WELCOME TO THE PARENT NIGHT FOR NEXT YEAR SCHEDULING INFORMATION JANUARY 10, 2019 MARTINSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL

IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY: JANUARY 21, 2019 (NO SCHOOL) PRESIDENT’S DAY: FEBRUARY 18, 2019 (POSSIBLE SNOW MAKE UP DAY) TRIMESTER TWO FINALS: FEBRUARY 21 & 22, 2019 TRIMESTER TWO ENDS: FEBRUARY 22, 2019 TRIMESTER THREE BEGINS: FEBRUARY 25, 2019 PART 1 ISTEP TESTING: FEBRUARY 25 – MARCH 22, 2019 SPRING BREAK: MARCH 25-29, 2019

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 HILES (L-R) LANCE.HILES@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 LANCE HILES 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 14TH SOPHOMORES WILL MEET WITH THEIR COUNSELOR IN SMALL GROUPS DURING ARTIE HOUR THE WEEK OF JANUARY 28TH FRESHMEN WILL MEET WITH THEIR COUNSELOR IN SMALL GROUPS DURING ARTIE HOUR THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 11TH CHANGES CAN BE MADE UP UNTIL MAY 1st

HOOSIER HILLS CAREER CENTER BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA APPLICATIONS DUE FEBRUARY 4, 2019 AUTO BODY I & II (AM) COSMETOLOGY I (AM) COSMETOLOGY II (PM) CULINARY ARTS I & II (AM) FIRE RESCUE I & II (AM) HEALTH SCIENCE EDUCATION I & II (AM) WELDING I & II (AM) EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES-12th only (AM)

GRADUATION QUALIFYING EXAMS – ISTEP SOPHOMORES TAKE PART ONE IN FEBRUARY / MARCH SOPHOMORES TAKE PART TWO IN APRIL / MAY 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 NOVEMBER / DECEMBER IF ISTEP IS NOT PASSED BY END OF JUNOR YEAR…. MUST ATTEND SUMMER SCHOOL 2019 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, 21st 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 5, 2019 Sept 8, 2019 Sept 22, 2019 November 2, 2019 October 19, 2019 December 7, 2019 November 16, 2019 March 14, 2020 February 9, 2020 February 23, 2020 May 2, 2020 April 6, 2020 April 20, 2020 June 6, 2020 May 3, 2020 May 17, 2020

ACT DATES Test Date Deadline Late Reg Sept 8 Aug 4 Aug 18 Oct 27 Sept 22 Oct 6 Dec 8 Nov 3 Nov 17 Feb 9 Jan 12 Jan 19 April 13 March 9 March 23 June 8 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