BOONE COUNTY SCHOOLS - MIDDLE SCHOOL PARENTS

Issue 1

YOU ARE
INVITED:
College and
Career
Readiness:
A Parent Short
Course
YOUR CHILDS FUTURE STARTS TODAY

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Family Conversations on
College and Career
Readiness.

Sessions 1:
Expectations

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It is never too early to help

your child develop their skills
and talents. College and
career may seem a long way
off but the path to success
begins now. In todays
challenging environment no
one can depend upon luck or
happenstance to build a
bright future.

Thursday
Evenings 6:30
pm to 8:30 pm

Join us for this short course

4 evening sessions where
middle school/high school
students and their parents
will work together to
understand the preparation
process.
Families will learn about the
pathways to college and
career readiness from
community resources,
educational staff, financial
experts and college guidance
to help navigate the road to
success

Jones Middle
School
October 15
October 22
October 29
November 5
WHO: Parents and

Boone County
Schools
No REGISTRATION

Achieving REQUIRED
Excellence
Together
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What are the academic

benchmarks to aim for? What
courses should my child take?
Who can I speak with? What
skills should my child develop in
and out of school?

Session 2:
Communication
Learn how to follow your
students grades in an
encouraging way; how to
research further opportunities
and build career aspirations with
your child.

Session 3: The
Money Talk DONT
MISS THIS ONE!
College costs, best fits, financial
aid and other resources. Learn
how to aim for scholarships and
good fit colleges.

Session 4: Resources
Learn about college and career
opportunities. Find out what 21st
Century Careers expect of our
students. Create your own

YOU ARE INVITED: COLLEGE AND CAREER

READINESS: A PARENT SHORT COURSE
personal Road Map to College
and Career Readiness.

ACADEMIC PREPARATION

PARENT INVOLVEMENT
Regardless of the economic,
ethnic, or cultural
background, family/parent
involvement in a childs
education is a major factor in
determining the childs
success in school.
Source: PTA Policy Issue
Reference Cards, Revised
February 2009

Students who fall off the collegeParents are crucial in guiding

preparatory track early in high
their children through a
school tend to move ever further
college preparatory
from a complete college-preparatory
curriculum, and middle school
program as they progress through
students generally cite their
high school.
parents as their top resource
In 1970,
only 26 and
percent of middle-class workers had any kind
for academic
planning
of
education
beyond
high school. Today, nearly 60 percent of
support.
all jobs in the U.S. economy require higher education.
The U.S. economy will need an estimated 22 million new
college graduates by 2018 but will face a shortfall of at least
3 million.
A college education is the gateway to the American middle
class, with college graduates earning substantially more
than those without a degree.
Thursday
Evenings
Poor college completion rates in the U.S. hurt the national
6:30 economy.
pm to 8:30
pm half of those who enroll in a four-year
Only about
institution earn a degree within six years, and barely 20% of
pursuing
an associate degree earn one within three
Jonesthose
Middle
School

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KNOW?

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October 15
October 22
October 29
November 5

A college degree will make your chances of gainful employment better. Check
out the earnings and unemployment rates for people 25 years and older with
different levels of education:
Unemployment
Mean (average)
Level of Education Completed
rate in 2014
earnings in 2014
Less than a high school diploma

$30,108

9.0%

High school graduate, no college

$43,056

6.0%

Some college, no degree

$48,984

6.0%

Occupational program (career school)

$48,152

4.3%

Mean (average)
earnings in 2014

Unemployme
nt rate in
2014

A college degree will make your chances of gainful

employment better. Check out the earnings and
unemployment rates for people 25 years and older
with different levels of education:

Level of education completed

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Less than a high school diploma

$30,108

9.0%

High school graduate, no college

$43,056

6.0%

Some college, no degree

$48,984

6.0%

Occupational program (career school)

$48,152

4.3%

Associate degree (academic program)

$52,364

4.6%

Bachelors degree

$74,308

3.5%

Masters degree

$88,036

2.8%

Doctoral degree (e.g., Ph.D.)

$105,456

2.1%

Professional degree (e.g., M.D., J.D.)

$124,904

1.9%

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, unpublished tables 2015