10th Grade Lesson Outlook
Below is an overview of the lessons the counselors cover with grade 10 students (2023-2024)
Counseling Introduction
Four Year Planning & Embracing Failure
Facing Fears
Self Perception & Social Perception
Maia Learning Interest Profiler
What is holistic admissions?
Counseling Introduction
- Students meet their counselor for the first time
- Get an understanding of how counselors help students in the school
- Learn how to schedule 1-1 appointments with their counselor
Four Year Planning & Embracing Failure
- Students are encouraged to rethink their relationship with failure and consider how it is a fundamental component to success
- Students begin considering their course options for Grade 11
- Students learn about upcoming changes to courses
Facing Fears
- Students build upon their understanding of self-esteem
- Identify their own fear and learn processes in overcoming their fears
Self Perception & Social Perception
- Students explore the impacts of social groups of themselves and each other
- Students explore the positives and negatives of social groups
- Students learn about being more inclusive
Maia Learning Interest Profiler
- Using Maia Learning students complete the interest profiler application and see what career suggestion they get from their results
- Counselors outline areas of focus for Grade 10 students
What is holistic admissions?
- Students learn about the holistic admission process for US college applications
- Students review examples of college applications
- Students begin understanding the importance of 'fit' with regard to college applications
Summer Program Options
Please visit this website for information on potential summer programs.
You can also read this blog post from the admissions office of MIT, which highlights a few selective and reputable programs that may be worth researching. The article also mentions how many summer programs are not directly connected with their host university. Also, some of these programs are mainly concerned with generating a profit and may not necessarily provide any particular boost for a student's college application.
You can also read this blog post from the admissions office of MIT, which highlights a few selective and reputable programs that may be worth researching. The article also mentions how many summer programs are not directly connected with their host university. Also, some of these programs are mainly concerned with generating a profit and may not necessarily provide any particular boost for a student's college application.