Session+3

**Session Objectives, Goals, and Interventions:**
Goal: The goal of this session is to show students some of the options that they have upon their high school graduation. Objectives: At the end of the session, students will be able to identify several options including going to college, vocational school, art school, entering the workforce, or the military after graduation. Students will also be able to identify different college majors and jobs that will result from those majors. A broad understanding of different salaries achieved by different jobs. From the activity, students will be able to identify things that they believe are important to have in their future and from the exercise, they will be able to see what kind of job they may need to hold to fit the particular type of lifestyle they are trying to achieve. Interventions: By completing the session, students will be able to realize that their future is quickly approaching and they need to start planning for it. The activity planned for the beginning of the session gives the student a prospective of what they want in life, and the kind of job they may need to have to support having an expensive car, for example.

**Here is a quick overview of the session: Options**
included in the powerpoint will be options that a student can pursue after they graduate high school, which include:
 * aiding this session will be a powerpoint titled: What are MY options


 * college: within this section an overview of the different types of colleges will be explained (private institutions, liberal arts colleges, public universities)
 * examples will be given of each, along with different brochures from each school that is given as an example
 * the difference between an associate's and bachelor's degree will be explained, as well as examples of programs that result in each type of degree
 * different classes needed to be taken during high school, SAT scores, and grades needed for the different types of colleges
 * vocational school
 * examples of jobs that you need to go to a vocational school for
 * examples of different technical schools and links to those schools
 * classes needed to be taken during high school for entering vocational schools
 * Art School
 * examples of degrees art schools can offer and the professions that require those degrees
 * classes needed to be taken during high school and tests needed for the admissions process
 * Entering the work force
 * different professions available to those who do not wish to continue their education
 * show some statistics for people who go right into the work force and their average salaries
 * military
 * describe the different branches of the military
 * provide brochures of each branch (links from online)
 * provide information on local recruiting stations in the area
 * provide a slide containing information of different percentages including:
 * percent of students that go to college, tech school, art school, military and their average salaries

throughout each section of the powerpoint (to keep the student's attention) questions will be asked before the information appears on the slide such as: Does anyone know a type of degree that can be attained from an art school? Does anyone know when the SATs need to be taken? Can anyone name some different majors that are offered at colleges?

**Handout for the Session**
http://hsalaredo.org/highschool/SAT-ACT%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf