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On this page below, we post seasonal or time-sensitive info (newest info towards the top). Please utilize the menu on the left and its labeled tabs for more continuous reference pages and resources.

Are you planning on 4-year college but have no experience yet with SAT or ACT testing? Sign up for this practice test for SAT on February 17th! Registration is required to attend - scan the QR code or call the number in the image below to register.

Students: click HERE to fill out the Google form. Please read each question carefully and make sure to click "submit" at the end. (Note: you must be signed in to your district email Google account to open this form).

We eagerly invite students of all grade levels and/or their families to join us October 22nd from 5:00-7:30 PM for this year's College and Career Fair. We are excited to host over 50 representatives and recruiters from 4-year colleges, Tri-County Tech, vocational schools (i.e. cosmetology), local businesses and employers, and branches of the military. This is a once-a-year opportunity to speak directly with experts and gather information to help plan for your student's next step after high school, so save the date!

As a bonus: each EHS student who attends this year's College & Career Fair will receive FREE admission to the football game 10/22 vs. T.L. Hanna!

Students - look at the schedule below; please only sign up for the topic(s) that fit your interest and for your grade level as noted in the weekly schedule below. Space is limited, so we want to reserve space for those who would benefit from each topic. Sign up on your Flex Manager app on Launchpad (should be open as soon as Monday 9/23).

We are excited to begin our junior IGP meetings! These meetings are a huge piece in preparing for the remainder of high school, graduation, and students' individual future goals. We hope the information presented helps prepare students and their families with information and next steps relevant to their future goals.

Are you an 11th grade student looking to build your skills as a leader and wanting to serve your community? Review all the info in the photo below and at the link HERE to find out if you're interested in JLPC! This experience requires an application and review process, but if chosen, would look great on college/scholarship applications or on a resume.

If interested, please fill out the google form via the link HERE. JLPC Application Day will be held during 2nd period on August 30th in the EHS media center.

Applicants should be Juniors from Pickens County high schools who are academically eligible to miss 7 full days of school without jeopardizing their required class work. We are looking for students with leadership potential - prior leadership experience is not required.

Now is the time to register for courses for the upcoming 2024-2025 school year! Registration Week is March 18-22 and March 27, with activities and resources provided each day during Flex Time. Students should report to their homeroom each day during Flex Time. All registration cards must be returned to the homeroom teacher by the end of Flex Time on Wednesday, March 27th, to finalize students' course selection decisions for next school year.

Please review the resources below, including those provided to students this week, to help guide you through the 2024-25 course selection process.

Graduation Progress Video (shown to students Tuesday 3/19, as they received their individual Graduation Progress sheets that explains their own credits earned so far toward graduation). Click the link below to view.

Registration Card Instructions and Electives List - this is a blank template of the front of the card, as well as the back of the card listing all electives we're slated to offer next year. The course placements listed in the grid for each student is individualized to each student; placements were entered based on teacher recommendations and counselor input.

Please click HERE to access a PDF of our presentation from past "Junior Night" events, which includes info for 11th grade students and their families about 4-year colleges another aspects to postsecondary planning.

If you haven't already signed up for your junior's IGP meeting, please navigate to our "Appointments" tab (in the menu on the left) to schedule a meeting with your junior's counselor as soon as possible. We kindly ask that you choose "IGP Meeting" as the meeting type while booking, so that we can anticipate that as the meeting's purpose and prepare relevant materials.

It was wonderful to host our seniors' families who were able to attend our Senior Night event. We shared information on college/career planning, including tasks relevant to senior year, followed by Tri-County Tech's Financial Aid Office's presentation on the FAFSA and paying for college. Below, we have linked both presentations that were shared with families during the event. Please click the title of either presentation to open a PDF view.

Senior Night Presentation from EHS Guidance

FAFSA/Financial Aid Presentation from Tri-County Technical College Financial Aid Office

Parents/guardians and students: click HERE to view the presentation (in PDF format) that was shared to all seniors who had a Quarter 1 Government or AP Econ class on September 7th. Please review the presentation, especially prior to your IGP meeting with your senior and their counselor. If you have not yet scheduled your senior IGP meeting, please click on our "Appointments" tab on our menu on the left to reserve a time with your counselor sometime in September.

We hope to soon upload presentations with more specific information to different pathways after high school graduation, which we'll upload to our EHS Guidance website .

