Letters of Recommendation

Fall 2015

What are Letters of Recommendation?

• Letters of support for you

• For use in scholarship & college applications

• If you start now – you will be better prepared and may get a better letter

OverviewWhere do you find the information?

Website

Who is ultimately responsible?

YOU

Where can you get help?

Your Advisor & Counseling Office

Letter of Rec Packet• The counseling office has put together a packet to

help get you started.

• Click on link below, scroll to bottom of page, click on Letters of Recommendation Information.

• Please review each page as a group.

• http://www.fbusd.us/vnews/display.v/SEC/Fort%20Bragg%20High%7CCounseling%20Office

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Brag SheetsWhen you get to a computer:

Copy and paste the Brag Sheet pages from the packet to separate Word document & save in ebackpack

Parents can either type or hand write their version

You will work on a sloppy copy on Tuesday or Thursday in Advisory. (Advisors: check the lab schedule that was sent in an email from Mrs. Walker.)

Résumé

Start working on this now (if you did it in advisory last year, it’s just an update )!

You will be focusing on it in Advisory next week.

Remember, a sample is included in Letter of Rec Packet.

Keep to 1 page.

Proofread!

Final Notes

Be Organized!

Be Prompt!

Keep a copy of everything!

Send Thank You notes to those who write letters.

(and that isn’t a text message )