10th grade
One year down and three more to go. Keep working hard and pushing for your goals.
Overall items to concerned with during your sophomore year. Please refer to the drop down menu for specific items.
Continue to develop and enhance your time management and organizational skills. We recommend that every student utilize some sort of dedicated planner/notebook/calendar (paper) to help them succeed in this task.
Maintain your GPA and get help if you are struggling in any core classes. Core classes are more closely appraised by potential colleges when applying.
Save samples of essays and projects as you may be able to use them later.
Continue to engage in on-campus clubs, increasing involvement and seek leadership opportunities.
Consider attending a college fair or attending a virtual college tour.
IMPORTANT TIPS:
Use the College Map Mentor's Academic Organizer to keep track of your classes, grades, awards, certifications, accolades, community service, clubs, sports, work, etc. Collect all of the information you need to complete your applications in one place.
Check your school email daily. If you cannot check it daily, please check it weekly.
Do NOT send emails from your school email to any company or person outside of Palm Beach County Schools....you will NOT receive a reply as the emails will bounce.
Use the Florida Department of Education (FDOE) website to take practice exams for B.E.S.T., EOC's, FAST, and Florida Civic Literacy Exam.
FALL
Evaluate your course load and find out how much you know about college planning
Choose a challenging and rigorous class schedule
Increase commitment with club/team, seek out leadership opportunities
Volunteer and earn community service
Take school-wide PSAT (usually in October)
SPRING
Update your College Map Mentor's Academic Organizer with your 1st semester grades, community service, team/club involvement.
Update your Raise.me account by keeping track of your accomplishments
Update your high school resume
Choose challenging classes for 11th grade
Plan for summer community service or internships
Take B.E.S.T., FASTs and EOCs
SUMMER
Update your College Map Mentor's Academic Organizer with your 2nd semester grades
Update your Raise.me account by keeping track of your accomplishments
Update your high school resume
Look into and/or take SAT/ACT prep classes
Perform any summer reading/work
Perform Community Service
Clean up email account (school & personal)
Take an assessment to figure out what you want to do in the future.
Visit colleges (virtual or in-person)