K-12 School Counseling

Guidance Events at a Glance 2022-2023

July
SAT prep informational outreach

August
27        SAT

September 

6           PROSPER orientation 10:00 am

6           Grades 9 & 10 Town Hall

7          Grades 11 & 12 Town Hall

14        Dartmouth visit 9:30 am

20        College 101 6:30 pm

23         Yale visit 8:45 am

23        Nassau County Directors of Guidance Mini-Fair Consortium 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
 

October
College Application Month

1            SAT

6            IAB Meeting 9:00am

6           Nassau Counselors’ Association College Expo Adelphi University 5:00pm - 8:00pm

7           Nassau County Directors of Guidance Mini-Fair Consortium 11:00 am - 12:30 pm        

7           Nassau community college onsite 9:30 am

12        PSAT 11/ SAT 12 School day testing

14        Nassau County Directors of Guidance Mini-Fair Consortium 9:00 am - 10:30 am

14        Swarthmore college visit 9:30 am

17        Career Expo- Westbury Memorial Public Library 12 noon- 5pm

17-21  College Application week

19        Financial Aid presentation 6:30pm / Universidad 101 y ayuda financiera en español 6:30p ( Bilingual and general)

21        SUNY college fair

22-28  HBCU college tour

27        ACCES VR interviews 9:00 am

28        National hispanic college fair - Molloy 

31        Macaulay honors college at CUNY visit 11:00 am

 

November        
2         Resume building workshop

5        SAT @ WHS

7        ACCES VR interviews 9:00 am

9        Resume building workshop

10      Resume building workshop

10      CUNY John Jay College visit 12:30 pm

16       Manhattanville visit 9:30 am

16       Mercy College visit 9:30 am

18      Career Fair 9:00 am - 11:00 am

9th / 10th /11th  Grade Push in - College & Career Surveys

 

December
2        Johnson & Wales University onsite

2        St. Thomas Acquinas onsite

3        SAT @ WHS  

8        LIU onsite

13      Career guest speaker - Federal Reserve System

13       Mount Saint Vincent onsite

15       Utica University onsite

21      Apprenticeship Connections & Consulting Corp. visit 9:30 am 
 

January
10        Monroe onsite

13        Career Fair 9:00 am - 11:00 am

18        NCAA Eligibility Workshop - 6:00 pm

19        Mercy College Onsite

24-27  Regents exams

 

February

6-10    National School Counselor Week

8          Pre-College planning night 6:00 pm

16        Acces-VR Parent meetings 6:00 pm

28          Financial aid night 5:15 pm

 

March
11        SAT @ WHS

12-17  Career Week - Speaker Series

17       Career Fair

22       PSAT School Day Testing

23        Spring IAB

24        "Show me the money" Scholarship  Completion Series

29 BOCES Adult Education Presentation

31        "Show me the money" Scholarship Completion Series

31         Electrical Training Institute Field Trip

 

April
24-27     K-12 College & Career Readiness Day

25           Summer Youth Program Presentation

27           We are the Future Summit Field Trip

28           Spring College Mini Fair

 

May

6        SAT @ WHS

18       Guidance Advisory Meeting 1:00 pm

30

AP Exams

1        AP U.S. Government and Politics (AM) / AP Chemistry (PM)
2        AP Environmental Science (AM)
3        AP English Literature & Composition (AM)
5        AP U.S. History (AM)
8        AP Calculus AB (AM) / AP Computer Science Principles (PM)
9        AP English Language & Composition (AM)
10      AP Spanish Language & Culture (AM) / AP Biology (PM)
11      AP Physics 1 (PM)

 

June
1        Senior Awards Ceremony 

3        SAT

 

High School Middle school

NAVIANCE is an online program that helps students:

• Research potential colleges
• Keep track to your Prospective College List (Colleges I’m Thinking About)
• Keep track of the application materials submitted to the colleges that you’ve applied to
• Enter your preferences to retrieve a list of colleges that match your criteria
• Get updates on what colleges will be visiting Westbury High School
• Compare your own academic statistics to the average statistics of your prospective colleges
• See the predicted outcome of your applications to a specific college
• Get information on individual colleges
• Search for scholarships
• Build your resume
• Explore different career facts (www.careerzone.ny.gov)
• Communicate with your School Counselor

SAT Dates 

SAT Test Dates           Deadline                                                         
March 11, 2023              February 10, 2023
May 6, 2023                    April 7, 2023     
June 3, 2023                   May 4, 2023

REQUEST A TRANSCRIPT

Alumni must mail the following information:

• Name when attended High School
• Year graduated or left
• Date of Birth
• Telephone number
• Address to mail the transcript to

A payment of $3 ( Exact cash or money order) to guidance in order to obtain a copy of their transcript. 

