This newsletter's primary purpose is to communicate happenings within Johnson City School's middle school CTE programs and to inform of programs, activities, and other opportunities available to our students.

Homework Club AV students have released the first edition of the Hawks Nest News Digital Newsletter! With the oversight of ITMS Digital Media teacher Taleah Rogers, the students completed interviews, wrote articles, placed in digital format along with graphic design, and edited the material.

Below are photos documenting all of the amazing hands-on culminating experiences ITMS students had at the end of last semester! Sixth grade students made pudding; 7th graders created Rice Krispie Treats; and 8th graders baked sugar cookies. In addition, classes had a day of career games as well as group building projects, with some creating a mini-golf course.

Major Clarity is a career exploration platform provided for our students that offers highly-personalized, student-driven academic and career planning tools. After students complete the Personality Assessment, a 48-question inventory that takes about 5 minutes to complete, they can go to the Career Exploration tab on the side-bar menu to find their top-ranked careers to explore further.

Students can also begin to develop their academic plan for high school and their career and education goals in the My Career Plan option on the side-bar menu. They can click on the various tabs to write their career goal, select their education goals, and enter clubs, extracurricular activities, and test scores and certifications. By selecting the blue oval in the top right corner, which says

View Career Plan, the student can view a 3-page PDF document that contains a summary of all their assessment results, starred careers, schools, and scholarships, and the classes they have selected to consider for high school. This document can be printed and/or downloaded to save.

The program has been placed in our SSO Portal, and all teachers and students are automatically rostered, meaning no usernames or passwords are required. Take the time to explore this tool today!

How To Log In To Major Clarity:

1. Go to the SSO Portal

2. Click on the MajorClarity Icon

3. Navigate through the sidebar menu. Feel free to explore...you can't mess up!

To view Tutorial Videos on all the menu options in Major Clarity, go to https://sciencehill.jcschools.org/counselors/major-clarity

Look in this section of the newsletter each month for more info on Major Clarity in the future.

Selecting "View Career Plan" uploads a 3-page PDF document of the student's work within Major Clarity, which can be printed out and/or downloaded for saving.

Current 8th graders/rising 9th graders and their parents/guardians will soon be asked to schedule an appointment on one of the below dates to attend High School 4-year Plan meetings at SHHS. If a student has completed preliminary academic planning in Major Clarity, the student can access their plan by following the steps above for the Career Plan. A printout of the PDF will be in their student files at SHHS for the meeting.

Be looking for information that will be forthcoming. The dates are as follows:

Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Thursday, March 6, 2025

Monday, March 10, 2025

Thursday, March 13, 2025

Major Clarity provides the below presentations to inform our students of the various career paths they can "test drive" in the area of Arts, A/V Tech and Communications. At SHHS, students have the opportunity to explore the A/V pathway as well as that of Journalism.

Career Paths in Graphic Design include etchers and engravers, desktop publishers, and art directors. Journalism and writing careers could include poets, lyricists, creative writers and travel guides.

Email: winigerj@jcschools.org
Location: 718 Morningside Drive
Phone: 423-232-2192
Twitter: @winigerjill