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Class of 2010: Mrs. Gundy (A-L) and Ms. Costar (M-Z) Welcome to Central Bucks-East!! A goal for sophomores (for all of us) is to develop time management skills. We hope you are exploring clubs and activities here at school and in the community. Click on STUDENT ACTIVITIES on the CB East homepage for a listing of school organizations. Also, check out the bulletin boards located outside of the Guidance Office for information on announcements, college visits and open houses, job opportunities, and military information. For sophomores wanting to get some SAT practice, www.collegeboard.com has an SAT QUESTION OF THE DAY that includes an explanation of each correct answer. This site is also a resource for parents new to the college search and application process. For more free online SAT test prep, click on www.number2.com. Just a reminder: if a student drops a nine week course after the first three days, but before the mid point of the course, a W+ or a W- will appear on his transcript. For eighteen week courses the student has five days to withdraw from the course without a W+ or a W-. Dropping a course after the midpoint of any course results in an F for that course. We are pleased to introduce Family Connection from Naviance, a Web-based service designed especially for students and parents. Family Connection is a comprehensive website that you and your child can use in making decisions about college courses, colleges, and careers. Family Connection is linked with Counselor’s Office, a service that we use in our office to track and analyze data about college and career plans, so it provides up-to-date information that is specific to our school. Family Connection will allow you and your child to:
Family Connection also lets us share information with you and your child about up-coming meetings and events, local scholarship opportunities, and other Web resources for college and career information. In addition, the site includes a link that your child can use to send us an e-mail message. To visit our school’s Family Connection site, use your Web browser to connect to: https://connection.naviance.com/fc/signin.php?hsid=cbhseast You will be given your username and password this year. Class of 2009: Mrs. Carr (A-K) and Mrs. Ramsey Russo (L-Z) This year is going to be a crucial and important year for you. Remember, this year all you will be taking the PSAA's and most others will be taking the PSAT in October, and the SAT's. This is a big year for testing and narrowing your decisions for colleges and careers. Below is a schedule for the upcoming standardized tests. PSSA- The Pennsylvania State Assessment is tentatively scheduled for the month of April. This is a state mandated assessment in which the results of these tests will become part of your academic record appearing on your transcript. SAT- Registration Deadline Test Date September 10th, 2007 October 6th, 2007 October 2nd, 2007 November 3rd, 2007 October 30th, 2007 December 1st, 2007 December 26th, 2007 January 26th, 2008 January 29th, 2008 March 1st, 2008 April 1st, 2008 May 3rd, 2008 May 6th, 2008 June 7th, 2008 Registration is done by mail or on-line. To register go to www.collegeboard.com Also, forms can be picked up directly from Guidance and mailed directly to SAT program center. Also, Pick up bulletin for dates of the SAT II test offered in guidance. ACT registration deadline : Test Dates August 10th, 2007 September 15th, 2007 September 21st, 2007 October 27th, 2007 November 2nd, 2007 December 8th, 2007 January 4th, 2008 February 9th, 2008 March 7th, 2008 April 12th, 2008 May 9th, 2008 June 14th, 2008 Register online at www.actstudents.org to register. You can also pick up a registration for the ACT in Guidance.
Class of 2008: Mr. Moustakas (A-K) and Mrs. Jones (L-Z) College application procedures and deadlines: You must arrange to have your transcript sent directly from the Guidance office. For a college to consider a transcript "official" it must be sent directly from the high school in a sealed envelope. No official transcript will given to the student to mail with an application being mailed separately. Mid-year and Final Grade Reports: These reports are sent if a request has been made directly by a college. Please note that you may request mid-grades be sent to a college if the college has contacted you. Final transcripts are sent automatically when you complete your senior survey before you graduate. Senior survey will be completed via Naviance at https://connection.naviance.com/fc/signin.php?hsid=cbhseast *PLEASE BE AWARE OF COLLEGE APPLICATION DEADLINES* Application Deadline Guidance Office Deadline November 1, 2007 October 12, 2007 November 15, 2007 October 26, 2007 January 1, 2008 December 3, 2007
We cannot assure you that applications not meeting these deadlines will go out in sufficient time.
Student Mails Guidance MailsSigned & completed application Secondary School Counselor Evaluation Application fee Transcript with SAT, ACT & PSSA scores Essays when required Profile Personal data sheet Confirmation of receipt post card Student must arrange for official SAT scores to be sent (if required)
Check the Guidance bulletin board and listen on the morning announcements for college visits. This is an excellent opportunity to meet and network with admissions representatives. Sending a follow up email or thank you note to the college rep can earn you brownie points too!!! Remember to contact teachers ASAP if you are asking them for letters of recommendation. Be sure to provide your resume and stamped, addressed envelopes for each college. Also, please use the the Naviance program to assist you in your college searches. With this program, you can compare GPA, standardized test scores, and other statistics to actual historical data from our school for students who have applied and been admitted to those schools in the past. Log-on information was mailed home and distributed in homeroom last spring. The link is: https://connection.naviance.com/fc/signin.php?hsid=cbhseast Feel free to make an appointment with your counselor if you have any questions.
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to check the guidance bulletin board to see what colleges are visiting.
It is important to try and see the college reps when they visit if you
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