College, Career, Military Readiness
Newsletter 2023 - 2024 Vol. IV
Welcome Students, Parents, Faculty & Staff:
This is the last CCMR Newsletter for the 2023-2024 school year. We hope you have found the information shared in our newsletters valuable for your child. We look forward to our continued collaboration in making sure our South Texas ISD graduates are College, Career, and Military Ready!
What is CCMR?
College Career and Military Readiness (CCMR) is an initiative introduced by the state of Texas to ensure students are well-prepared for success after high school. The program emphasizes the development of essential skills and knowledge required for college education, career readiness, and military service. It focuses on providing students with comprehensive guidance, support, and resources to explore a wide range of post-secondary pathways.
Students and parents will be able to find important information regarding FASFA, Scholarships, Dual Credit, Testing, CTE Programs of Study and mandatory deadlines.
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Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
Link: FAFSA
🚨ALERT🚨:
The State Priority Deadline was extended to March 15, 2024 for the 2024-2025 application year by the THECB. This is only for the specified application year and will revert to January 15 for future years. It is important to complete and submit this application with all required documentation to the financial aid office on or before to be considered for the most financial aid possible.
What do I need?
- Verified account username and password (FSA ID)
- Parent or spouse contributor name, date of birth, Social Security number, and email address
- Income and asset information (if required)
What is an FSA ID?
An FSA ID consists of an account username and password that you create in order to gain access to the U.S. Department of Education’s online systems, including StudentAid.gov. An FSA ID can also serve as your legal signature when completing electronic documents.
You’ll need your Social Security number (SSN) (if applicable) and your own email address to create an FSA ID.
Beginning with the 2024–25 FAFSA form, all contributors must create their own FSA ID to access and complete their portion of the FAFSA form. Starting December 2023, contributors without an SSN can create an FSA ID.
**Student and parent/guardian will each have to create their own FSA ID
How do I create my FSA ID?
Click here to create your FSA ID
The Texas Application for State Financial Aid (TASFA)
Link: Website Link
The Texas Application for State Financial Aid (TASFA) is a free application that collects information to help determine eligibility for state (or institutional) financial aid programs administered by institutions of higher education in the state of Texas.
Students classified as Texas residents who are not eligible to apply for federal financial aid using the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) are encouraged to complete the TASFA. To review the FAFSA filing requirements, visit studentaid.gov or contact the financial aid office at the institution you plan to attend. The federal application covers federal and state financial aid opportunities. If you meet the FAFSA filing requirements, then you should submit a completed FAFSA. DO NOT COMPLETE BOTH THE FAFSA AND TASFA.
🚨The 2024-2025 Online TASFA is not currently available. To ensure students maximize state financial aid funding, we encourage students to complete the paper TASFA. Please check back for updates.
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CTE Areas of Focus
🦷Dental Programs
What are the different type of dental degrees?
🦷Pediatric Dentistry
After completing your DDS/DDM degree, you can earn a certificate or a master's degree in pediatric dentistry if you're interested in practicing as a general dentist for children and adolescents. These programs focus on meeting the needs of all patients in this age group, from healthy children to sick or disabled children. Both certificate and master's degree programs can be structured to meet the criteria for certification from the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry.
🦷Oral and Maxillofacial Care
To become an oral or maxillofacial surgeon, you can earn a master's degree or a postgraduate certificate in oral or maxillofacial surgery. You'll learn to perform general and specialized surgery using anesthesia.
If you earn a master's degree or a certificate in oral and maxillofacial pathology, you'll explore the causes and nature of oral diseases, and you'll learn how to treat these issues through surgery and medication.
If you want to practice oral and maxillofacial radiology, you can earn a master's degree in this specialty. In this program, you'll learn how to use radiation to treat oral and maxillofacial diseases. This degree can also lead to research and teaching roles, and qualifies graduates to pursue certification from the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology.
🦷Orthodontics
As an orthodontist with a master's degree or a certificate in orthodontics, you'll specialize in correcting dental abnormalities. In the orthodontic program, you'll explore facial and cranial growth, and you'll learn how to adjust irregularities through surgery or corrective devices.
🦷Periodontics
You can earn either a master's degree or a postgraduate certificate in periodontics if you're interested in treating jaw and gum diseases. These programs include clinical and research experiences along with treatment plans, types of therapies and dental implantology.
🦷Prosthodontics
If you choose to earn a master's degree or a postgraduate certificate in prosthodontics, you'll learn about different methods for replacing missing teeth. In this program, topics you'll cover include fixed, removable and implant prosthetics.
🦷Endodontics
With a graduate degree or a certificate in endodontics, you'll treat root canal and dental pulp disorders. These programs address the structure of the jaw and teeth, and you'll learn how to perform advanced surgery.
🦷Dental Public Health
You could earn a master's degree in dental public health if you're interested in educating the community about dental health. You'll explore common dental problems and their causes in the United States. You'll also research and study outbreaks of oral diseases.
🦷Dental Assistant, Hygienist and Technician Degrees
If you want to assist a dentist during operations and perform other basic duties in a dental office, you can earn an associates' degree in dental assisting. This program will teach you dental terminology and will acquaint you with the tools used. You'll learn how to keep equipment sterile and organized. Coursework and hands-on experiences will also teach you about managing and preventing health hazards and performing chair-side assistance.
To become a dental hygienist, you can earn an associate's, bachelor's or master's degree in dental hygiene. In these programs, a few of the subjects you'll cover include facial and oral anatomy, oral problem prevention and dental equipment use. You'll also learn about treating people with special dental needs.
Dental Schools
Website:Admissions | School of Dentistry (uthscsa.edu)
Education requirements for dental school
- Applicants must have completed a minimum of 90 semester hours (or 134 quarter hours) at a regionally accredited U.S. or Canadian college or university.
- All pre-dental requirements listed in the table below must have been completed at a regionally accredited U.S. or Canadian university/college. Foreign coursework will not count towards meeting any of the prerequisites, even if transfer credit has been given for them by a U.S. or Canadian school.
- Each required course, listed in the table below, must be completed with a grade of C or better. Courses taken Pass/Fail or Credit/No Credit will not count towards meeting the requirement.
- Advanced placement credit is accepted only if the school granting the credit lists the specific course(s) and number of units granted per course on an official transcript. Lump sum credit is not accepted.
- Graduate courses do not satisfy the 90 hour requirement OR the required coursework.
- All required course work must be completed before OR by the time of enrollment into the dental school.
- Baccalaureate degrees are highly desirable. However, exceptionally mature students without a degree, who have outstanding academic records, superior performance on the respective admissions test and highly desirable personal qualifications may be considered for admission.
- The prescribed course requirements are the minimum requirements for admission to dental school. Applicants are best served to take additional upper-level course work so they are better prepared for the academic rigors of dental school.
Website: https://dentistry.tamu.edu/index.html
Degree's offered, see link for program description:
https://dentistry.tamu.edu/admissions/degrees-and-programs.html
Degree's offered:
🦷Doctor of Dental Surgery, DDS
🦷B.S. in Dental Hygiene
🦷M.S in Oral Biology
🦷Ph.D in Oral Biology
Advanced Clinical Certificate Programs
🦷Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD)
🦷Dental Public Health
🦷Endodontics
🦷Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology
🦷Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology
🦷Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
🦷Orthodontics
🦷Pediatric Dentistry
🦷Periodontics
🦷Prosthodontics
💊Pharmacy Programs
What is the practice of Pharmacy?
The practice of pharmacy is more than just counting out the right amount of a drug for a prescription. The Texas Pharmacy Act governs the practice of pharmacy and defines it as:
- providing an act or service necessary to provide pharmaceutical care;
- interpreting or evaluating a prescription drug order or medication order;
- participating in drug or device selection as authorized by law, and participating in drug administration, drug regimen review, or drug or drug-related research;
- providing patient counseling;
- being responsible for:
- dispensing a prescription drug order or distributing a medication order;
- compounding or labeling a drug and device other than by a manufacturer, repackager, or distributor of a nonprescription drug or commercially packaged prescription
- properly and safely storing a drug or device; or
- maintaining proper records for a drug or device;
- performing for a patient a specific act of drug therapy management delegated to a pharmacist by a written protocol from a physician licensed in this state in compliance with Subtitle B; or
- administering an immunization or vaccination under a physician's written protocol.
How does a person become a licensed pharmacist in Texas?
A person must:
💊graduate from a college of pharmacy with an accredited Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy (BS) or Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm D) degree (note: a minimum of five years is required to receive the BS degree and usually six years for the Pharm D). Graduates of a foreign college of pharmacy must show that their pharmacy education meets U.S. standards by passing the foreign pharmacy graduate equivalency exam;
💊complete an internship of 1,500 hours; and
💊pass a licensure examination given by the Texas State Board of Pharmacy, which includes the subjects of chemistry, mathematics, pharmacy, pharmacology, practice of pharmacy, and pharmacy law.
An applicant for licensure must also be at least 18 years of age and of good moral character.
Pharmacy Schools
Website: https://pharmacy.utexas.edu/
Requirements to be Considered for Application Review
Application requirements and other materials that must be completed by an appropriate deadline to be considered for REVIEW by the Admissions Committee:
· “Verified” PharmCAS application status
· Submission & payment of the UT Austin College of Pharmacy supplemental application
· Three letters of recommendation reflected in the PharmCAS application
· PCAT scores (if applicable)
Pre-Pharmacy Prerequisite Academic Requirements
· All pre-pharmacy prerequisites must be completed prior to matriculation into pharmacy school
· Final grades must be “C-“ (letter-grade basis) or better
· One must have successfully completed Biology II (or equivalent) by Summer 2023 for application consideration
· One must at least be enrolled in Organic Chemistry I by Fall 2023 for application consideration
· “CR” or “S” on the Pass/Fail grading basis will be accepted to fulfill pre-pharmacy prerequisites for the Spring 2020 semester.
📚Texas A&M University- Kingsville
Website: https://pharmacy.tamu.edu/
To be considered for admission into the PharmD program at the Rangel School of Pharmacy, applicants must:
- Have a cumulative GPA, as determined by PharmCAS, of 2.75 or higher and prerequisite GPA of 2.75 or higher.
- Complete all prerequisite coursework by Summer Session I in the year of matriculation.
- Earn a preferred composite PCAT score of 40 or higher and a preferred PCAT writing score of 3.0 or greater. (Optional, see more information below)
- Complete the Multiple Mini Interview with the PharmD Admission Committee.
For more information about these requirements, see Frequently Asked Admissions Questions.
Application Requirement Checklist
All applicants must submit the following:
- A complete application submitted online through PharmCAS
- A complete Supplemental Application submitted through the BAMF Portal
- The required, non-refundable Supplemental Application fee of $100 submitted online through Flywire
- Official transcripts from each college or university attended, submitted directly to PharmCAS
- PCAT Exam (optional)
- Applicants who opt to take PCAT send scores directly to PharmCAS (code: 104)
- Three PharmCAS recommendation forms:
- Two recommendations from college professors (math and science)
- One recommendation from an employer, adviser, pharmacist or college or university administrator (recommendations by mentors or teaching assistants are not accepted)
- Applicants who have not been enrolled in a degree program at a college or university for two years or more must submit three recommendation forms to PharmCAS from a combination of the following categories: Professors (math and science), pharmacists, other health care professionals (e.g., medicine, nursing, dentistry), or current and previous employers.
- Further clarification regarding who may submit recommendations can be found on the PharmCAS School of Pharmacy profile
- Follow the instructions on PharmCAS to submit recommendation forms
- Personal Statement
PREREQUISITE COURSEWORK
- To be considered for admission into the Doctor of Pharmacy program at the Texas A&M Irma Lerma Rangel School of Pharmacy, applicants are required to complete a minimum of 71 semester credit hours of prerequisite coursework (see the table below) at an accredited college or university. Applications lacking one or more prerequisites are considered if the applicant is enrolled in, or plans to enroll in, courses that fulfill missing prerequisites. If accepted into the program, all missing prerequisites must be satisfactorily completed (a C grade or higher) by summer session I in the year of matriculation.
