- UPCOMING EVENTS and DATES:
- Mean Girl Extinction Project Presentation: Friday, November 14.
- 11/12th grade RESUME BUILDING AND EDITING begins the week of November 17.
- Internship Research, Informational Interviews and Cold Calling begins November 1. Internships must be in place by the beginning of Spring 2015 semester.
- GUEST SPEAKERS:
- Verity's Prevention Education presenters will be here on April 25-April 30 during Ms. Hamilton's Workshop. Verity aims to increase community awareness of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and child abuse prevention and intervention strategies.
- National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) will be here to present "In Our Own Voice" during Ms. Hamilton's Workshop. NAMI works to unmask mental illness, using speaker stories to illustrate the individual realities of living with mental illness. The goal is to change attitudes, preconceived notions and stereotypes regarding mental illness.
- Solving the Career Puzzle: How to discover the career and education path that is right for you! Gay Kimmel, Empire College.
- SOFT SKILLS: What are they? Why do we need them? Santa Rosa Junior College: Oscar Guajardo
TRIPS:
- Santa Rosa Junior College Small Schools Event: Spring 2015
- U.C. Davis: College Tour: March 2015
- Sonoma State University Tour/Admissions/Financial Aid/EOPS/Student Panel: February 2015
CAREER AND JOB FAIR: Santa Rosa Junior College: Spring 2015 (date TBD)
- NWP COLLEGE Students are checking in on their: Fall 2014 College Admissions: Our former students are checking in letting us know that college is working for them due to the work ethic they learned here at Northwest Prep. We have student admittance to San Francisco State, Sacramento, Sonoma and Monterey Bay State Universities and,of course, our fabulous Santa Rosa Junior College.
-Pursue passion, not A's.
-Get comfortable with failure;
-Make a personal connection to your studies.
-Read and think actively.
-Ask big questions.
-Cultivate empathy for others.
-Set goals and make them real.
-Find a way to contribute.
INTERNSHIPS:
Juniors and Seniors last year involved in a variety of internships at a variety of organizations including:
-Goldridge Fire Department
-Garza Paralegal
-Sadies Horse Haven and Sanctuary
-Schaefer Elementary School
-Wyatt Agricultural Supply
-Santa Rosa Health ClinicTeen Advocacy Group (TAG) Peer Educators
-Mulberry Farm School
-Sonoma County Office of Education Preschool on Northwest Prep Campus