The Transcript will take 3 days to process.
 

REQUEST A DIPLOMA

Alumni must mail information to Guidance in order to obtain a new diploma:

• Name when attended High School

• Year graduated or left

• Date of Birth

• Telephone number

The Alumni must include the payment of $56, either exact cash or money order. Once we receive the payment for the Diploma, we will request the Diploma. The Diploma will take 6-8 weeks to arrive. Once the diploma arrives, we will call the Alumni to let them be aware the diploma is in the mail.
 

REQUEST A VERIFICATION LETTER 

Alumni, Student, Parent or Legal Guardian must call guidance at 516.876.5054 to make a request to obtain a letter.

• Name of student
• Date of Birth
• Telephone number 

The process will take 3 days. After the 3 days we will mail the letter to the address given.

STEPS FOR SETTING UP MY NAVIANCE/FAMILY CONNECTION: 
Step 1: Select High School or Middle School
Step 2: Click on “I'm new and need to register”
Step 3: Enter registration code 
Step 4: Create an account – Enter Email as username and a password that meets the requirements

Please complete the “INTEREST INVENTORY” – Go to “About me” , “My Assessments”, “Career interest profiler” Also add to your “COLLEGES I’M THINKING ABOUT” list (Which is on the homepage when you sign in).

Other Tools and Options:

Build your resume using the “RESUME” - Go to “About me” , “My Stuff”, “Resume”
Explore different career facts and options using “CAREERS”
Put yourself on a road to success by utilizing the “ MY PLANNER” organizer

What is Naviance Student?

BIG news. This Summer, Naviance Student replaced Family Connection…

The new Naviance Student portal is mobile-friendly, simple, and intuitive. The best part is– all the features you know and love from Family Connection?– yep, they’re still there. As an added bonus, we’ve even added a few enhanced features.   

What’s Next?

Check out what Naviance Student has to offer by using your device’s internet browser.  [School Name’s] Naviance Student platform can be accessed using the following address:

https://student.naviance.com/schoolalias

Where’s all my stuff?

Complete this fun activity to find out what all of your favorite Naviance activities look like now! 

1.     What is your counselor’s name? What tab is that listed under?

 

2.     Where can you begin to create a resume?

 

3.     Which tab allows you to create a “To Do” list?

 

4.     What section do you find out if you have a TASK assigned to you?

 

5.     What TASK(S) do you have assigned to you currently?

 

6.     Find the tab where you can create GOALS for yourself. Which tab is this located in?

 

Add a NEW Goal for yourself today. Select “Other Goals” from the drop down box and answer the following questions in your profile and below.

Goal:

 

 

Importance:

 

 

How you will reach it:

Click Add it to your Naviance profile.

 

7.     Under which tab can you find information on Scholarships?

 

8.     What is the next College Visit that is happening at your school?

 

9.      Name 3 ways you can look up information on Colleges and where you would find that information?

Congratulations! You have completed the Naviance Student scavenger hunt! 

High School Middle school

NAVIANCE is an online program that helps students:

• Research potential colleges
• Keep track to your Prospective College List (Colleges I’m Thinking About)
• Keep track of the application materials submitted to the colleges that you’ve applied to
• Enter your preferences to retrieve a list of colleges that match your criteria
• Get updates on what colleges will be visiting Westbury High School
• Compare your own academic statistics to the average statistics of your prospective colleges
• See the predicted outcome of your applications to a specific college
• Get information on individual colleges
• Search for scholarships
• Build your resume
• Explore different career facts (www.careerzone.ny.gov)
• Communicate with your School Counselor