- Prerequisite coursework completed five or more calendar years prior to applying must be retaken unless the applicant has earned a bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degree. Additionally, a grade of C or higher must be earned in all prerequisite coursework (grades of C- are not accepted).The college will only accept prerequisite courses dedicated for science majors only. If you have questions about these requirements, contact the Office of Student Affairs sop-admissions@tamu.edu at 361.221.0648.
🩺Nursing Programs
Being aware of the types of nursing degrees helps you understand what type of training various candidates have.
🩺 Certified nursing assistant (CNA) certificate
A certified nursing assistant (CNA) handles basic patient care to support other medical staff. You might hire a CNA if you don’t need another registered nurse, but your current nursing staff could use help with patient care. Some tasks you can assign to a CNA include:
- Taking patient vitals
- Recording patient data
- Providing patient personal care, such as bathing, feeding and getting in and out of bed
- Dispensing medication in some states, depending on state regulations
- Preparing rooms
- Reporting health concerns from patients to nurses
🩺Licensed practical nurse (LPN) certificate
Another certificate program is the licensed practical nurse (LPN) diploma, which usually takes 12 to 18 months to complete and is often offered at community colleges. These programs include classroom work and supervised clinical experience.
After completing the coursework, the candidate must pass the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX-PN). LPNs can also earn additional certifications through professional associations in a specific area, such as IV therapy.
An LPN, sometimes called a licensed vocational nurse (LVN), has a little more responsibility than a CNA. State regulations dictate what an LPN can do with and without supervision.
For example, some states require supervision for administering medication. Review your state’s restrictions to determine whether an LPN can handle the workload of the position you have available.
If you hire someone with an LPN certificate, they can typically handle the following tasks:
- Taking vitals and monitoring patient health
- Inserting catheters and IVs, administering medicine and handling other patient care tasks
- Assisting patients with bathing, dressing and other care tasks
- Educating patients and families on treatments and at-home care
- Recording patient information in their medical records
- Sharing information about patients with nurses and doctors
🩺 Associate’s degree
To become a registered nurse (RN), applicants need a minimum of an associate’s degree. This two-year degree program prepares graduates to pass the NCLEX-RN exam to qualify for a nursing license.
The prerequisite for this degree program is a high school diploma. People who choose this program often want the higher responsibilities of an RN without a longer degree program. It’s a quick pathway to a relatively high-paying medical position.
When you need staff nurses, graduates with associate’s degrees are a solid choice. They have all the necessary skills to provide routine patient care. An RN with an associate’s degree can handle the following tasks:
- Reviewing and carrying out patient treatments
- Documenting all medications, treatments and other patient interactions
- Educating patients on follow-up care
- Assisting with exams and other procedures
- Reporting symptoms and changes to physicians
- Supervising lower-ranking RNs, as well as LPNs and CNAs
🩺Bachelor of science degree
Some RNs opt for a four-year degree. While many healthcare facilities hire staff nurses with an associate’s degree, some prefer a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree for all nursing positions.
To earn this degree, a student can opt to go straight through four years of schooling before entering the nursing field, or they can go back to complete the bachelor of science degree after working in the field as an RN with an associate’s degree. The Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree also results in qualifications for passing the certification exam.
There are a few program options for earning a BSN, depending on the candidate’s position, including:
- Traditional path: This option involves going straight through the four-year degree program and doesn’t require any previous medical experience. The recipient completes all four years consecutively before taking the required exams and earning RN licensure.
- LPN-to-BSN: Someone with an LPN certificate can go back to school to complete the BSN degree, regardless of whether they have experience in the field as an LPN. They already have a slight head start on the degree because of the LPN certificate, as some of the classes might transfer.
- RN-to-BSN: This is a similar option for someone who already has an associate’s degree in nursing. RNs who work in the field for some time might decide to finish off their bachelor’s degree to earn a raise or qualify for higher positions. Many of the classes taken to earn the associate’s degree transfer to qualify toward the bachelor’s degree.
- Second degree: Some people who want to make a career change might already have a bachelor’s degree, so they’ve already finished the liberal arts components of the degree. Those credits can transfer, shortening the time required to earn a nursing degree.
