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Fall Sessions
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College Board
Counselor Workshops
This annual workshop, sponsored by College Board, gives information about Advanced Placement (AP) courses and exams, SAT, and other services and resources from College Board. Lunch will be served.
Click HERE to find a free Workshop nearest you.
Did you miss Texas Diploma 101 training and that awesome Participant Handbook everyone is talking about? No worries, you can come to this session and receive information about new mandates coming out of the 85th legislative session, learn more about OnCourse modules (HB 18), and hear about dating violence prevention from the Family Abuse Center. You won't want to miss this year's BPI.
Session #126484
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Did you know there are some excellent Digital Citizenship resources online for free ?
Click
HERE
to see how to help your kids!
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Learn more about Google's FREE Internet Awesome curriculum and games by clicking
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SB 179 "David's Law"
Many of you have heard about new legislation that expands the definition of bullying to include cyberbullying, mandates anonymous reporting options for bullying reporting, and includes other important considerations in student safety relative to suicide prevention and cyberbullying prevention/intervention.
Click HERE
to visit David's Legacy Foundation website to learn more about the law, and 16 year old David Molak, for whom this important legislation was named. A briefing on the new law will be held at ESC Region 12 on S
eptember 12th from 9:00-11:30. Session number
131729.
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Don't Forget your ApplyTexas Counselor Suite!
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ApplyTexas Counselor Suite accounts are only good for one year. If you have not set up your account to help your students, or if your account has been locked or is expired, please contact Jeni Janek at [email protected] to renew. Be sure you include your school name and a valid e-mail.
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We are still watching our FAFSA numbers in ESC Region 12 To see where your district lies in the FAFSA report, click
HERE and click on the
FAFSA Completions: March 31, 2017. Then, click on the Region 12 tab at the bottom of the Excel sheet to scroll down and look for your district. This number is an important factor in 60x30Tx. We are looking for the
GREEN for growth in measured areas. Keep up the good work!
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As this is our first newsletter of the year, we are going to open nominations for Stellar Counselor.
Please e-mail [email protected] if you or someone you know is an exemplary counselor, deserving recognition in the ESC Region 12 Counselor Connection.
So to kick off our 2017-2018 school year, let's just say that the August 2017 Stellar Counselor is
YOU!
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Traveling a little over the summer gave me an opportunity to see new places, take in beautiful and unfamiliar scenery, and see and watch people as they went about their way. I always try to stay vigilant about my surroundings and wary of possible danger, and try to instill that in my children as well. For as wonderful as the world is, I know that there can be danger around any corner and someone willing to harm the innocent.
In watching the news and the perpetuation of events and atrocities that I cannot fathom, I still try so hard to have that optimistic view of people (in general). I just can't help but think of the good that is out there, trying to grow among the ignorance, surfacing in places without cameras or social media accounts, quietly saving lives.
I think because I've met so many from all walks of life (similar and diverse) who really just want the same things I do; happy and health family, and the blessing of living in peace with my neighbors and community, that I can still believe in "good". I'm not naive enough to think this happens everywhere. And in a few days, we are going to be welcoming students from everywhere who bear the scars of things we cannot fathom. My hope as you start your year is that you can be that positive force for your students. That through you, they see the light of hope, the assurance of acceptance, and the promise of a future that can truly be theirs. |
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