Impact to My Classroom

# of Students Impacted: 411

The number of students enrolled at Beacon, an alternative school, is ever changing.  I enroll and graduate students throughout the school year and summer.  Originally, I anticipated that this grant would serve 180 students, when in reality 411 have benefited from the funds provided. Thank you!!

Beacon High specializes in helping students meet graduation requirements.  In order to do this, I provided each student with an individualized graduation checklist indicating which courses he/she has completed, their grade point average, number of credits earned to date, State exam results and any courses/requirement still needed for graduation. Out of our 180 seniors, 85 have already met graduation requirements.  Our underclassmen are working hard earning credits and preparing for their State exams.

I also provided each student with an ACT/SAT self generated testing calendar, pull out sessions and helped students register for the exams. Admission tickets were printed out with the student's picture for their test day along with a checklist of items/suggestions. All of our 2017, anticipated seniors, have been registered to take the ACT/SAT.

Classroom flyers were provided with FSA and FAFSA information.  The students and their parents were informed of the importance of acquiring an FSA ID and completing the FAFSA.  Students were assisted in creating FSA ID's and starting the FAFSA application.

Students come to my office to discuss post-secondary options.  We review addmission details for schools in and out of State, depending on where they would like to attend.  Several students have also decided to stay after school to work on college applications.

Students are well informed, registered to take important exams, have an FSA ID, completed their FAFSA forms and started preparing for their lives after high school.