This degree option also prepares RNs for advanced positions, including those with supervisory responsibilities. In addition to required technical skills, these programs incorporate skills that help develop leadership.
Some nurses focus on a specialty area when earning their BSN, which can be beneficial if you’re hiring for a specific department. You might hire a nurse with a BSN for the following positions:
- Staff nurse
- Nurse manager
- Case manager
- Forensic nurse consultant
- Legal nurse consultant
- Public health nurse
- Clinical research nurse
- Nurse educator
🩺 Master of science degree
A Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) degree takes another two years beyond a bachelor’s degree to earn. The coursework goes beyond basic nursing to cover the specialty area chosen. MSN students also study leadership, research, policies and other advanced topics that prepare them for more responsibility.
These programs often require an RN license and a minimum amount of work experience as a nurse. In other words, students can’t go directly into a master of science program after earning a BSN. Instead, they have to earn their RN license and work for a year or longer in the nursing field before being accepted into the master’s program.
The advanced study prepares the student for advanced practiced registered nurse (ARPN) duties, which include many of the same things physicians can do. Some states require an ARPN to work with a physician, while others allow them to work independently.
APRNs choose from four main specialties, including:
- Nurse practitioner (NP): This specialty prepares nurses for duties that are similar to those of a doctor. They can diagnose and treat patients. Most states allow them to order tests, perform physical exams, prescribe medication and counsel patients on their conditions.
- Clinical nurse specialist (CNS): A CNS specializes in a certain area, which might include a certain patient population, treatment type, disease or treatment setting. Just like an NP, they can diagnose and treat patients, much like a doctor.
- Certified nurse midwife (CNM): Considered a primary provider in all 50 states, a CNM provides care for women who are pregnant or have recently given birth. They can also provide wellness care and gynecological exams for all women, and they offer family planning services.
- Certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA): This type of APRN helps administer anesthesia while working closely with physicians. They’re also responsible for watching the patient during recovery and helping with pain management after the procedure. Starting in 2025, all new CRNAs will need a doctoral degree. However, graduates who have already earned a master’s degree to become a CRNA can continue working in the field, so you could still hire one with a master’s degree instead of a doctorate. Some healthcare facilities already prefer CRNAs with a doctoral degree due to the advanced education.
🩺Dual master’s degree
Nurses who want to work in leadership or administrative roles might choose a dual master’s degree program. In this option, the student earns two master’s degrees together, typically faster than they would if they earned two master’s degrees one after the other.
One is the Master of Science in Nursing degree, which is just like the stand-alone MSN degree. The other usually focuses more on the business or health leadership aspect of nursing.
Examples of the second degree include a Master of Business Administration (MBA) or a Master of Healthcare Administration (MHA). These common combinations prepare the candidate for running a healthcare facility or department.
In addition to working as an APRN, nurses with a dual degree might work in leadership positions, such as a:
- Nurse manager
- Clinical manager
- Hospital administrator
- Nursing home administrator
- Director of nursing
🩺Doctoral nursing degrees
The highest possible nursing degree is a doctoral degree, making all types of doctoral specialties terminal nursing degrees. They are usually either research-focused or practice-focused, depending on what type of career the participant wants to pursue. Program participants sometimes need to earn an MSN degree before going on to the doctoral program.
Many participants are already licensed as APRNs, but some nurses choose to earn a doctoral degree instead of a master’s degree to become an APRN. It typically takes two to five years to complete the doctoral program, depending on the specific type of degree.
The three main options for a doctoral nursing degree are:
- Doctor of nursing science (DNS): This degree focuses on research and is often used as a pathway to a career as a researcher, administrator, analyst or nurse educator. It’s a less common option than a PhD.
- Doctor of nursing practice (DNP): This practice-based option often leads to executive positions in healthcare or nursing. Study focuses on clinical leadership.
- Doctor of nursing philosophy (PhD): The PhD is another research-based doctoral degree that leads to positions as researchers or nursing professors at universities.
