CAREER CENTER

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CAREER CENTER

• Damonte Ranch High School

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SENIOR PORTFOLIO CHECKLIST

• PHOTO OF STUDENT
• HIGH SCHOOL TRANSCRIPT/TEST SCORES
• HIGH SCHOOL ATTENDANCE RECORD
• RESUME (for college applications)
• SENIOR PROJECT
• CREATIVE WRITING SAMPLE
• RESEARCH PAPER WRITING SAMPLE
• ART PROJECT
• COMMUNITY SERVICE/VOLUNTEER HOURS
• CLUBS
• CAREER ASSESSMENT REPORT
• PROPOSAL PLAN FOR LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL

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STUDENT RESUME

• JUNIORS AND SENIORS
• ALL ENGLISH CLASSES
• LIST ALL HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
• ACADEMICS
• STUDENT COMPLISHMENTS

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Testing

• In the Career Center Juniors and Seniors can go
  on line to Collegeboard.com and open up their own
  account
• They can register for the PSAT, ACT, and SAT
• Find out testing dates and deadlines to register
  for the test
• They can take practice tests on line through the
  Washoe County Library System
• Gain information regarding finding a college,
  applying for a college and scholarship details.

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Career Assessment Report

• Students will use the Nevada Career Information
  System
• Set-up their own account
• Take the ONET Interest Profiler
• Find out what occupations they might be suited
  for based on the results of the ONET
• Do Educational Planning based on their
  occupational choice.
• Do a Job Search
• Apprenticeships
• Financial Aid

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Links

• The following links are set-up on the computers
• DRHS Scholarship Application
• DRHS Website
• WCSD Website
• EBSCO
• Gale
• Xap- plan, explore, and apply to college

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CAREER CENTER OPPORTUNITIES

• RECEIVE SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION
• ATTEND SEMINARS FROM MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY
• PARTICIPATE IN WORKSHOPS
• TAKE TEST PREP CLASSES
• GET EXPERT ADVICE FROM OUR SKILLED CAREER CENTER
  STAFF