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Welcome!

The TS-SM Advisors and Staff have put together some great activities for our students to work on to support their college and career preparation journey! If you are new to the program, we recommend you start with Welcome TS-SM Students: Begin Here!

If you are accessing this course from a mobile device, please review the following: Mobile Guides - Canvas Student Links to an external site.

All TS-SM Participants

College and Career Prep Resources

LGBTQiA+ Resources

College Transfer Credits 101 Webinar Links to an external site.

This link will take you to the recording of the webinar that was held on Tuesday, July 21st and the copy of the presentation to refer to.

Introduccion a la transferencia de creditos universitarios. Este enlace te llevara a la grabacion de la presentacion que fue el Martes, Julio 21, y la copia de la presentacion a cual puede referir.

Computer Science Tutoring Videos Links to an external site.

During the 2019 - 2020 school year, the TS-SM offered Computer Science Academic Saturdays for our participants to do hands-on activities to gain skills in computer science, specifically in Java. We now have tutorial videos available below for TS-SM students to continue developing their proficiency in Java.

Dia de los Muertos Trivia Links to an external site.

Financial Literacy Trivia Links to an external site.

National Hispanic Heritage Month Trivia Links to an external site.

TS-SM Students Needs Assessment 2020-2021 Links to an external site.

Talent Search - Connect Club

TS-SM Summer Scholarship Program

Week 1: Create Accounts to Apply for Scholarships

Week 2: Determine Your Financial Need Links to an external site.

Week 3: Personal Statement Links to an external site.

Week 4: Resume & Goal Setting Links to an external site.

Week 5: ApplyTexas Application Essay Links to an external site.

TS-SM Summer Scholarship Virtual Conference

Thank you to everyone that participated in our Summer Scholarship Program Virtual Conference last week. We had some wonderful presenters that shared some very insightful and useful information with our students and families. We have some resources we wanted to share with all of our students/families in case you were unable to join us for the conference.

We are happy to share Ja’Net Adam’s (from Debt Sucks University) presentation from our Summer Scholarship Program Virtual Conference with you all. All of our Talent Search members now have access to our private website with all four Financial Literacy keynote/workshop recordings, worksheets, and quizzes. You will all have access until December 31st, 2021.

The webinars available on this website include:

All About You (Financial Literacy Keynote)
Scholarship Searching
Senior Jumpstart
Parent Workshop – Personal Finance

You are able to get a certificate of completion once you have watched the webinars and answered all the questions in the quiz.

Head to the-money-attractor.teachable.com/p/txst-talentsearch Links to an external site. and click on "Enroll In Course." You should be directed to enter your email address and a password. Make the password "mymoney" all one word. In the future if you have to sign in you will use the same email address and the password "mymoney".

In addition to Ms. Adam's resources, we wanted to share some follow up information for Larry Hawkins II, as requested by our conference attendees:

The link to the merch store (per request): https://hawkdg.storenvy.com/ Links to an external site.
Twitter Handle: @_MrHawk
Instagram Handle: @MrHawkDG
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lgh2nd/ Links to an external site.

We hope you will all find this information to be beneficial in your college planning process!

All High School Students

College & Career Center Scavenger Hunt Links to an external site.

Individual Service Plans for High School Links to an external site.

Application Information Session Links to an external site.

TS-SM Webinar Series

TS-SM has great college and career preparation workshops planned, and you can have the opportunity to earn prizes! For each webinar, we will have a live zoom meeting the day of and an activity for students to complete if they weren't able to attend the live event.

Your name will be entered into a prize drawing for each webinar you participate in. We will give out a prize two weeks after each webinar, and a grand prize to the student who has participated in the most webinars for the semester!

Our high school students will receive the Zoom meeting links in an e-mail sent to their SMCISD account. We will be sending out reminders the morning of each of these webinars. Each webinar will be recorded, and the link to the recordings will be posted below.

Spring 2021 Webinar Series

The webinar recordings and online activities from the Spring 2021 Webinar Series are still available for participants. ALL PRIZE DRAWING WINNERS HAVE BEEN CONTACTED AS OF 5-14-2021.

Community Colleges – Thursday, February 11^th Links to an external site.

Local Scholarships - Wednesday, March 3^rd Links to an external site.

I’ve Been Accepted! Now What? – Thursday, March 4^th Links to an external site.

College Housing – Thursday, March 11^th Links to an external site.

College Classes Overview – Thursday, March 25^th Links to an external site.

How to Succeed in College Online – Thursday, April 8^th Links to an external site.

Self-Care While In College – Thursday, April 22^nd Links to an external site.

Advice From Current College Seniors Panel – Tuesday, April 27^th Links to an external site.

Networking and Internships – Thursday, April 29^th Links to an external site.

Final Prize Drawing Announcement: Grand Prize for VIP - Very Involved Participant - Thursday, May 13^th

Fall 2020 Webinar Series

The webinar recordings and online activities from the Fall 2020 Webinar Series are still available for participants. ALL PRIZE DRAWING WINNERS HAVE BEEN CONTACTED AS OF 11-30-2020.

Scholarships - Monday, October 5^th Links to an external site.

Financial Aid - Wednesday, October 7^th Links to an external site.

Test Taking Skills - Tuesday, October 20^th Links to an external site.

TS-SM Fall 2020 Program Overview - Thursday, October 22^nd Links to an external site.

Resume Building - Tuesday, November 3^rd Links to an external site.

Financial Literacy - Wednesday, November 4^th Links to an external site.

Scholarship Essay Tips - Wednesday, November 11^th Links to an external site.

Advice From Current College Seniors - Wednesday, November 18^th Links to an external site.

LGBTQiA+ Information Session for Students - Thursday, November 19^th Links to an external site.

Final Prize Drawing Announcement: Grand Prize for VIP - Very Involved Participant - Monday, November 30^th

11th - 12 Grade

We recommend that Juniors and Seniors check your e-mails for information from Ms. Brenda to stay up to date on what you need to be working on to meet your college enrollment and career goals. E-mails will be from rts@smcisd.net in your SMCISD inbox and bnl2@txstate.edu in your personal inbox.

We recommend students review this list of resources: College and Career Prep Resources

The College & Career Center Links to an external site. at San Marcos High School also has some great information and resources.