College Readiness Atascocita High School February 12 2018

College Readiness Atascocita High School February 12, 2018

Important/Upcoming Dates • Friday, February 16 th : Four Year Plan changes due to House Counselor • Monday, April 2 nd at noon: Deadline to register for AP Exams • aptestservice. com/atascocita/ap • Friday, April 20 th : Deadline to submit TSI scores and the deadline to submit summer Dual Credit requests • Friday, May 11 th: Deadline to submit ALL forms for Dual Credit

Purpose • To ensure that students are supported in their college and career goals; • To provide information and resources to help students in making decisions about their post-HS planning

“College Readiness”

“College Readiness” “A high school graduate has the knowledge and skills (English and mathematics) necessary to qualify for and succeed in entrylevel college coursework without remediation. ” (adapted from achieve. org and other sources)

Tonight’s Agenda • We will release from our general session to two 30 -minutelong interest sessions. • Choose the sessions that you believe will be most beneficial to your student at this stage in his/her high school career. • Handouts and presentations will be available on the Counselor Page of the AHS website later this week. • humbleisd. net/Domain/2819 • Following the breakout sessions, presenters will be in front of the PAC to answer any final questions you may have.

College 101 - PAC • Christina Spears • Information about the college application process, with an emphasis on obtaining scholarships and financial aid

Core Complete - 1108 • Lesa Pritchard • Information about Dual Credit and the Core Complete plan • Learn how your student can graduate with 42 hours of core college curriculum • 8 th-10 th grade students

Advanced Academics at AHS 1208 • Meredith Le. Blanc • Information about advanced course offerings at AHS, including Pre-AP, and Dual Credit • Information about enrolling in Humble ISD’s Summer Dual Credit Academy

College Admissions Testing – Red LGI • Harleigh Jones • Information about the resources available to strengthen college readiness skills and, specifically, skills needed to improve SAT/ACT scores

Other Available Resources • Computer Lab in Red 1 • • • Check student course requests in Bridges Link College Board and Khan Academy accounts Register for AP exams Dual credit questions/information Submit changes to student course requests for 2018 -2019

Practice for the SAT

Program Surveys Please complete the blue survey as you attend sessions tonight. We need your feedback to ensure we are providing the best support possible to our students and families. Return the survey and pick up additional handouts in front of the PAC after Session 2.