Harvey Guidance Newsletter

November 2022

Harvey Guidance Google Site

You can always get the most up-to-date information on our Harvey Guidance Site. Students and parents can find information about College Credit Plus, Community Service, Job Postings, Scholarships and so much more. There are also tabs for each graduation cohort with important information and a calendar specific to that grade level.

SchooLinks

SchooLinks is a modern, college and career readiness platform to prepare students for what comes after graduation. SchooLinks helps students discover their interests and strengths, explore colleges and careers, and create a personal graduation plan that best reflects their post-secondary goals. SchooLinks at Painesville City Local Schools is accessible in 6th - 12th grades by students and their parents.

All of the SchooLinks features are designed with students in mind to help them become career, college, and life ready. SchooLinks features are incredibly user-friendly and content can be easily comprehended by high school students.

Using SchooLinks, high school students and parents can:

Access career interest, strength and mindset surveys
Build their specific icap name in their state
Explore 2-year and 4-year colleges
Create course plans based on career pathways
Take virtual reality college campus tours
Search for scholarships
Learn about financial aid
Find internship and volunteer opportunities
Explore traditional, emerging and military career fields
Create digital portfolios / resumes
Communicate with counselors

Using SchooLinks, 12th graders will be able to:

Track college applications and request transcripts
Request Letters of Recommendation

Student Login:

Students will login to SchooLinks via Clever, then select SchooLinks logo.

Guardian/Parents Login:

Parents can access their accounts by using their personal emails . See the paper below for step by step instructions.

If you want to learn more about SchooLinks please visit schoolinks.com

SchooLinks Guide Onboarding for Guardians (Synced Accounts)).pdf

drive.google.com

End of Course Testing

Testing will take place December 6th - 15th. Letters have been mailed home as well as given to students with the adjusted testing schedule. The students testing in December are primarily upperclassmen that either need to retake or make up a previous test and students who have just finished taking Government.

A few reminders for testing weeks:

Transportation will not be adjusted for the testing schedule. If your child is a bus rider with no alternative way to get to school, they must ride the bus in the morning and will wait in the cafeteria until testing is over.
Lunches will be served "grab and go" style once testing is over and students will eat in their fist class of the day.
There will be several incentives established for attendance each day.
Students are encouraged to get a good night's rest, eat breakfast and to take their time while testing.

OHYES! Survey

On November 22nd Juniors and Freshmen will participate in the OHYES! Survey.

The Ohio Healthy Youth Environments Survey (OHYES!) is a free, voluntary, web-based survey to collect information that schools and communities can use to access resources to reduce risk behaviors and create healthy and safe communities, school and family environments. By understand students' challenges, we can plan supports to create a save, positive environment.

Information was mailed home last week providing parents with additional information as well as an opt-out option. Please see the link below for more information

Home

The Ohio Healthy Youth Environments Survey (OHYES!) is a free, voluntary, web-based survey to collect information that schools and communities can use to access resources to reduce risk behaviors and create healthy and safe community, school and family environments. By understanding students' challenges, we can plan supports to create a safe, positive environment.

ohyes.ohio.gov

SOS ~ Signs of Suicide Training

During this challenging year, school staff are working to teach students about mental health and how to seek help if they are worried about themselves or a friend. We are using a program called SOS Signs of Suicide. The program teaches students about this difficult topic and encourages them to seek help.

SOS has been used by thousands of schools over the past few decades. Studies have shown that it effectively teaches students about depression and suicide while reducing the number of students’ self-reported suicide attempts.

Through the program, students learn:

that depression is treatable, so they are encouraged to seek help
how to identify depression and potential suicide risk in themselves or a friend
to ACT (Acknowledge, Care and Tell a trusted adult) if concerned about themselves or a friend
who they can turn to at school for help, if they need it

Students will watch age-appropriate video clips and participate in a guided discussion about depression, suicide, and what to do if they are concerned about a friend. Following the video, students will complete a response slip which asks whether they would like to talk to an adult about any concerns. School staff will conduct brief meetings with any student asking to talk.

Following the video, students will complete a brief depression screening tool. This tool cannot provide a diagnosis of depression but does indicate whether a young person should be referred for evaluation by a mental health professional.

We encourage you to visit www.sossignsofsuicide.org/parent for information on warning signs for youth suicide, useful resources, and some of the key messages students will learn.

If you have any questions or concerns about your child’s participation in this program please contact your child’s School Counselor.

Welcome!

Our school uses SOS Signs of Suicide to teach suicide prevention to students. This site is designed to provide parents with information about our suicide prevention efforts and helpful tools for supporting your child's mental health.

sossignsofsuicide.org