Get Involved,

Junior Year 2027

Get Ready,

Get Ahead –

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Meet The Mishawaka High School Counseling Team

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Reflect, Plan, and Take Charge of Your Future

Consider your 3-5 Year Plan:

• What are your goals for the next three-five years?
• Academics, extracurriculars, employment, personal growth?

Make Junior Year Count!

Colleges, trade schools, and employers are paying attention — your junior year matters most!

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Start where you are and move forward from there

• Grades count big time — 6th-semester grades are the last ones on your transcript when you apply.�
• Strong academics show you’re ready for what’s next.�
• Meaningful involvement (clubs, sports, volunteering) shows commitment and passion.�
• Leadership roles make you stand out and build real-world skills.�
• Attendance - “80% of success is showing up” – Woody Allen

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Their Story = Your Story?

🎤 Key-Shawn Cole

🎤 Breeana Brunette

Ask yourself:

• How are you showing growth?
• What do you still want to improve before the year ends?

Start where you are and move forward from there

Graduation Requirements

Earn CORE 40, Technical Honors, and/or Academic Honors diploma.

Demonstrate

• Project,
• Service, or
• Work-based Skills

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▶ Earn Academic Honors or Tech Honors

▶ SAT ERW: ___ (480) MATH: ___(530)

▶ State/Industry Recognized Certification

▶ CTE Pathway

• 6 Credits in Career Pathway
• C Avg or better in all 6 CTE courses

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CREDITS

EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS

POST-SECONDARY READINESS

Earn Diploma

• CORE 40
• Technical Honors,

and/or

• Academic Honors.

SUBMIT EMPLOYMENT VERIFICATION  

• Must be fully on track to graduate.
• Pathway in-progress & on track
• No credit recovery
• Excellent attendance 

Are You Employed?

2 Different Programs to qualify for a Senior year release for employment:

• WBL: You must be employed in a job related to your CTE Pathway
• Co-op: You are employed in a job unrelated to your CTE Pathway

Daily attendance to a 30 minute work skills class is required.

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Requirements:

• You must record all hours worked with your MHS coordinator

Scan and submit ASAP to be considered for WBL

Course Selection - CORE

Ivy Tech

Indiana University

Ivy Tech

Course Codes

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.DC = Dual College Credit

IT Ivy Tech AND

IU Adv College Placement

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.AP = College Board Test

Course Selection - Electives

Course Codes

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.DC = Dual College Credit

IT Ivy Tech AND

IU Adv College Placement

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.AP = College Board Test

CTE Pathway Classes

CTE Pathway Codes: .CP = Principles class // .CA = Concentrator A // .CB = Concentrator B

.CC = Capstone and/or Internship/Work Experience

CTE Pathway Classes (2)

Option #1

Option #2

Option #3

IF earned C or better

10th grade: All students took Principle of Business Mgmt AND Personal Finance

CTE Pathway Classes (3)

Option #1

Option #2

Option #3

IF completed

Off-Site Programs

Entrepreneurship program: Building St Joseph County through immersive research and development

Class Meets 7:30 AM to 9:30 AM Daily

Interested?

• Attend the presentation in the MHS Auditorium Friday, Nov 7th during Advisory

Science Internship at Notre Dame

Class Meets every White 4

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Interested?

• Attend the presentation in the MHS Auditorium
• Monday, Nov 17th during Advisory

Contact Mr Hahn for more details

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Agriculture Pathway with the Mishawaka Parks Department

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Complete the full Agriculture, Plants, & Soil CTE Pathway in 1 year.

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Interested? Talk to your Counselor

Consider Garden Club with Jake Crawford

At Mishawaka Parks & Landscape Division

Elkhart Area Career Center

MHS partners with the EACC to provide Career Technical Education (CTE) Pathway opportunities beyond the CTE Programs currently available at MHS.

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Attend PM sessions

• EACC classes will replace a student's 3rd and 4th block classes each day

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• EACC Programs are a full year commitment.
• Complete full CTE Pathway in 1 year

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• All students required to ride MHS bus to & from the EACC

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• MHS -EACC Information Link

Attend the Open House Sunday!

Interested in Cosmetology? 2 year program

• Apply for Vogue Beauty School
• MHS will pay for first year of tuition
• Upon graduation, you will be responsible for the 2nd year expense.

21st Century Scholar Program

Are you enrolled?

Don’t forget your annual requirements!

— Use ScholarTrack to log activities.

— Earn a 2.5 GPA to stay on track to keep your 4-year college

tuition scholarship.

Questions?

Contact Mrs Hernandez, or Mr Ebright

Visit this link for more

We look forward to meeting with you!

What’s Next?

information on the

MHS Counseling

Website