Sophomore Grade Level Information

At ERHS your school counselor provides services by addressing your academic, college and career and social emotional development needs. Your school counselor is assigned to your by your last name.

• A transcript is a record of every class you've completed at ERHS. It's important that you are familiar with this document and to ask questions when there is something listed that you don't understand.
• Below are directions on how to access your transcript through student connect.
• You should have 60 credits at this time. If you have less than 60, you should speak with your counselor to make a plan.
• You need 220 credits to graduate.
  
• Find your GPA (grade point average).
• Students can take Summer School to make up credits in core classes but there are NO Guarantees the class you need will be offered or have availability!
• Click this link for directions on how to access your transcript.

• Keep your grades up
• Challenge Yourself
• Look for Leadership Opportunities
• Start visiting colleges and create your college list
• Think about your future

• Each student has their own California College account.
• Getting to know your personality, preferences, talents and learning how to use those qualities to help you pick a career that would be a good fit for you is very important.
• We use CaliforniaColleges.edu to help you get to know yourself and help guide you to college and career choices.
• We would like you to complete the Multiple Intelligences survey. Please click on the link and follow the directions.

A major is a specific subject area college students specialize in. Typically, between one third and one half of the courses you take in college will be for your major. The first thing you do when picking a major is what you like to do. By the time you graduate high school you will have enough information and experience from your classes to figure out what you might or might not be interested in pursuing. California Colleges provides major searches. Please click on the Major Search Link and use this tool search for majors that interest you.

It's important that we all recognize that we need to take care of ourselves especially in times of stress or change. Your counselor is there for you if you need to talk or if you need referrals. Click on the picture to fill out a referral form.

Social and emotional learning (SEL) is the process through which all of us (humans) understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions. SEL is broken into 5 core competencies or skills: they are self-awareness, social awareness, relationship skills, responsible decision making and self-management. Today we are going to focus on Self Awareness.