WELCOME TO THE PARENT NIGHT FOR NEXT YEAR SCHEDULING INFORMATION JANUARY 18, 2018 MARTINSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL

IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES TRIMESTER TWO FINALS: FEBRUARY 15 & 16, 2018 TRIMESTER TWO ENDS: FEBRUARY 16, 2018 PRESEDENT’S DAY: FEBRUARY 19, 2018 (SNOW MAKE UP DAY) TRIMESTER THREE BEGINS: FEBRUARY 19, 2018 PART 1 ISTEP TESTING: FEBRUARY 21 – MARCH 6, 2018 SPRING BREAK: MARCH 26-30, 2018

ANNUAL REVIEW OF GRADUATION & CAREER PLAN CONTACT COUNSELOR TO SCHEDULE APPOINTMENT TO DISCUSS STUDENT’S PROGRESS PRESLEY (A-D) JULIE.PRESLEY@MSDMARTINSVILLE.ORG LUND (E-K) LORI.LUND@MSDMARTINSVILLE.ORG DOAN (L-R) ELLIOTT.DOAN@MSDMARTINSVILLE.ORG SGROI (S-Z) ERICA.SGROI@MSDMARTINSVILLE.ORG

COUNSELOR PHONE NUMBERS JULIE PRESLEY 765-342-5571 EXT. 4020 LORI LUND 765-342-5571 EXT. 4225 ELLIOTT DOAN 765-342-5571 EXT. 4022 ERICA SGROI 765-342-5571 EXT. 4047 MARCY HANKINS REGISTRAR EXT. 4021

MARTINSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL WEBSITE https://www.msdofmartinsville.org/martinsville-high-school/ MARTINSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELING WEBSITE https://www.msdofmartinsville.org/counseling/

SCHEDULING CLASSES FOR NEXT YEAR JUNIORS WILL MEET WITH THEIR COUNSELOR IN SMALL GROUPS DURING ARTIE HOUR THE WEEK OF JANUARY 22ND SOPHOMORES WILL MEET WITH THEIR COUNSELOR IN SMALL GROUPS DURING ARTIE HOUR THE WEEK OF JANUARY 29TH FRESHMEN WILL MEET WITH THEIR COUNSELOR IN SMALL GROUPS DURING ARTIE HOUR THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 5TH CHANGES CAN BE MADE UP UNTIL MAY 1st

HOOSIER HILLS CAREER CENTER BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA APPLICATIONS DUE FEBRUARY 2, 2018 AUTO BODY (AM) EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION (AM) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (AM) COSMETOLOGY (AM/PM) CULINARY ARTS (AM) DRAFTING (AM) FIRE RESCUE (AM) HEALTH CAREERS/PRACTICUM (AM) INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH CARE CAREERS (AM) LANDSCAPING (AM) WELDING (AM)

GRADUATION QUALIFYING EXAMS – ISTEP SOPHOMORES TAKE PART ONE IN FEBRUARY SOPHOMORES TAKE PART TWO IN MARCH/APRIL MUST PASS ISTEP TO GRADUATE CUT SCORE FOR MATH: 271 CUT SCORE FOR ENGLISH: 244 IF BELOW CUT SCORE, MUST RETAKE JUNIOR AND/OR SENIOR YEAR

RETAKING THE GQE JUNIORS RETEST IN DECEMBER IF ISTEP IS NOT PASSED BY END OF JUNOR YEAR…. MUST ATTEND SUMMER SCHOOL 2018 FOR REMEDIATION DURING SENIOR YEAR, RETAKE ISTEP. IF ISTEP IS NOT PASSED BY END OF SENIOR YEAR…. MUST QUALIFY FOR WAIVER

DIPLOMA TYPES CORE-40 DIPLOMA—40 CREDITS NEEDED TO GRADUATE FROM MARTINSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMIC HONORS DIPLOMA—47 CREDITS NEEDED TO GRADUATE FROM MARTINSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL TECHNICAL HONORS DIPLOMA—47 CREDITS NEEDED TO GRADUATE FROM MARTINSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL

PSAT Taken in October Taken by top 10th and 11th graders Purpose: Prepare students for the SAT SAT required for four-year colleges Qualify for the NMSQT Scholarship Money

SAT/ACT Not required for two-year, military, trade schools ACT = actstudent.org SAT = collegeboard.com Free/Reduced Lunch, JAG, 21 Century Scholars students see your counselor for a fee waiver (2 maximum per test) Use four free score recipients Especially for IUB, PURDUE, NCAA If scores low, retake and resend

COMPARISON Differences at a Glance: SAT ACT no science section - science reasoning section math formulas provided - no formulas provided reading, relevant words - grammar & usage reasoning test - content-based test no guessing penalty - no guessing penalty subject scores are 200-800 - subject scores are 1-36 total score is 1600 - total composite score is 36 questions from easy to hard - easy and hard questions mixed

SAT DATES Test Dates U.S. Registration Deadlines (Expire at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time, U.S.A.) Regular Late (a fee applies) October 7, 2017 Sept 8, 2017 Sept 22, 2017 November 4, 2017 October 5, 2017 October 19, 2017 December 2, 2017 November 2, 2017 November 16, 2017 March 10, 2018 February 9, 2018 February 23, 2018 May 5, 2018 April 6, 2018 April 20, 2018 June 2, 2018 May 3, 2018 May 17, 2018

ACT DATES Test Date Deadline Late Reg Sept 9 Aug 4 Aug 18 Oct 28 Sept 22 Oct 6 Dec 9 Nov 3 Nov 17 Feb 10 Jan 12 Jan 19 April 14 March 9 March 23 June 9 May 4 May 18

NCAA ELIGIBILITY https://web3. ncaa NCAA ELIGIBILITY https://web3.ncaa.org/ecwr3/ Course requirements GPA requirements SAT/ACT test score requirements

21st CENTURY SCHOLARS https://scholars. in. gov/ 2 21st CENTURY SCHOLARS https://scholars.in.gov/ 2.500 GPA requirement Complete all 12 Scholar Track Activities before Graduation