9th Grade Academic Career Plan

Use the timeline below as your guide to preparing for post high school planning.

• Revisit the goals you established for high school. Are you meeting or exceeding your goals?  If not, what do you need to do differently?  Talk with your parents and counselor. 
• Continue to develop good study habits. Reading textbooks, taking good notes, doing your homework well and on time, studying prior to quizzes and tests.
• Utilize Falcon time for academic support.
• Use Infinite Campus to monitor your grades.
• Refer to your high school plan of study  (4 year plan of study) prior to requesting your courses for next year.
• Look at the WHS Curriculum Guide in making decisions. Take the most difficult classes you can handle.
• Request classes for Sophomore year based upon career interests/post high school plans.  Take the most difficult classes you can handle. 

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Take the Career  assessment 

•              Explore Suitable for You?  Get feedback from Career Matchmaker for careers that did not appear on the suggestion list.  
•              Save at least one additional occupation based upon results of inventories.
•              Write My Journal entry about saved careers.  Is there a  clear pattern or skill of interest?
•              Save a Career Cluster.
•              Update short-term and long-term goals in My Plan.
•              Under Education, review College Planning Timeline.
•              Add at least one additional skill or ability to My Plan.
•              Add at least one volunteer experience, work experience, award or certificate and save to My Plan.

•    Talk with your parents about careers that interest you.

•    Enroll in a summer enrichment program.

•    Volunteer in your community.  Keep track of your volunteer work and hours throughout your high school career in My Plan.