Counseling
Grade 9
Grade 10
Welcome Sophomore Students and Parents!
Middlesex County Career Fair 2025
Where: Wesleyan University - Sophomore Field Trip departing from PHS
When: TBD
CONNECTING TO NAVIANCE
Family Connection from Naviance, a web-based service designed especially for students and parents. It is a comprehensive website that you can use to help make decisions about courses, colleges, and careers. Family Connection also provides up-to-date information that’s specific to our school.
Activate Your Account
Use the personalized registration code to login to NAVIANCE and set up your Naviance account as a new user. Please see your school counselor if you need your password reset.
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Career Exploration, Skilled Trades & Apprenticeship Training Programs
Careers In Construction & Apprenticeship Training Programs
More than a job…you deserve opportunity and choice.
The construction industry is the nation’s largest single industry employing more people and contributing more money to America’s bottom line than any other single industry. And with the need for new schools, hospitals, housing and other commercial buildings only going up, the industry is going to need more and more quality workers to get all of the work done.
From skilled trade workers to designers and management positions to support staff, permanent, well-paying construction careers exist in all areas of the industry. Careers in the construction industry can be divided into four general categories: Skilled Trades, Management, Administration and Professional Support, and Design and Engineering.
Explore the various job opportunities within each category to find out what each job entails, what you’ll need to know to build your own construction career and to see how much you could earn.
PAUL MITCHELL THE SCHOOL NORTH HAVEN
Cosmetology, Esthetics, Makeup
Find your niche. Follow your passion. Shape your future. You can make it happen—and we can help.
Medical/Health Career Opportunities
GENERAL DYNAMICS
Electric Boat
Build a Career
Internal Apprentice Program
The apprentice program is meant to be a long-term investment in valuable human resources, designed to supply a well-trained workforce. The combination of on-the-job training and related instruction offered through apprenticeship has proven a reliable teaching and learning model.
The apprentice program trains an active employee in one of the many skilled trade disciplines in the company in either a shipyard trade or a design discipline.
Shipyard Apprenticeship Program ranges from 3 -5 years while the Design Apprenticeship Program is 4 years.
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Naviance Student Login
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Grade 11
Welcome Junior Students and Parents!
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College Fair Information
Portland High School
IMPORTANT: STUDENTS ATTENDING MUST REGISTER HERE
When: Thursday, March 21, 2024 morning departure from PHS
Location: Junior Field Trip - National College Fair, Hartford, CT
(Mrs. Risley and Mrs. St. Amand will be distributing permission slips.)
Xavier High School and Mercy High School College Fair
When: Thursday, April 24, 2024 - 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Location: Xavier High School, 181 Randolph Road, Middletown, CT
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Instructions to Request Transcript for NCAA:
- Register with the NCAA website: NCAA Eligibility Center
- Log onto your NCAA account
- Go to “My Planner”
- Go to “My Task List”
- Find the box in front of “Official Transcript Needed” and check it off
- You will then be instructed to “click here” and will have to create a docufide account to LINK yourself from the NCAA to the counselor’s Naviance account.
- Notify your counselor that the request has been made
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College Representatives:
To schedule a college visit with Portland High School, please use RepVisits.
Students - How to sign up for a COLLEGE VISIT:
Please sign up for college visits through your Naviance account. All students must get permission from their classroom teacher in order to attend a college visit - see Mrs. Henry for a pass. On the day of the visit, join us in the Counseling Center conference room and bring your Chromebook!
Please email Mrs. Henry in the Counseling Center at lhenry@portlandct.us if you need assistance signing up for a college visit.
All college visits are posted on the Counseling Center home page calendar.
Click on the following link to explore the colleges located in Connecticut & other states, along with their tuition costs:
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Family Connection from Naviance, a web-based service designed especially for students and parents. It is a comprehensive website that you can use to help make decisions about courses, colleges, and careers. Family Connection also provides up-to-date information that’s specific to our school.
Activate Your Account
Use the personalized registration code to login to NAVIANCE and set up your Naviance account as a new user. Please see your school counselor if you need your password reset.
Have questions about financial aid, college planning, costs, etc.? The links below are excellent sources to answer all of your questions and create a college plan.
Checklists:
Grade 12
Welcome Senior Students and Parents
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Parents: If you were unable to attend our Senior College Planning Night, please click on the slideshow below.
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Steps to Applying to College
1. Research schools.
2. Create final list of schools.
3. Create activity list.
4. Ask teachers personally to write a letter of recommendation for you. (see form below)
5. Get all deadlines, forms, applications, fees, etc. for each school.
6. Work on essay – revise revise revise!
7. Send official SAT or ACT scores (collegeboard.com or actstudent.org)
8. Complete and submit your applications!
Submit your application through Common App Here
Important: The following should be completed at least 10 school days before college’s deadline
9. Now, Login to Naviance to formally request transcripts and letters of recommendation
a. “Colleges” top tab, “Colleges I am applying to”
b. Complete FERPA waiver
c. Request transcripts here AND complete “pink sheet” in the Counseling Center (see form below)
d. Request letters of recommendation formally – starting the 10-day ticker.
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How the First Year Common App Works
First Year Student Application Guide
Questions? Visit Common App Support
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COLLEGE BOARD OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIPS AND FREE FAFSA HELP
College Board has partnered with Benefits Data Trust—a national nonprofit—to connect Opportunity Scholarships participants with Wyatt℠, a free FAFSA assistance chatbot that answers questions via text message. Students can receive around-the-clock help from Wyatt. All seniors can sign up for Wyatt using the link at the top of the Opportunity Scholarships homepage . By confirming completion of the FAFSA, seniors can enter drawings for $500 scholarships!
