If you have questions about the STEM or Scholar Endorsement, please contact your assigned counselor:
Allison Nave (A-K)
Tiffany Heller (L-Z)
The issuance of a high school diploma to any student will be contingent upon the fulfillment of Effingham County School District and Georgia State Department of Education requirements. The Effingham County School District requires 24 units for graduation. Please note that additional requirements are needed to earn STEM and/or Scholar Endorsement.
Areas of Study
Credits
English/Language Arts
4
Mathematics
4
*Science
4
Social Studies
3
**Career, Technical and Agricultural Education (CTAE), and/or Modern Foreign Language/Latin, and/or Fine Arts
3
Health & Physical Education
1
Electives
State Required
Locally Required
5
(4)
(1)
TOTAL UNITS
24
*The 4th Science may be used to meet both the Science and Elective Requirement.
**Students must complete 3 units in a Pathway (Area V) to complete a CTAE Pathway and take an end of Pathway assessment. Students interested in attending a University System of Georgia college/university must complete 2 years of the same Modern Language to be admissible as a Freshman.
1. If you do not have a GAFutures account, please create one. See the link below.
2. Discover how to check your HOPE GPA
- To check your HOPE Grade Point Average (GPA) (high school students only): Sign in to your GAfutures account. Be sure your Profile has your correct high school, SSN, date of birth and zip code. Click: My HOPE GPA link on the right hand side of your my GAfutures screen under trending. Next, using the Navigation Alphabet, select the alphabet letter for the beginning of your high school's name and click on the box. (If this process does not help, check with your high school to verify if your transcript has been uploaded to GSFC.)
3. How to complete a college application
- Directions on how to apply to college through GAFutures are listed here
- Note- GaFutures is a site that supports institutions within the state of Georgia. If you are interested in applying to a college/university outside the state of Georgia, you will need to visit that college/university's website.
4. Please review and complete the example of a college application. This will be a great starting point for when you begin your college applications.
1. Join the Google Classroom for your graduation class. Email your counselor to join.
2. Create a GAFutures account if you do not have an account - https://www.gafutures.org/ You can use this account to apply to colleges, check your HOPE GPA, and research careers.
5. Research 3 colleges/universities/technical colleges. ** You can use the Prospective Students links below, your YouScience results, or research colleges on your own.
1. Go to https://www.effinghamschools.com/ 2. Click Parent Portal in the top right hand corner. 3. Click Login to Campus Student 4. Use your Infinite Campus/Portal Login to login 5. Click SLDS 6. You will see a YouScience button that you will need to click 7. Please see the YouScience directions that are located below after you have completed the above steps
After you complete your YouScience brain games, your results will be available within 24 hours. You will receive an email to the email linked to your YouScience account (The email you used when you created your account) when the results are in. Please watch the video to maximize your results.Results Walkthrough Video
1. Go to mynextmove.org/explore/ip
2. Complete the O*Net Interest Profiler- Answer these questions as truthfully as possible.
3. Review the results
4. Click on your TOP 2 results and review
5. Complete the Explore the Job Zone
6. Careers- Choose 3 Careers to Explore
Preparing to Play College Athletics
If registering with NCAA or NAIA, you will need to have your ACT or SAT scores sent directly from the testing agency.
PlayNAIA.org helps future student-athletes discover and connect with NAIA schools, coaches and athletic scholarships. PlayNAIA is also the official clearinghouse for NAIA eligibility. Every student-athlete must register with the NAIA Eligibility Center to play sports at an NAIA college or university.
Created by experts, Khan Academy’s library of trusted, standards-aligned practice and lessons covers math K-12 through early college, grammar, science, history, AP®, SAT®, and more. It’s all free for learners and teachers.
National Online Safety has put together some fantastic resources, like the one below, for parents about social media apps, online games, and trending issues so they can have informed discussions with their children.
All resources, plus much more, can be accessed for free from the National Online Safety website.
You can download some of the resources from a Google Drive folder: http://bit.ly/2v8rsEX (additional resources available from National Online Safety website)
