March 6th

March 6th

What do our kids really need to know to prepare for college?

Come to our March Parent Education Series on Tuesday, March 6th in the SEHS Cafeteria from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. to hear from a national expert on college preparedness: University of Oregon’s David Conley. David will be joined by Ellen Brunson-Newton, SEHS Career Center director as they talk about the habits our college-bound kids need to develop before they leave high school and what we as parents can do now to prepare them.

David is an associate professor of educational policy and leadership and the founding director of the UO’s Center for Educational Policy Research. He wrote College Knowledge (Jossey-Bass, 2005) as a primer on what it really takes for students to achieve academic success after high school and how they can prepare for a successful college experience. “This book is not a test prep for the SAT,” he adds. “But it lines up with the knowledge and skills you need to do well on any college admissions test and in any freshman college course. It’s a down-to-earth, practical reality check for kids in high school.”
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Graduating from Classic South and IHS

April 4th- Did you know that one of the #1 documented predictors for students succeeding in college has to do with what classes that have taken in grades 9th through 12th? Join us for an extremely important and informative Parent Education Series on Wednesday, April 4, 2007 from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. in the far end of the South Eugene High School cafeteria to learn from Ellen Brunson-Newton and other South administrators everything you need to know about our high school graduation requirements. We'll focus on both Classic South and International High School requirements, the new senior project requirements and the career planning aspects of what it takes to successfully graduate. This would be an excellent time to involve students in the planning process, as well, so we encourage both parents and South students of all grades to attend. We'll also be inviting our middle school parents to attend to get a heads up on how to plan now for graduation from South.