Graduation+Project+Requirements

=**Graduation Project Requirements:**= =By the time you finish 10th grade, we will need to complete several components of the Grad Project together that would have been completed in Career Explorations. Below are the requirements and links to resources that will help you complete each item.=

=**__Failure to turn these documents in may cause Career Explorations t__****__o be added to your Junior year schedule!__**= ===//**Updated 6/4/2013: If these assignments are not submitted by 2:25 on June 11th, then your schedule for junior year will be changed to include Career Explorations. This could affect your honors and AP requests, so don't let that happen! Get this finished ASAP.**//===

__//**Use Career Cruising to complete the requirements for GradProject:**//__
 * **[|Career Cruising]**

McDowell students already have an account here, The username and password are based on the school ID # and the student's initials.

Username: mtsd-###### (example = mtsd-123456 based on the six-digit ID# assigned by the school district) Password: first initial, second initial, ID# (Example = fl123456)

__//**1. MatchMaker:**//__ //**Go to "My Assessments and make sure you have completed all 116 questions.**//
===__//**2. Financial Aid Information (Activity and Questions on Career Cruising Website:**//__ //**Go to My Financial Aid and answer the question in the "wizard" to identify potential schiolaship opportunities. Save these results to "My Plan." If you have done this already, there will be a date listed with results. You can see your results by clicking on the date.**//=== //**__3. Resume:__ Go to "Build My Resume" and complete the wizard. By clicking on the "edit" symbols (pencil icon at right) you can enter information for any of the categories.**// //**__4. References:__ These can be entered one at a time at the bottom of the "Build My Resume" function. You must have the person's name, job title/connection to you, and their phone number at minimum. Enter these one at a time.**// //**__5. Cover Letter:__ Use the link to this Word document.**// //**Customize the template to your specific interests. Save it and upload it to "My Plan" by clicking on your name at the top of the Career Cruising portfolio page. Scroll to the bottom of the "My Plan" page and at the bottom right, click on "Upload a File" in the "My Documents" section.**// //**__6. PowerPoint:__ Use the rubric on this wiki page to plan a simple PowerPoint presentation based on your career investigation. Use the "My Careers" in Career Cruising to inform your research. You may choose to use other resources from my wiki as well, but this is not required. The Power Point replaces writing an essay or reflective writing. you will not present it formally, but I will look at it, and so too will Mrs. Ropeleski, your gifted support teacher for the next 2 years.**//

=If you are stuck getting started, consider these resources...=

=THE RESUME:= The resume is a very important piece of the graduation project. Students __//**must**//__ make the most of this assignment so that they have a strong resume to revise and to add to over the next two school years.


 * JUNIORS AND SENIORS USE THEIR RESUMES WHEN ASKING FOR TEACHER RECOMMENDATIONS!** They use these when applying for scholarships and may choose to include it in the college application process. Why not bring an excellent resume with you on a campus visit? Schedule a meeting with an admissions officer and present your resume to that professional. These are the habits of success,and they can lead to scholarships, admission to top colleges, and certainly allow teachers to write the strongest and most specific letters of recommendation about their students.

3. Consider writing your "ultimate resume" of what you want it to be when you are starting your senior year, or by December of that year. Now get to work on making it happen!
4. I will suggest using the "Build My Resume" feature on Career Cruising as the best place to start for your resume. however, some students might like the look of this resume template better than the designs available on Careercruising.com. If you want to, download these templates. Highlight them and re-write them with your specific details and accomplishments. Print it out and share it with your parents, or other trusted adults. Revise and then share with Mr. Louis to get his feedback. Revise again and upload to Career Cruising. Then you are finished.