Thank you to the Baltimore Ravens for hosting our AVID Students at M&T Bank Stadium. The tour was an invaluable experience, offering our students a firsthand look at the many career opportunities available in the sports and entertainment industry. We are grateful for the time and effort your team put into making the visit informative and engaging. The students were inspired by the behind-the-scenes insight into stadium operations, marketing event management, and more. It's experiences like this that help students understand the diverse range of professions they can pursue, and we truly appreciate your support in making that happen.

7th-grade students learn about Xello and the Charles County CTE Pathways available to them as they prepare for 8th grade.

Date: Thursday, December 5th

Location: GSMS Cafeteria

• All students will complete their 1st Interest Survey
• 2nd Choice Surveys will ONLY be completed for the following programs for those 8th graders who applied for Collision Repair, Drafting & Design, Electrical Construction, Graphic Communications, or Interactive Media as their 2nd Choice.
• The CTE Interest Survey is Online
• Students NEED to have a fully charged laptop
• Students NEED to make sure their laptop is charged the night before the survey

Xello is engaging college and career readiness software that unlocks every student's potential by opening their eyes to future possibilities and equipping them with the self-knowledge, skills, and confidence to build actionable plans for future success.

Students can accomplish a great deal within Xello and make real progress towards creating a successful future for themselves, but they’re going to also need the help and support from the caring adults in their lives.

Xello Family bridges the gap between educator, families, and students with an intuitive platform that keeps everyone aligned to support a student on their journey to future readiness. Xello Family gives parents, guardians - or whoever may be part of a student’s support system - access to see and discuss their student's future goals and plans.

The Holland Code theory uses the acronym RIASEC, which stands for realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising and conventional, to describe the main six personality types.

Our district is offering all students free online counseling services with a licensed therapist, through our partnership with Hazel Health. Services are 100% confidential, and completely free for families. Enroll your student in under 5 minutes at: hazel.co.

The Scholastic Book Fair is coming December 9-13.

Our family night will be held on Tuesday, December 10, 3:45-6 pm.

Click the link to view the fair flyer: Click Here

The countdown has begun for Maryland's 2025 Polar Plunge. YES! General Smallwood is going and YES! it will be one of the biggest events of the school year. Our team of Whatley's Warriors will be established in the near future. Further details to come.