The High School & Beyond Plan, a graduation requirement, helps students get the most out of high school and think about their future. Students work with school counselors and advisors to create their own individual plan, the “personalized pathway", throughout high school and revise their plan annually to accommodate changing interests or postsecondary goals on what they expect to do the year following graduation from high school.
The postsecondary aspirations may include pathways for application to four-year colleges or universities, two-year community or technical colleges, apprenticeship programs, industry standard certificate programs, military training, or on-the-job training.
What are the elements of a High School and Beyond Plan?
A law passed in 2017 (ESHB 2224, Chapter 31, Laws of 2017) that specifies elements that all High School and Beyond Plans must contain. The required elements include the following:
- an identification of career goals, aided by a skills and interest assessment;
- an identification of educational goals;
- a four-year plan for course-taking that fulfills state and local graduation requirements and aligns with the student's career and educational goals;
- and by the end of twelfth grade, a current resume or activity log that provides a written compilation of the student's education, any work experience, and any community service and how the school district recognized the community service.
What is Schoolinks?
SchooLinks is a modern career and college readiness platform that prepares students for life after graduation. It 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 Lind-Ritzville High School is accessible to students and their parents in 9th-12th grades.
All the SchooLinks features are designed with students in mind, helping them become career, college, and life ready. SchooLinks features are incredibly user-friendly, and high school students can easily comprehend content.
Using SchooLinks, high school students and parents can:
- Access career interest, strength, and mindset surveys
- Grow their High School and Beyond Plan (HSBP)
- Explore 2-year and 4-year colleges
- Review their High School and Beyond Plan (HSBP)
- 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