Nursing Schools
Website: https://www.utrgv.edu/nursing/
Application Requirements:
- Meet UTRGV's admission requirements and UTRGV School of Nursing Technical Standards policy.
- Seek university academic advisement each semester regarding prerequisite progression.
- Have a minimum 3.0 grade point average (GPA) on a 4.0 scale in all prerequisite courses.
- Students are eligible to apply to the program when they have completed 45 semester credit hours towards the degree and achieve a 75% or higher on the required components of HESI Admission Assessment Exam (Grammar, Vocabulary, Reading Comprehension, Math, Anatomy and Physiology, and Critical Thinking). The 45 semester credit hours must include the following courses and must be completed with a grade of ‘C’ or better.
***Applying to the BSN program requires two applications (A UTRGV application via applytexas.org and a School of Nursing Application)***. See When and How to Apply.
Website: https://www.ttuhsc.edu/nursing/default.aspx
- Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 is preferred. All grades earned at all schools attended are calculated in the admission grade point average. Applicants with a cumulative GPA below 3.0 will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
- All grades earned at all schools attended are calculated in the admission GPA.
- All non-nursing prerequisite courses must be completed with a grade of C or better.
- Preference will be given to applicants without repeated and/or dropped courses.
- At time of application, applicants must have completed and/or have enrollment verification to support completion of the required non-nursing courses. A minimum of 14 of the required 19 non-nursing prerequisite courses must be completed by the deadline, including completion of at least four of the five science courses: Chemistry with Lab (4 credit hours), Human Anatomy & Physiology I with Lab (4 credit hours), Human Anatomy & Physiology II with Lab (4 credit hours), Microbiology with Lab (4 credit hours), and Pathophysiology (3 credit hours).
- Grades earned in science core courses - Chemistry, Anatomy and Physiology I & II, Microbiology, and Pathophysiology are preferred to have a minimal GPA of 3.0. Consideration is given for repetition of science courses.
- Pathophysiology must be one of the four science courses completed prior to application submission.
- A minimum science GPA of 3.00 is preferred
- If the remaining 15 credit hours (out of the 60 credit hours) of the prerequisite non-nursing course have not been completed at the time of application, verification of enrollment to support completion of all required courses will be submitted with application.
- If applicant has previously been enrolled in another RN nursing program (including within the TTUHSC system), a letter of academic good standing, signed the previous nursing program director, must be submitted at the time of application.
EFFECTIVE FALL 2023: Students must have successfully completed a certified nurse assistant (CNA) course PRIOR to the first day of class. Preference will be given to applicants certified at the time of the application deadline, along with proof of work experience as a CNA. Additionally special considerations will be given to other healthcare experiences such as a health unit coordinator (HUC), a patient care technician (PCT), life guard, etc...
High School Opportunity at Science Academy
Website link:
What is P-Tech?
South Texas ISD is excited to introduce Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH) at Science Academy for the 2023-2024 school year. P-TECH is an innovative school model that allows students to receive curriculum focused on workforce needs, and develop partnerships while obtaining credentials, certificates and an earn college credit hours.
Students participating in P-TECH can:
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- Earn a high school diploma and a certificate in the area of computer programming & software development at NO COST
- Graduate with up to 56 credit hours transferable to any Texas supported college or university
- Gain work experience through career readiness, job shadowing, internships, or job training programs
PTECH program is only available for incoming 9th grade students. Now recruiting for 24-25 school year.
💰Upcoming Scholarships💰
💰Innovation in Education Scholarship
Deadline: Opens the 1st of each month and closes the 20th of each month
Description: At LA Tutors 123, we believe that it’s more than just the grades that make a great well-rounded student. Each one of you is creative in his or her own way: some of you blog; others curate documentary photography on Instagram; still others find imaginative ways to solve problems in their public and private lives. Creativity is the air each one of us breathes, but sometimes we get so concerned with grades that we forget that imagination is our natural problem solver. One way to showcase your creativity is to innovate either by solving a problem, by designing something that helps others solve problems, or by enhancing our relationship with whatever matters to us. Innovation is what brings our technical skills and our hopes together in unique ways. It also provides opportunities for gaining real-working experience in a chosen field and gives students the chance to connect with professionals outside their circle who might be able to help students get into their top choice program. In the end, innovation makes people look at the bigger picture, which is the best preparation for college, graduate programs, and more. We at LA Tutors are passionate about sparking the creative genius in students and would love to commend those outstanding students who have a made a difference in the lives of others in some innovative or technological fashion. In order to achieve this, we have established a scholarship for students who meet certain criteria.
