High School
How many years of each core class do you need to pass to graduate?
What is 4?
What is a scholarship?
True or false: A job and a career are the same thing.
False!
The school that you attend AFTER getting your bachelors to become a lawyer
What is law school?
Your 10th grade guidance counselor
Who is Ms. Cynthia?
True or false: Colleges can see your high school attendance record.
True!
A degree from a 2 year college
What is an Associate's degree?
Things that companies provide to full-time workers, such as health insurance, paid sick days, paid vacation days, paid family and medical leave, etc.
What are benefits?
True or False: A Ph.D means you automatically make more money than someone without one
False!
Your 11th and 12th grade guidance counselor
Who is Mr. Carlos?
A number that averages the points you get for your grade in each course
What is GPA?
A degree from a 4 year college
What is a bachelor's degree?
True or false: Most professional careers give workers a yearly salary instead of an hourly wage
True! For example, a position will be posted as making $90,000 a year
True or false: Teachers get paid more for having higher degrees
True
Your post-graduate Alumni Success Coach
Who is Mr. Gabe?
Something you ask a teacher to write to a college or job describing your academic and personal strengths and successes
What is a letter of recommendation?
A college that is funded by the state and often less expensive and larger than a private college.
What is a public university?
This organization protects workers' rights and bargains for good benefits and pay for its members.
What is a trade union?
The degree you get AFTER a bachelor's degree
What is a master's degree?
Classes you can take NOW to earn college credit
What are dual enrollment classes?
The presentation for a panel of community members that you must complete and pass in order to graduate from Muñiz Academy
What is senior portfolio?
A college or school that trains you in a specific career, such as plumbing, carpentry, or phlebotomy.
What is trade school?
People with colleges degrees make an average of this amount more than people without college degrees over their lifetimes.
What is $1.2 million?
The number of years of college you typically attend to become a doctor
What is 8 (or more)?
The person who helps you register for dual enrollment and runs the Early College program
Who is Ms. Madeira?