May 2025

💗 Raider Counseling Department 💗

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College, Career, Military Advisor Newsletter

🐰 How Counselors Helped in April 🐰

🎓 2025 Graduation 🎓

Taft High School/CAHS

Tuesday, June 3, 2025

9:30 AM

Alamodome

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📅 Important Dates 📅

May

1st: ASVAB

2nd: Holiday

6th: Military Child Breakfast

5th-16th: AP Exams

6th-9th: Freshman Classroom Guidance

15th: Healthy Relationships Guidance Lesson (Health Classes)

20th: Taft Awards Night

21st: Last day for Attendance Recovery

26th: Memorial Day Holiday

23rd-29th: Final Exams

29th: Last Day of School

June

3rd: Graduation 9:30am

👀 Counselor Happenings 👀

Month of the Military Child

Month of the Military Child is celebrated each April to honor and celebrate military child for their service, commitment, and sacrifice. Monday, April 14 was Purple Up for Military Kids where students and staff wore purple to show their support. The color purple was chosen and symbolizes all branches of the military, it is a combination of Army Green. Marine Corps scarlet, and Coast Guard, Air Force, and Navy Blue.

We also did a pop up where students were given the opportunity to write an encouraging message on a purple heart to a student whose parents are currently serving in the Military.

Child Abuse Awareness Month

April is National Child Abuse Prevention month, a time to raise awareness and promote prevention efforts against child abuse and neglect. It is a time that we highlight the importance of creating safe and nurturing environments for children. As a way to promote the awareness, all classes were given a cardboard kid to decorate and display. We also did a pop up where students were able to reflect on things they enjoyed doing as a child.

Contest Winners

Ms. Woods Art 2 class

Contest Winners

Ms. Benavides Life Nutrition and Wellness Class

Ms. Stivors Instructional Practices Class

Contest Winners

Ms. Benavides Life Nutrition and Wellness Class

Ms. Stivors Instructional Practices Class

Senior Guidance

April 14-17th, counselors met with Seniors through their English classes to offer a classroom guidance lesson. The lesson focused on self efficacy and the power of positive thinking.

Raider Scholar Celebration

Students who are going to college, university, technical school, or the military were celebrated with a campus parade. Representatives from the organizations that students plan to attend next year were invited to participate as well giving them the opportunity to meet with students.