Eligibility: High school senior with a minimum GPA of 3.0, U.S. Citizen, must have designed an innovative project that makes a difference in the lives of others (this could be a website, series of blogs, an app, fundraising event, etc.)
Amount: $500
Website: https://www.latutors123.com/scholarships/innovation-in-education/
💰Shell Scholarship
Deadline: March 15, 2024
Description: The Shell Company Technical Scholarship and Shell Incentive Fund Scholarship have been created to provide financial and career assistance to graduating high school seniors who have expressed an interest in the energy industry and demonstrated an aptitude in mathematics and science. These scholarship programs support Shell’s objective of helping to ensure a qualified workforce in engineering and geosciences disciplines in future years. Workforce development is one of the highest priorities at Shell. Competition for talent is growing and Shell will be at the forefront in identifying young people with the skills to succeed by assisting with scholarships and providing exposure to career opportunities at the company.
Eligibility: Plan to enroll full-time in one of the following majors (geology, geophysics, physics, chemical, civil, electrical, geological, geophysical, mechanical or petroleum engineering) at a specified institution. Be lawfully authorized to work on a full-time basis in the United States without any form of sponsorship.
Amount: In each program, Shell will sponsor up to 20 one-year awards of $2,500 for selected graduating high school seniors enrolling in engineering or geosciences at universities identified by Shell.
Website: https://www.shell.us/careers/about-careers-at-shell/shell-graduate-program/scholarships.html
💰2024 Education Foundation Scholarship
Deadline: TBD
- Description: The Education Foundation of South Texas ISD is providing $1,000 scholarships for graduating seniors from all four STISD high schools. The Foundation will award $1,000 scholarships per each STISD high school campus.
- Eligibility: Applicants must be currently enrolled in the twelfth (12th)-grade at one of the South Texas Independent School District (STISD) schools. A relative of any scholarship selection committee member is not eligible to apply for the scholarship. Applicants must submit proof of enrollment at an institution of higher learning before claiming our scholarship.
Amount: $1,000 Scholarships
- Website: https://www.stisd.net/students/education-foundation-of-south-texas-isd-scholarship-applications-2023-pending new link
📝STISD CTE Certification and Workforce Options
.🌟Upcoming Certification Testing Dates🌟
STAAR and EOC
Parents can log in to the Texas Assessment Management System to view their child’s state test scores. Go to, https://www.texasassessment.com/ and then click on “Log in to Student Portal.” You will get a pop up warning that reads, “You are now leaving texasassessment.com.” Click OK.
In the next step, parents will need to use the state-assigned, Unique Access Code (UAC) to log into the portal to view their child’s STAAR results as well as other resources available to them through the TEA. The UAC is included in the most recent STAAR Report Card for the student. If that is not available, click the “Find My Access Code” link. The system will ask for the child’s first name, the Social Security Number or S-Number, and the date of birth. Then click “Go.” The Access Code Lookup should appear. Then just click “Go” again.
Access to test scores:
Students must send their college entrance exams results to their respective university/ies student is applying to. Please see below for tips on how to access your scores.
Texas Success Initiative Assessment (TSIA)
What is the TSIA2?
The TSIA2 (Accuplacer) is the assessment instrument used to determine college readiness.
Who is TSIA2 responsible? Students who are degree-seeking and are planning to attend a public institution in the state of Texas are considered TSI responsible and must take the TSIA2 Assessment.
How do I get a copy of my test scores? The student can access a copy through the email address provided as part of the general information section completed at the beginning of your testing. Scores can also be retrieved through the Student Portal.
Steps slides:
https://accuplacer.collegeboard.org/accuplacer/pdf/how-access-test-scores-from-student-portal.pdf
Video on steps:
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