Students: please complete this Google form (link is also below to copy and paste into a new tab in your browser).

https://forms.gle/VmxK3gCQNdZYnXM7A

Your responses will help us better understand areas in which to help our students.

We appreciate students and families who came to one of our four registration/schedule change events prior to the first day of school. We have found that helping students and parents one-on-one, in-person with schedule changes helps provide a clearer picture of the scheduling conflicts you may be experiencing.

Please note: Beginning the first day of school, schedule changes will only be made for students who are missing a core class, have a duplicate class, or extenuating circumstances that must first be approved by an administrator. The window for changes that fall in the categories mentioned will be August 1 - August 7. 

As the final part of registration for courses for the 2023-24 school year, Course Verification Forms will be distributed to students in homeroom on Monday 3/27/23. This form is a FINAL opportunity to modify course requests for the upcoming school year. Students and their parents/guardians should review their form (and the letter on the back, which details important information). The letter on the back of all verification forms can be viewed by clicking HERE. If a student's form has no classes listed, it is because we have not received their registration card. If that is the case, students must make an appointment with their counselor, and may bring their registration card to the meeting if they still have it.

If a student sees a change or note needing to be made to their course requests on their Course Verification Form, they should note that change and submit their Form to the guidance office no later than Friday, 3/31 at 3:00 PM. ONLY forms noting a change must be turned in to guidance; if a student is content with the courses listed and number of total credits, they do not need to submit their form. Friday 3/31 is our hard deadline for all student/parent input, including requested changes, to courses for next year; after this date, construction of the master schedule, and in turn individual student schedules, will move forward.

This video (click HERE to view) explains important points about this final step of 2023-24 registration for students and parents. Some of these points include:

• Minimum number of enrolled credits by grade level (SCDE requirement)

  • 9th grade = 7 credits

  • 10th grade = 6 credits

  • 11th grade = 6 credits

  • 12th grade = 4 credits (2 each semester)

• Note: if a student does not request enough classes total to meet the minimum number of credits for their grade level next year, they should add enough electives to meet this number on their Course Verification Form (including anticipated Dual Enrollment classes) and return it to the guidance office by Friday 3/31. Otherwise, their school counselor will fill their schedule with whichever courses are most available at EHS.

• A full schedule is 8 credits total.

  • If a student did not request 8 credits, and did not mark Early Dismissal/Late Arrival on their registration card, Study Halls will be used to fill any remaining spaces in their schedule.

• Early Dismissal/Late Arrival and Study Hall do not appear on Course Verification Sheets.

  • These will be added, based on students' requests on registration cards, to fill all available spaces in each student's schedule after the master schedule has been built.

• Updated Policy on Schedule Change Requests (will apply to final schedules given out at the start of the 2023-24 school year)

  • Schedule changes will no longer be allowed after the state-approved 5-day window (the first 5 days of the 2023-24 school year).

  • During the 5-day window, schedule changes can be made ONLY based on extenuating circumstances (included but not limited to: conflict with Dual Enrollment courses, missing a core class, enrolled in a class already taken and earned credit for).

  • Any changes made after this 5-day window generally results in a WF on the final transcript, which factors into GPA as a grade of 50.

Students, please click HERE to complete the survey.

Parents, 

The Guidance page on this EHS website contains only general information and affiliated links where you can find more detailed information. Up-to-date information is being posted regularly to our Schoology pages (Scholarship Scoop & EHS Counselor's Corner - codes to join are below) and our Instagram (follow @EHS_Guidance ).

• EHS Counselors' Corner: Access Code: RTZ3K-7TVS2

• Scholarship Scoop Access Code: KX5KH-PFN9B

2022-23 EHS Junior Night

Juniors and their parents/guardians are invited to join us in-person in the EHS auditorium on Thursday, February 23rd from 6:00 to 7:00 pm. This is a once-a-year event that will cover some information we hope you find helpful in the critical junior year, including:

• Planning for success after graduation for various postsecondary goals (i.e. 2-year/trade college, 4-year college, workforce)

• Steps to complete during the remainder of the junior year

• Preparing to play college sports

• Preparing to seek Financial Aid

• Brief explanation of IGPs with counselors and paperwork completion, if needed

We hope to see you there!

Link to Presentation: Junior Night

• Uniform Grading Scale Information Conversion Chart

• SDPC Handbook

• Littlejohn TRIO Presentation