9 th Grade Academic & Career Planning

Our Role as School Counselors  Meet with students and families for a broad range of reasons including: academic planning, schedule changes, schedule errors, post-secondary planning, personal issues, etc.

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS 23.5 TOTAL CREDITS MINIMUM 4.0 ENGLISH 3.0 MATH 0.5 HEALTH 3.0 SCIENCE 3.0 SOCIAL STUDIES 1.5 PE 8.5 ELECTIVES  ** Starting with the Class of 2017, Graduation requirements will include successful completion of a state mandated Civics exam. 4 YEAR UNIVERSITIES *3.0 SCIENCE * MATH SOME REQUIRE A MINIMUM OF TWO YEARS OF A WORLD LANGUAGE.

Registration for Jan. 27 – Registration Materials Distributed Feb. 9 – Register for courses during their English class Add/Drop policy

Post-Secondary Admission Requirements 4 yr – ACT/SAT, GPA, Class Rank, possible Essay 2 yr – ACT Technical School –ACT or GPA – program specific Military – ASVAB ***If you are eligible for free/reduced lunch, you are also eligible for other fee waivers

GPA=GRADE POINT AVERAGE A= 4.00D+= 1.33 A- = 3.67D= 1.00 B+= 3.33D-= 0.67 B = 3.00F= 0.00 B-= 2.67 C+= 2.33 C= 2.00 C-= 1.67

CLASS RANK EACH SEMESTER YOUR GPA IS CALCULATED AND YOUR CUMULATIVE GPA IS ALSO CALCULATED. THIS GPA IS THEN COMPARED TO ALL STUDENTS IN YOUR GRADE AND THIS DETERMINES YOUR RANK.

TESTING INFORMATION 9 th &10 th Grades– Required ACT Aspire, May th Grade- PSAT *recommended for top 20% of Class 11 th Grade- ACT/SAT required for university admission. *ACT state mandatory test in March at MHS 11 th & 12 th Grades- ASVAB required for Military, recommended for career exploration

ACT ACT is preferred in the Midwest.  Apply online at School code is ACT/ACT Plus Writing  Students should check with their schools to see if the writing test is required or go to  Colleges use the best score for admission Preparing for the ACT    UWEC ACT Prep course  WISCareers ACT practice tests See counselors for additional ideas

Advanced Placement Exams Cost: $92.00 Credits translated to UW-System: UWHELP.WISCONSIN.EDU Test Dates and Information: apcentral.collegeboard.com It is highly recommended that students planning to attend post-secondary education to take at least one AP course before graduation.

Memorial High School Profile Average GPA: Class of Class of Average ACT:22.5 Post High School Plans: 57% - 4-year University 15% - 2-year/ Technical College 28% - Work/Military

Internet Resources MHS website – WisCareers – ACT – CollegeBoard – FAFSA – UW System – WI Technical Colleges- WI Private Colleges- UM – Twin Cities- MN Colleges & Univ.- MN Private Colleges-

MHS COUNSELORS Travis HedtkeA – Di John SambDo – I Michelle MossJ – Mo Jane CorningMr – Sn Kris TerharkSo – Z