairs by the HS Commons to meet with the college admissions representative. Make sure you bring any questions you may have!
As always, feel free to come by my office and chat, email, or schedule an appointment if you have any questions!
- Mrs. M
Common App and Naviance Account Matching
College Visits at STEM
College visits will run a bit different this year. We are only offering visits during lunch periods (still in my office, 124 at the bottom of the stairs by the HS Commons).
The schedule is as follows:
For Monday - Thursday visits (11:15am-1:10pm):
Come down to my office (124) during your lunch times. Representatives will be leaving by 1pm if no students come to visit, so C lunch please make sure you come down as soon as the lunch period begins!
For Friday visits (11:00am-12:30pm):
Come down to my office (124) during your lunch times. Representatives will be leaving at 12:30pm, so C lunch please make sure you come down as soon as the lunch period begins!
- Thursday, September 1: Texas A&M University
- Thursday, September 8: University of Colorado Denver
- Monday, September 12: Drake University Leaving STEM at 1pm
- Tuesday, September 13: Saint Joseph's University 11:30am arrival
- Monday, September 19: University of Colorado Boulder
- Thursday, September 22: Worcester Polytechnic Institute Leaving STEM at 1pm
- Monday, September 26: Hofstra University Leaving STEM at 1pm
- Tuesday, September 27: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
- Wednesday, September 28: Oregon Institute of Technology
- Thursday, September 29: University of East Anglia (UK University)
- Friday, September 30: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University 9:30-10am
- Friday, September 30: Colorado State University
October
- Monday, October 3: University of Colorado Colorado Springs Leaving STEM at 1pm
- Tuesday, October 4: California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
- Friday, October 7: University of Arizona
- Tuesday, October 11: Fort Lewis College
- Monday, October 24: Colorado Mesa University
- Wednesday, October 26: Creighton University
November
- Wednesday, November 2: San Diego State University
- Thursday, November 3: South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
- Wednesday, November 9: Oklahoma State University
Letters of Recommendation
Teacher Letters of Recommendation: Once your Common App and Naviance account are linked (video is above!), you can request letters of recommendation from the teacher drop down menu. If the school you are applying to is not in the Common App, please email me and I can work with you directly on how best to receive letters of recommendation for your school.
As a reminder, not all schools allow or require letters of recommendation. Please make sure you are reading the requirements for each school you are applying to!
College Fairs
Colleges That Change Lives will be August 16, 2022 from 7:00-9:00pm at the Colorado Convention Center. Registration information can be found here.
Virtual Fairs:
- Sunday, September 11 from 11am-4pm MT
- Sunday, October 9 from 11am-4pm MT
- Sunday, November 6 from 11am-4pm MT
In Person Fair:
- Sunday, September 25 from 1-4pm MT at the Denver Coliseum
College Fairs of Greater Denver will have 3 in person college fairs in the greater Denver area. Registration information can be found here.
- Wednesday, September 28 (Out-of-State College Fair) at Monarch High School from 6:00-8:00pm.
- Thursday, September 29 (Out-of-State College Fair) at Denver South High School from 5:30-7:30pm.
- Saturday, October 1 (In and Out-of State College Fair) at Mountain Vista High School from 10:00am - 12:00pm.
Christian College Fairs of Colorado will have 4 in person college fairs in the greater Denver area. Registration information can be found here.
- Monday, September 19 at Colorado Springs Christian High School from 6-8pm
- Tuesday, September 20 at Lutheran High School (Parker) from 6-8pm
- Wednesday, September 21 at Resurrection Christian School (Loveland) from 6-8pm
- Thursday, September 22 at Faith Christian High School (Arvada) from 6-8pm
Concurrent Enrollment Corner
As we get ready for Fall semester, here is some important information:
- If your student plans to take any online courses, the cost per credit cost for online courses is higher than what STEM is funded to pay per course credit. Families are expected to pay the difference and will get a letter from me with the charge that will be billed to them in their student's MySchoolBucks account.
- If your student is going off-campus, please be aware there will be additional fees that families are responsible for. Some of these fees include registration fee, health and wellness fee, student activity fee, etc. Check the college's website for specifics. We do not want families surprised by these fees!!!!
- If your student is full-time off-campus, please remind them to still check STEM email for information about concurrent enrollment and any other important information. I send out communication to STEM email addresses.
- If your student is in an off-campus class and is struggling, please have them contact me or their counselor. We can step in to support even though the class is off-campus.
Pre-College Opportunities
Temple University Japan: TUJ invites high school students to a summer of language and cultural experiences in Tokyo. The 8-night program includes a unique mix of Japanese language classes and one of four exciting electives. Applications open October 1, 2022!
https://www.tuj.ac.jp/hs-summer-program
The Coding School: Future AI Leaders Program - Offered virtually with live instruction by a Harvard researcher, this is a two-semester course that is open to any high school students in the United States. Each week, students will participate in a lecture, code in lab with a Teaching Assistant, and complete a homework or project, culminating with a capstone project that will be reviewed by a panel of leading AI experts in academia and industry. September 18, 2022 - April 16, 2023. https://the-cs.org/train
Volunteer and Employment Opportunities
- In shop employees and drivers (drivers must be 18 or older)
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