How Seniors Qualify
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They sign up for College Board Opportunity Scholarships, if they haven't yet joined.
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They fill out the FAFSA.
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Once they've submitted the FAFSA, they visit the My Action Plan page and confirm their submission.
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If they're legally ineligible to complete the FAFSA, they can still qualify for this scholarship on their My Action Plan page.
Winners are selected monthly and notified via the email in their College Board accounts. For questions about Opportunity Scholarships, email opportunityscholarships@collegeboard.org or call 844-298-3554.
Applying to FAFSA - Free Application for Federal Student Aid
On behalf of CHEFA: myCHESLA Student Loan
CHESLA is proud to offer its myCHESLA student loan at a 4.59% fixed rate with no fees for the 2021-2022 academic year. This new student loan interest rate sets a record low for the program following last year’s low of 4.85%. CHESLA still has funds remaining at the 4.59% fixed rate for students seeking Spring semester funding.
We believe we are uniquely positioned in the industry with our one fixed rate. All approved applicants are treated the same, with the same great rate! While many lenders may have Annual Percentage Rate (APR) ranges that can range well over 10%, CHESLA’s APR is the same as our stated interest rate. CHESLA is committed to helping our borrowers finance the cost of higher education and expanding access to educational opportunities for all Connecticut residents.
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Instructions to Request Transcript for NCAA:
1. Register with the NCAA website: NCAA Eligibility Center
2. Log onto your NCAA account
3. Go to “My Planner”
4. Go to “My Task List”
5. Find the box in front of “Official Transcript Needed” and check it off
6. You will then be instructed to “click here” and will have to create a docufide account to LINK yourself from the NCAA to the counselor’s Naviance account.
7. Notify your counselor that the request has been made
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Family Connection from Naviance, a web-based service designed especially for students and parents. It is a comprehensive website that you can use to help make decisions about courses, colleges, and careers. Family Connection also provides up-to-date information that’s specific to our school.
Activate Your Account
Use the personalized registration code to login to NAVIANCE and set up your Naviance account as a new user. Please see your school counselor if you need your password reset.
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Community Health Center (CHC) Information
School Based Health Counseling Center
We have a School Based Health Center at Portland High School through a partnership with Community Health Center. Our Health Center has two licensed behavioral health clinicians available to see enrolled students for weekly outpatient counseling sessions within the school building, therefore allowing students easy access to mental health support. Both clinicians are currently accepting new clients. To enroll your child please visit School-Based Health Center and complete the online form. If you have additional questions about this service feel free to reach out directly to Lauren Annino, LCSW at 860-342-1720, ext 3110.
CTC Connecting to Care Information
Mobile Crisis Flyer Urgent Crisis Walk-in Centers in CT When to call 988 vs 211 vs 911 988 Lifeline
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Family Connection from Naviance, a web-based service designed especially for students and parents. It is a comprehensive website that you can use to help make decisions about courses, colleges, and careers. Family Connection also provides up-to-date information that’s specific to our school.
Activate Your Account
Use the personalized registration code to log in to NAVIANCE and set up your Naviance account as a new user. Please see your school counselor if you need your password reset.
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This summer take a vacation from the ordinary and participate in a summer program
- Quinnipiac University Summer Programs for High School Students
- US Naval Academy Summer Seminar and STEM Programs
- Boston Leadership Institute - Award-Winning STEM Programs for Teens
- Rensselaer Summer PREFACE: Summer Engineering Design Program
- University of Connecticut Pre-College Summer Programs
- New York University High School Summer Programs
- US Military Academy - West Point - Summer Leaders Experience (SLE)
- Syracuse University Pre-College Experiences
- Bryant University Leadership Institute
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The Portland High School graduation requirements can be found on the last pages of the Program of Studies booklet published below.
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Local Scholarships
Below is a list of the local scholarship opportunities. Please check your Naviance account for all scholarship opportunities. Only local scholarships will be listed below. All applications are available below by clicking on the scholarship name, or the student's Naviance account. Please keep in mind: If you are having trouble logging in to your Naviance account, please email Mrs. Henry or your school counselor asking that your password be reset.
LOCAL SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES:
Check back soon!
Students should check their Naviance account for a complete listing of scholarship opportunities. They can also stop by the Counseling Center and see Mrs. Henry if they need a transcript or an application printed. -
FORMER STUDENTS CAN REQUEST A TRANSCRIPT BY COMPLETING THE TRANSCRIPT REQUEST FORM BELOW:
- Fill out a transcript request form and mail, email shair@portlandct.us or fax (860) 262-7326.
- Include and address of each institution you are requesting a transcript to be sent to.
- Be sure to sign the request form. Your request will not be processed without your signature.
- There is a $2.00 fee per transcript.
HOW TO REQUEST A TRANSCRIPT FROM UCONNINSTRUCTIONS TO REQUEST TRANSCRIPT FOR NCAA:
- Register with the NCAA website:
- Log onto your NCAA account
- Go to “My Planner”
- Go to “My Task List”
- Find the box in front of “Official Transcript Needed” and check it off
- You will then be instructed to “click here” and will have to create a docufide account to LINK yourself from the NCAA to the counselor’s Naviance account.
- Notify your counselor that the request has been made
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