1. Career Education and Preparation 1 st Meeting-October 16, 2014 6:00 P.M. 10 th & 9 th Grade Students and Parents Mrs. Jamie Palmer, Guidance Counselor Dr. Linda Ruth Bass, Principal and Assistant Headmaster

2. Things to be prepared for: ACT TOPS College Fairs

3. ACT What is the ACT? The ACT is a national college admissions examination that consists of subject area tests in: English, Math, Reading, and Science. You can also choose to take the writing part of the ACT if your college requests the writing part. The ACT is accepted by all four-year colleges and universities in the US. The ACT includes 215 multiple-choice questions and takes approximately 3 hours and 30 minutes. Actual testing time is 2 hours and 55 minutes (plus 30 minutes for the writing). Who should be taking it? Everyone should at their appropriate time. When should the student be taking it? Word of God Academy recommends every student should take the ACT in June after their 9 th grade year. Then continue studying and taking it until you have the desired score. Please remember this particular test is not free and is not paid by the school. Please have your score sent to WOGA as well as the colleges you are thinking about attending.

4. Test Dates & Location December 13, 2014 Registration Deadline: November 7, 2014 Locations: C. E. Byrd Caddo Middle Magnet School Green Oaks Southern University-Shreveport Southwood High School February 7, 2015 Registration Deadline: January 9, 2015 Locations: Caddo Middle Magnet School Green Oaks Southern University-Shreveport Southwood High School April 18, 2015 Registration Deadline: February 7, 2015 Locations: C.E. Byrd Caddo Middle Magnet School Green Oaks Southern University-Shreveport Southwood High School

5. ACT Test Dates & Location Continued June 13, 2015 Registration Deadlines: May 8, 2015 Locations: Southern University- Shreveport Southwood High School

6. ACT Cost ACT No Writing- $38.00 ACT Plus Writing- $54.50

7. Word of God Academy ACT Code This code will be emailed to a WOGA parent.

8. College Codes Louisiana Tech- 1588 Bossier Parish Community College- 1573 University of Louisiana at Monroe- 1598 Tulane University- 1614 New Orleans Seminary-1596 Centenary-1576 LSU Medicine-1620 LSU Baton Rouge- 1590 LSUS- 1593 Northwestern State University-1600

9. TOPS What is TOPS? Louisiana’s Taylor Opportunity Program for Students is a comprehensive program of state scholarships and one of the most innovative and progressive student assistance programs in the nation. TOPS has four award components. Word of God Academy Middle and High School is offering the required courses for TOPS.

11. TOPS Core Curriculum

12. 1 st College Fair Please mark your calendar for our first college fair event that we will be attending. The college fair will be held at Calvary Baptist Academy on Monday, October 27 th, 2014 at 6:00 P.M. Other schools are also partnering with Calvary. This is a come and go event and will last until 7:30 P.M. They are expecting to have up to 40 universities at this fair. Dr. Bass and I will attend this college fair. 9 th and 10 th grade students and their parents/guardians are encouraged to attend to meet some college recruiters and learn more about many colleges.

13. Final Points Word of God Academy teachers are incorporating ACT/SAT prep into their daily lessons. All students are following an excellent curriculum to receive the TOPS scholarship through our Word of God Academy Educational Plan. Remember, in order to be awarded a TOPS Scholarship, a student must take the required courses, earn the required GPA or above, and score the minimum ACT or equivalent SAT score or above on the test. All of these combined are mandatory for the scholarship. We will be administering a career, strengths, and interests test in the near future to all 7 th through 10 th grade students.

14. Information www.act.org www.actstudent.org (http://act.org/research)http://act.org/research www.act.org/aap/resources.html www.osfa.la.gov

15. Next Career Education and Preparation Meeting Thursday, November 6, 2014 6:00 P.M. Multipurpose Room Thanks for attending tonight’s Career Education and Preparation Meeting!