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Freshman Seminar

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This class is essential to freshman transition, and includes units of study including: mental and emotional health, family health and relationships, personal health including diseases and disorders, use and misuse of substances, ethical decision making, accident prevention and emergency health services, community health, and global/environmental exposure to culture, religion and other health related issues. It also includes life/ study skills essential to a successful future including: organization and time management, stress management, school culture/ getting involved, future college/career pathways and goal setting strategies.
By the end of the year, students will be able to…
  • develop and articulate a better understanding of themselves as individuals in a local, community, and global setting.
  • demonstrate the ability to address complex, real-world problems logically and with an open-mind.
  • demonstrate the ability to communicate ideas to peers and adults in an effective manner through speech, writing and technology.
  • develop moral and civic responsibilities and know how to become contributing members in local and global communities.
  • discuss, explain, understand and empathize with issues of mental, physical and emotional health amongst themselves and their peers.
  • create habits and implement strategies of organization, time- and stress-management, prioritization, and coping skills into their career as a high school student and upon entering the real-world thereafter.

Financial Literacy Final - HERE (DUE WEDNESDAY, 6/13)


In Class 5/30 - 

Instructions: Read the 2 articles below and answer the questions in the survey below. 

​Article 1 - HERE
​Article 2 - HERE

Survey - CLICK HERE


RESUME Website - https://www.resume.com/
Practice Interview site - https://www.myinterviewpractice.com



SWITCH Group Reading Notes - CLICK HERE

INTERVIEW QUESTIONS (in class 4/25) - HERE

Public Speaking



Week of 4/9 Slides

Famous Speeches Resource - Click HERE

Freshman Seminar Feedback Form - CLICK HERE 



2/23 - SELF CARE ARTICLE REFLECTION SURVEY - CLICK HERE


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Unit 2 - School/ Local Community - Who am I interacting with?!

For a calendar of the unit - CLICK HERE

Summary of Topics: In this unit, we will cover topics including bullying, sexual health and relationships, ethics and decision-making, and understanding empathy. This will really help to get students feeling comfortable in uncomfortable situations they're presented with as a high school student. We will bring in guest speakers, members of the community, and school alumni to help lead into our third unit that prepares students for becoming part of a greater community outside of the school. An outline of the unit is provided below:

Section 2.1: Bullying - interactions our with peers
Section 2.2: Sexual health and interactions with others
Section 2.3: Ethics/ decision-making
​Section 2.4: Understanding Empathy 
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In Class Slides - Week 8/9/10/11 (10/10-11/10)

​Group Brainstorm - Bullying... Notetaker CLICK HERE

Things to Look Forward to!
-Grade Check ins Due FRIDAY 12/1
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Healthy Relationships Notes
File Size: 41 kb
File Type: docx
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Attitude/Perspective Poem
File Size: 93 kb
File Type: docx
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Habit 3 Worksheet
File Size: 120 kb
File Type: pdf
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Unit 1 - Self Empowerment - Who am I now!?

--> Need to make up the All About Me Survey?! CLICK HERE

​For a calendar of the unit - CLICK HERE

Summary of Topics: 
In this unit, we will cover topics including self-empowerment and self-identity, time management, goal setting skills and organizational strategies. We will continue into an introduction to mental and physical health including issues a high school student faces with stress anxiety and depression. We will end the unit with an introduction to school community and campus culture. An outline of the unit is provided below: 

Section 1.1: Getting to know each other   
Section 1.2: Self-Empowerment - Finding the real “you” 
Section 1.3: Your Health and Wellbeing (and why they’re important!) 
Section 1.4: Dealing with failure 
Section 1.5: Introduction to School community and culture


In Class Slides - Week 1 (8/23-25)
In Class Slides - Week 2 (8/28-9/1)
-->To makeup the 7 Habits HW Survey​ (Click the link!)
In Class Slides - Week 3/4 (9/5-9/15)
In Class Slides - Week 5/6/7 (9/18-10/6)
In Class Slides - Week 8/9/10 (10/10-10/27)

In Class Monday 10/23 (Welsh Out) - Choose 2 songs that mean something different to you... write or type out the lyrics of the song, and then write 2 paragraphs explaining why certain lyrics, certain melodies, the tempo of the song, etc. effect the way you feel. What emotion does this song evoke? When is a song like this typically played? Why does this song make you feel _____ (insert emotion here). Your two song choices should make you feel two different ways.
Example: Last class we listened to Say Something and Sorry Not Sorry. Those both definitely evoked different emotions for us all! 

Things to Look Forward to!
-Guest Speaker, Friday 10/27!
"7 Habits" Intro Activity
File Size: 129 kb
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Formal Freewrite Instructions
File Size: 95 kb
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Personality Test Scorecard
File Size: 65 kb
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Who Am I? Poem
File Size: 322 kb
File Type: pdf
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Analysis - Personality Test
File Size: 194 kb
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Information for Students and Parents

Hello parents, families and students! 
My name is Ms. Welsh and I am your students' Freshman Seminar teacher. Feel free to contact me via email or phone with any questions or concerns you may have. My contact information can be found here (icons to the right), on this website's homepage, or on the class syllabus/ letter home (attached below)! 
FreshSem Letter to Parents
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FreshSem Syllabus
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