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    Building Capacity, Cultivating School Cultures and Eliminating Inequities

  • COLLEGE AND CAREER CORNER

  • LAUSD APPROVED A-G COURSES
     
    LAUSD has aligned its graduation requirements to the CSU A-G course sequence to ensure that students graduate college ready. The links below will allow you to access (1) LAUSD approved A-G courses; (2) UCOP approved list for each school site.
     
     
     
  • PREPARING FOR COLLEGE
  • The Scholastic Aptitude Test, created by the College Board, is an entrance exam used by most colleges and universities to make admissions decisions. The idea  is to provide colleges with one common criterion that can be used to compare all applicants. The exam is given 7 times per year with a duration of 3 hours and 50 minutes. There is a math section, evidence reading and writing section with an optional essay. Use the links below to access pertinent SAT sites:
     
  • The ACT is a nationally administered, standardized test that helps colleges evaluate candidates. Students are encouraged to take the ACT for the first time during the Spring of their junior year, which will allow for enough time to retake the test during the fall of the senior year to improve his/her score. Without the optional Writing Test, the ACT exam lasts 2 hours and 55 minutes—or 3 hours and 35 minutes with the Writing Test.

  •  Summer Program Opportunities

     
  • Scholarships Available
     
     
    Warren Christopher Scholarship:
    For more information and attachments click here
     
    Upon graduation from high school, and after completing the scholarship acceptance form with the California Community Foundation, each eligible Christopher Scholar will receive a $20,000 college scholarship following graduation, payable at the rate of $5,000 per academic year for each of four consecutive years of college.
    Each LAUSD high school can nominate only one qualified candidate each year for possible designation as a Christopher Scholar. To be eligible for scholarship consideration, the student candidates must: (1) Be a 10th grade student for whom this designation, honor, and scholarship will make a decided difference - and who is more likely to remain in school if he or she receives it, (2) Have a grade-point-average of 3.25 or higher from the 9th grade and through the first semester of 10th grade, (3) Have demonstrated financial need; EOP criteria may serve as a guide, (4) Have demonstrated a commitment to school and/or community involvement. Each high school team identifies which student it intends to nominate to become a Christopher Scholar and submits a nomination form online. Nominations should be submitted at: http://www.calfund.org/donors/warren-christopher-nomination. The deadline for the nomination is February 13, 2017. Students submit scholarship applications online by registering and submitting at: https://applyforgrants.calfund.org (password to apply is: Warren17). Deadline for student submissions is March 13, 2017.
     
    California Credit Union Scholarship
    For more information, click here to view the flyer
     
    The CCU Scholarship program is designed to acknowledge exceptional students throughout the greater Los Angeles area. Ten scholarships of $1000 each will be awarded to students who are active in both their schools and community. Interested students may go the following website to access the application: https://www.californiacu.org/. The application must be downloaded and submitted via mail (postmarked by March 17th) or hand delivered to any of the 13 California Credit Union locations by March 17, 2017. 
     
     
     
  •  APPLYING TO COLLEGE
    The links below will provide access to online resources that can be used to apply for college.
     
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  • CAREER DEVELOPMENT
     
    Work Experience Education (WEE) program: Students may participate in a variety of Work Experiences and receive supplementary support and instruction in the Work Experience classes taught at the school sites. For more information regarding work experience, click here.
     
    Work Permits
    To access work permits and procedures for acquiring work permits, click here.