WELCOME TO JUNIOR PARENT NIGHT NOVEMBER 17, 2014 MARTINSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL.

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WELCOME TO JUNIOR PARENT NIGHT NOVEMBER 17, 2014 MARTINSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL

IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES THANKSGIVING VACATION: NOVEMBER 26, 2014 – NOVEMBER 30, 2014 TRIMESTER TWO MIDTERMS: DECEMBER 17, 2014 CHRISTMAS VACATION: DECEMBER 20, 2014 – JANUARY 4, 2015 RETURN TO SCHOOL- JANUARY 5, 2015 MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY: JANUARY 19, 2015 (NO SCHOOL) PRESIDENT’S DAY: FEBRUARY 16, 2015 (NO SCHOOL) TRIMESTER TWO FINALS: FEBRUARY 19 & 20, 2015 TRIMESTER TWO ENDS: FEBRUARY 20, 2015 TRIMESTER THREE BEGINS: FEBRUARY 23, 2015

ANNUAL REVIEW OF GRADUATION & CAREER PLAN CONTACT COUNSELOR TO SCHEDULE APPOINTMENT TO DISCUSS STUDENT’S PROGRESS PRESLEY (A-F) HILES (G-L) TRZASKOWSKI (M – P) KRISTIN.TRZASKOWSKI.MSDMAIL.NET HYDE (Q-Z)

COUNSELOR PHONE NUMBERS JULIE PRESLEY EXT LANCE HILES EXT KRISTIN TRZASKOWSKI EXT KAMI HYDE EXT LORI LUND EXT. 4023

MARTINSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL WEBSITE MARTINSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL GUIDANCE WEBSITE

SCHEDULING CLASSES FOR NEXT YEAR JUNIORS WILL START TO REQUEST THEIR SENIOR COURSES FOR NEXT YEAR TOMORROW. THEIR COURSE SELECTION PROCESS IS FROM NOVEMBER 18 – DECEMBER 15 YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN AND SIGNED THEIR COURSE SELECTION SHEET CHANGES CAN BE MADE UP UNTIL MAY 1 st

HOOSIER HILLS CAREER CENTER BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA  APPLICATIONS DUE FEBRUARY 2, 2015  AUTO BODY (AM)  EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION (AM)  INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (AM)  COSMETOLOGY (PM)  CULINARY ARTS (AM)  DRAFTING (AM)  FIRE RESCUE (AM / PM)  HEALTH CAREERS/PRACTICUM (AM)  INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH CARE CAREERS (AM)  LANDSCAPING (AM)  WELDING / PRECISION MACHINING (AM)

GRADUATION QUALIFYING EXAMS – GQE  WHEN STUDENT COMPLETES ALGEBRA I  WHEN STUDENT COMPLETES ENGLISH 10  MUST PASS GQE TO GRADUATE  CUT SCORE FOR MATH: 564  CUT SCORE FOR ENGLISH: 360  IF BELOW CUT SCORE, MUST RETAKE

RETAKING THE GQE  AFTER REMEDIATION IN ALGEBRA I, END OF TRIMESTERS ONE, TWO, OR THREE  AFTER REMEDIATION IN ENGLISH 10, END OF TRIMESTERS ONE, TWO, OR THREE  IF GQE IS NOT PASSED BY END OF JUNOR YEAR…. MUST ATTEND SUMMER SCHOOL 2015 FOR REMEDIATION  DURING SENIOR YEAR, TWO MORE TIMES TO RETAKE GQE.  IF GQE IS NOT PASSED BY END OF SENIOR YEAR…. MUST QUALIFY FOR WAIVER

GQE WAIVER  MUST HAVE 95% ATTENDANCE RATE OVER FOUR YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOL  MUST HAVE “C” AVERAGE IN CORE CLASSES  MUST HAVE ATTENDED 80 HOURS OF SUMMER SCHOOL REMEDIATION BETWEEN JUNIOR & SENIOR YEAR  MUST ATTAIN 20 HOURS OF REMEDIATION DURING SENIOR YEAR

GQE WAIVER CONTINUED  MUST HAVE TAKEN THE GQE AT LEAST ONCE EVERY YEAR IN SUBJECT AREA NOT PASSED  MUST HAVE TEACHER RECOMMENDATION IN SUBJECT AREA NOT PASSED  OR  COMPLETE THE COURSE & CREDIT REQUIREMENTS FOR A GENERAL DIPLOMA, INCLUDING CAREER ACADEMIC SEQUENCE; A WORKFORCE READINESS ASSESSMENT; AND, AT LEAST ONE: EXPLORATION INTERNSHIP, COOPERATIVE EDUCATION, OR WORKFORCE CREDENTIAL.  PRINCIPAL’S APPROVAL

DIPLOMA TYPES  GENERAL DIPLOMA—42 CREDITS NEEDED TO GRADUATE FROM MARTINSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL  CORE-40 DIPLOMA—45 CREDITS NEEDED TO GRADUATE FROM MARTINSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL  ACADEMIC HONORS DIPLOMA—48 CREDITS NEEDED TO GRADUATE FROM MARTINSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL  TECHNICAL HONORS DIPLOMA—48 CREDITS NEEDED TO GRADUATE FROM MARTINSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL

Student’s Online Access Code After You Receive Your PSAT/NMSQT Score Reports Students can create a free collegeboard.com account to access MyCollege QuickStart at:

My College QuickStart TM My College QuickStart is a free, personalized college and career planning kit powered by students’ PSAT results. Student access – the access code on the student paper score report is required Educators access – a demo account is available from the resources section of the SOAS website.

SAT DATES Test DatesU.S. Registration Deadlines (Expire at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time, U.S.A.) RegularLate (a fee applies) October 11, 2014Sept 12, 2014Sept 26, 2014 November 8, 2014October 9, 2014October 24, 2014 December 6, 2014November 6, 2014November 21, 2014 January 24, 2015December 29, 2014January 9, 2015 March 14, 2015February 13, 2015February 27, 2015 May 2, 2015April 6, 2015April 17, 2015 June 6, 2015May 8, 2015May 22, 2015

ACT DATES Test Date DeadlineLate Reg Sept 13Aug 8Aug 22 Oct 25Sept 19Oct 3 Dec 13Nov 7Nov 21 Feb 7Jan 9 Jan 16 April 18March 13March 27 June 13May 8May 22

REGISTRATION Only for four-year colleges; Not two-year Covers alg, geom, alg-II ACT = actstudent.org SAT = collegeboard.com Free/Reduced students see your counselor for a fee waiver Use four free score recipients –Especially for IUB, PURDUE, NCAA

COMPARISON Differences at a Glance: SATACT no science section - science reasoning section no trigonometry section - math sections include trigonometry vocabulary emphasized - vocabulary less important some non multiple-choice - entirely multiple choice guessing penalty - no guessing penalty some English grammar - English grammar tested math is 50% of score - math is 25% of score questions from easy to hard - easy and hard questions mixed

EITHER SCORE ACCEPTED ACT to SAT SAT to ACT