GRADUATION COACH
HELPS STUDENTS STAY THE COURSE TO GRADUATION
The misstion of the High School Graduation Coach initiative is to ensure the successful transition of students from middle to high school and from high school to some form of post-secondary education or work. The High School Graduation Coach works specifically with students at-risk of grade retention and/or dropping out. The graduation coach/counselor identifies students in need of additional supprt and works with them to achieve academic success. Typically, these are students at-risk of dropping out due to academic or social barriers. Once identified, the coach/counselor attempts to connect students to intervention programs to prevent grade retention, course failure, and/or Georgia High School Graduation Test (GHSGT), End of Course Test (EOCT) failure.
Our Graduation Coach is Ms. Joyce Ricks. Students and parents with concerns for Ms. Ricks may contact the Counseling Office at (770) 978-5060 to make an appointment or write her at Joyce_Ricks@gwinnett.k12.ga.us.
The High School Diploma and Future Success
Did you know students who do not earn a high school diploma are more likely to........
Face unemployment
Live in poverty
Be incarcerated
Earn half as much annual income as a high school graduate
Have children at an early age
Use illicit drugs, tobacco or both
Experience health problems
Hair, E., Ling,T., Cochran, S.W.(2003)Youth development programs and educationally disadvantaged older youths. Washington, D.C: Child Trends. Retrieved 6/19 2006, from www.childtrends.org/files/EducDisadvOlderYouth.pdf
"Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure."
Norman Vincent Peale
STAY IN SCHOOL: YOUR FUTURE MATTERS