RoadTripNation

The best career paths for your child will always start at the place where their interests meet their abilities. RoadTripNation helps them find that intersection! Have your child complete their brief interest survey and the results will take them to careers matching your child's personal career cluster. Each career listed has various leaders speaking to their personal journey to and in that career. This includes both videos and graphics describing their career journey roadmap.

https://roadtripnation.com/roadmap

Aligning their High School Coursework with their Career Aspirations:

As your child is finalizing their course selections for next year, we encourage course selections that support their post secondary goals. Consider having conversations about who they see themselves as and how they see themselves in the professional world. Are they taking classes that match those goals and prepare them for that career path?

What are the skills necessary for their Career Aspirations:

When encouraging your child to explore occupations, it’s important to consider what soft skills and hard skills are required to be successful at that job.

• Hard skills help individuals carry out the technical and professional requirements of a job.
• Soft skills help individuals work well with others. These are often considered "power skills" that apply to all different careers. Such as: time management, responsibility, professionalism, eye contact, follow through, etc.

What Training will be required for their Career Aspirations:

Help your child determine what training and education might be necessary for their possible careers. Will college be necessary and what level of degree is required; does the profession require on the job training in apprenticeships, require certifications or licensure; does the career start with employment and then advancement opportunities within the organization? How do these requirements influence your child's choices for a career fit?

What is Important to your Child in their World of Work:

Understand what is important to your child in their career and how they spend their time in the workforce. Have them explore how occupations differ in their work characteristics: the work setting, daily tasks, work schedule, compensation, interactions with colleagues, advancement opportunity, travel, variety of tasks, etc.

Conversations with Professionals in their Career Aspirations can support their Career Exploration: Consider helping your child set up an interview or job shadowing with a person in the field(s) they are interested in pursuing.

• February 3rd and 4th - 9th grade 1:1 counselor meetings
• February 5th and 6th - 10th grade 1:1 counselor meetings
• February 10th through 29th - 1:1 counselor meetings with juniors.
• These meetings are more intensive and longer.
• Discuss senior year plans and plans for life after high school

All relevant Registration information and documents have been posted on the counselor website to support your conversations and your child's scheduling process.

For students interested in taking College Credit Plus (CC+) courses next year, and missed the required meeting on January 22nd, please visit the counselor's website at www.wkhscounselors.com. You will have to watch two videos and fill out an Intent to Participate form. The form must be turned in by April 1, 2025. We need this form in order for students to be eligible to participate in CC+ courses for next year.

SENIOR PROJECT: Follow this link for more information about an internship during their last four weeks of senior year.

COLLEGE APPLICANTS:

• FAFSA: Complete the FAFSA by your colleges Financial Aid Priority Deadlines.
• Scholarships: Don’t miss the opportunities to earn $$ toward your College Education! Click here to view all available scholarships -- with new ones being added every day -- so please be sure to check back frequently!

Junior Meetings with Counselors will be taking place all month with one on one appointments. Please have your child follow these steps to schedule their Junior Meeting.

During their Senior year, Worthington high school students have the opportunity to participate in a variety of pre-apprenticeship programs throughout Central Ohio. These programs provide entry-level training and education, help students to develop essential work-related skills, and introduce them to a specific industry or career. For Juniors interested in pursuing the Drive Direct Automotive Pre-Apprenticeship Program for the 2025-2026 school year, there is an Open House on March 6th and March 18th from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM at Drive Direct, 2361 Morse Rd. Columbus, Ohio.

Your child has been through a year and a half of high school. Before long they will be taking their End of Course (EOC) exams for this year. It is important to realize that they will, most likely, be taking 4 of the EOC exams this year which is double what they had to do last year. I know that they take a lot of time and can create stress, but remember, what they are doing in class today and every day is preparing them for these tests.

Junior year students have so many more courses available to them to explore in their registration selections. They also no longer are assigned to an Academic Prep for a study period. Students who want a period off to study have the choice to select "Options" which will hold a space in a period of the day for them to have work time. They also can select "Late Arrival" or "Early Release" which places that Options period during either 1st or 8th period for the student to arrive late or leave early from school and do work from home instead.

DACC APPLICATION: Online Application here.

DACC offers career- based lab learning to students their junior and senior year.

By now your child understands the way high school works and what to expect on a day to day basis. It is time to start figuring out how they can make a positive impact on the school and community. How can they get involved? What clubs, activities, or sports are they interested in joining? Take actions today to explore areas that will help them in the future.

To be successful, the first thing to do is fall in love with your work. - Sister Mary Lauretta

Trust not what inspires other members of society to choose a career. Trust what inspires you. - The Lazy Person's Guide to Success

The best way to predict the future is to create it.—Abraham Lincoln