The Toolkit
Strategies, Tips, and Best Key Practices for a Successful High School Career
This toolkit is intended for students and their family and can be used as a more than convenient reference tool from the start of high school to its completion. From the opening pages, where you begin to journal, to the last set of pages for your special notes, messages and “Checklists,” this toolkit is your step-by-step guide to support students and their families on the college and career readiness journey from 9th grade through 12th grade and, afterwards, on to a variety of postsecondary opportunities. Whether it is heading straight to college, obtaining a licensure or certification, joining the armed forces, or going straight into the world of work, this toolkit’s straightforward design is guaranteed to help in motivating you even more to attain that long dreamed of and sought after postsecondary goal and/or objective.
Within each concise and informative chapter are topics connected to and central to any high school student’s most important queries and concerns and, at the same time, simple but yet meaningful suggestions are bountiful and will surely elicit a few “Ah Ha!” moments where you, the reader, can, perhaps, reap a fortune in real-world wisdom, the kind of wisdom that can and, more than likely, will change your life!
In addition, this toolkit will provide you with a plethora of specific information, resources, and tools for obtaining success in high school and graduating with the assured capability toward unlimited postsecondary success in whatever endeavor is selected. The toolkit offers clear and simple guidelines on how to apply for college and/or career schools, strategies for obtaining financial aid through scholarships, grants, and work-study opportunities. Finally, essential and valued tips are found throughout the toolkit on the most productive ways to transition from high school to a life’s journey complete with your own individual path(s) and knowledge.
Through articles, worksheets, and calendar items accompanied by letters, quotes, and messages from the City Schools’ administrative team and recent City Schools’ graduates, we hope you will be inspired to be successful in high school and in the world beyond. We firmly believe in every student and believe dreams can come true!
Within each concise and informative chapter are topics connected to and central to any high school student’s most important queries and concerns and, at the same time, simple but yet meaningful suggestions are bountiful and will surely elicit a few “Ah Ha!” moments where you, the reader, can, perhaps, reap a fortune in real-world wisdom, the kind of wisdom that can and, more than likely, will change your life!
In addition, this toolkit will provide you with a plethora of specific information, resources, and tools for obtaining success in high school and graduating with the assured capability toward unlimited postsecondary success in whatever endeavor is selected. The toolkit offers clear and simple guidelines on how to apply for college and/or career schools, strategies for obtaining financial aid through scholarships, grants, and work-study opportunities. Finally, essential and valued tips are found throughout the toolkit on the most productive ways to transition from high school to a life’s journey complete with your own individual path(s) and knowledge.
Through articles, worksheets, and calendar items accompanied by letters, quotes, and messages from the City Schools’ administrative team and recent City Schools’ graduates, we hope you will be inspired to be successful in high school and in the world beyond. We firmly believe in every student and believe dreams can come true!