CHRISTIAN INSTITUTE OF ARTS & SCIENCES
SENIOR EXPECTATIONS
Our accrediting agency asks CIAS high school students to be proactive in the planning of your future as you near the end of high school. Consequently, it is important that you complete and submit these "Senior Expectations" by the time that you graduate.
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Myers Briggs Personality Typing
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FFAA
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FAFSA
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Career Interest Inventory
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Spiritual Gift Analysis
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Learning Styles Analysis Quiz
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Resume
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Senior Research Essay
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NEW FOR 2023-24!
CIAS is offering classes for the seniors to help guide you through the Senior Expectation assessments and tasks!
Mrs. Karen Brodeur and CIAS administration will be teaching a "Career Exploration & Decision Making" class, to be held on the first Friday of the month, starting in September. Dates and topics are posted in the class' Google Classroom. Join in to receive 1/2 credit and to complete all the Senior Expectations throughout the year.
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DUE DATES
The Senior Expectations are due at different times of the year. Submit the "expectation assignments" that are listed for the school year in the order that they are listed. Submit them to the school office at nogratrjoy@christianinstitute.com. Thank you all for your compliance!
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SENIOR EXPECTATIONS
#1: Myers Briggs Personality Typing
Carl Jung’s and Isabel Briggs Myers’ typology
http://www.humanmetrics.com/personality
There are several different Personality Type lists, one is based on a list of 16, while there are multiple lists of four character traits. Choose one of these to help you determine what your Personality type is, print, and submit.
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#2: FFAA
Go to the FFAA website (Florida Financial Aid Application) http://www.floridastudentfinancialaid.org/
This application opened up the first week December. If you are going to apply for Florida state grants or scholarships, please fill out the FFAA. If you know that you will not qualify for the Bright Futures Scholarship and do not want to be evaluated for it, please click that button and resubmit your FFAA. Print and submit.
#3: FAFSA
Start filling out the FAFSA for the 2020-2021 school year: https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/fafsa
Click "YES" when it asks you if you want to provide your parents' info. You will need to answer questions regarding your parents' 2020 finances/taxes, so have that handy. You have 72 days to begin and finish the FAFSA before it will reset; "Save" as you go along.
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#4: Career Exploration
CIAS Class: "Career Exploration & Decision Making"
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#5: Spiritual Gift Analysis
www.churchgrowth.org/cgi-cg/gifts.cgi?intro=1
Forward the 5-page report that is emailed to you to the school.
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#6: Learning Styles Analysis Quiz
Print and submit
www.educationplanner.org/students/self-assessments/learning-styles.shtml
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#7: Resume
Create, print & submit.
See the CIAS High School Handbook for details and a sample on Pages 40-41. Download it as a PDF from here: http://media.wix.com/ugd/9652c7_581546cdf0e04777951b812133a5dfb2.pdf
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#8: Senior Research Essay
Minimum/Maximum: 1200-1500 words
Format: MLA or APA
Use: primary & secondary sources of info for research
Include in-text citations for footnotes, bibliography/Works Cites/References page
*You may ask for Writing Coaching sessions with CIAS Principal Mary Beth Jones in-person or online via Google Meet.
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