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The Post Grad Google Classroom
(Classroom code: lnu5atu, all lower case letters)
Everyone knows about Khan Academy, right?
Kahn Academy has produced a wonderful series of short videos covering all aspects of writing your college essays. Click here to access this comprehensive series. The videos cover topics including:
NOW is a good time to check these videos out and start getting ideas down on paper. Ms. Walker and Ms. Reimers are happy to help you proofread/edit your essays. Or, you can ask your language arts teacher or your parents to help do this. Be sure to have someone other than yourself read through all of your application writing before you submit!
Local Scholarships
Click here for the most up to date list of local scholarship opportunities.
The Littleton High School Post Grad Center is staffed four days a week to help LHS students plan for their future. Our goal is to meet with every student, no matter what their goals are. Although students are welcome to come in any time, we set up individual planning meetings with juniors every spring and then follow up with students in the fall of their senior year. Trained parent volunteers assist with junior and senior meetings and we couldn’t meet with every student without them! If you are interested in becoming a Post Grad Volunteer, please email Kate Walker at kwalker[at]lps.k12.co[dot]us
The Post Grad Center also coordinates all college rep and military visits to LHS as well as programs such as the annual Trade & Tech Fair, College Information Night, Financial Aid Night, etc.
This adds up to amazing opportunity for students to get the information, access to tools and resources, and the coaching they’ll need to maximize their post LHS opportunities.
If you have questions, please contact Ms. Kate Walker (kwalker[at]lps.k12.co[dot]us).
Every LHS Senior will meet one-on-one with a trained Post Grad volunteer either during an OFF period or during after school time during September and early October. Seniors will sign themselves up for these meetings, using the SignUp Genius platform and live links that will be provided by their Seminar teachers. This is the same process that students used last spring to sign up for your Junior Meetings. These meetings will continue the discussion that we began with students during the spring of their Junior year about their lives after high school graduation. Students can choose to focus on the college search and application process, or on the many excellent alternatives to college: skilled trades/tech education and career options, certificate programs, apprenticeships, and the military.
The Post Grad Center strongly encourages all students to develop a plan for their "Life After Littleton". Whether your plan includes pursuing a college degree or not, EVERY student needs to continue their life's education. This can include:
The Post-High School Planning Calendar for both college and career planning is a guide for Juniors and Seniors to use throughout the year to keep track of important events such as standardized testing (SAT, ACT), meetings in the Post Grad Center, and college/career fairs in the community. Also, check out this Doorways Presentation for help with your post-secondary planning.
