College & Career Center
The CCC is open Monday-Friday, 7am - 3:00pm
Kendra Phillips - College & Career Specialist (425) 936-1615
Peggy Shay- College & Career Specialist Assistant (425) 936-1616
The College & Career Center (CCC) is a place where students may come to find out about college visits, scholarships, job openings, field trips, volunteer opportunities, or how to earn credit while working. We also have many resource books available for check-out. As we are constantly updating events, our Power School page has the latest information.
Requests for College Visit & Job Postings
College & University Admission Representatives can go to https://repvisits.com to schedule a visit to Juanita High School. You can also register to participate in our College Fair on November 7, 2019. For any questions, please email kephillips@lwsd.org
If you are a local business or community service organization with opportunities for JHS students, please complete the appropriate intake form. After completing the intake form, you can optionally email a flier with information for our job board and email kephillips@lwsd.org
Excellent Resources for you to take advantage of:
College Visits
Scholarships
Career & Technical Education (CTE) Dual Credit
Career & Technical Education (CTE) Dual Credit
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- Career and technical education (CTE) dual credit classes are offered at many high schools and skills centers across the state in partnership with community and technical colleges. CTE dual credit classes are taught at the high school or skills center. The classes integrate academics with technical skills to help students prepare for advanced education and careers. Students earn high school and college credit for successfully completing the same class.
- Tech Prep classes available at Juanita are:Interior Design, Digital Design, American Sign Language, Yearbook, Marketing, Life & Finance, Architecture Design/CAD, Mechanical Engineering I & II, Biotechnology, Material Science, Photo, and Child Development. For more information, visit the Career Center or go to: https://www.ctesers.org/
- Career and technical education (CTE) dual credit classes are offered at many high schools and skills centers across the state in partnership with community and technical colleges. CTE dual credit classes are taught at the high school or skills center. The classes integrate academics with technical skills to help students prepare for advanced education and careers. Students earn high school and college credit for successfully completing the same class.
WANIC
WANIC - Washington Network for Innovative Careers
Seven school districts, including LWSD, have formed a consortium to offer a variety of different professional/technical programs to high school students. Classes provide rigorous academic and industry standards preparing students for post-secondary education and successful entry into high-skill, high-demand careers and employment. Thirty-five classes are offered. Popular ones that our students attend are:Fire & EMS, Auto Tech (run like a real auto shop), Health Science Careers (students may earn a NAC, which is the first step towards a Nursing degree), Medical Careers, Dental Careers (set up like a dentist office), Teaching Academy, DigiPen AP Video Game Programming, Animation and Robotics. A new class is DigiPen Music Engineering & Sound Design. Students have hands on learning and use state of the art equipment. Students must be a junior or senior to take these classes. Visit the Career Center for a brochure, or go to http://wanic.lwsd.org/ for more information. Registration opens Feb. 1st.
WANIC Summer School
WANIC offers fun classes during the summer. Is your student missing a Health credit? Interested in Cyber Security? Has your student ever wanted to build a car stereo system (and get a discount on parts), learn about Medical Careers or Culinary Arts? Work with DNA and visit Fred Hutch? Are they into Animation, Robotics, or Video Game Programming? (DigiPen offers these same classes for over $1200.) All WANIC classes are $50.00, and assistance is available. Students earn .5 credits. Summer classes are open to 8-11th graders. Registration opens in April. Last year classes filled within fast, so register early. Check out the website for more details or to sign up: http://wanic.lwsd.org/.
Work Credit
Work Credit
Students who have completed or are currently enrolled in an Occupational Ed. Class (Engineering, Material Science, Digital Design, Architectural Design/CAD, Life & Finances, Foods, Yearbook, Photo, Interior Design, Sign Language, Marketing, Biotech, or Child Development), and has a job, can earn high school credit. Students can earn .5 credit with an A grade for every 180 hours worked during the school year. Students can earn up to 2 credits during high school, that’s a potential of four A’s towards their GPA. Please stop by the CCC to pick up a packet.
Visit our
PowerSchool Learning Page
Extensive resources can be found on the Career Center PowerSchool Learning Page.
Important Links
- College Board
SAT and AP information & practice tests; college & scholarship search. - Big Future - College Search use these websites to find the best college, degree program and location for your post-high school education
- College Scorecard
- Military Guide if you are interested in the military, find out which branch is best for you!
- Net Price Calculator find out how much college is going to cost and resources that will help you get there.
- Virtual College Tours Want to take a virtual tour of a college campus?