9th Grade Academic&

Career Planning

9th 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 *3.0 - 4.0 MATH SOME REQUIRE A MINIMUM OF TWO

YEARS OF A WORLD LANGUAGE.

Registration for 2016-17

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 = 4.00 D+ = 1.33 A- = 3.67 D = 1.00 B+ = 3.33 D- = 0.67 B = 3.00 F = 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

9th &10th Grades– Required ACT Aspire, May 11-12

11th Grade- PSAT *recommended for top 20% of Class

11th Grade- ACT/SAT required for university admission. *ACT state mandatory test in March at MHS

11th & 12th Grades- ASVAB required for Military, recommended for career exploration

ACT ACT is preferred in the Midwest.

Apply online at www.actstudent.org School code is 500-575 ACT/ACT Plus Writing

Students should check with their schools to see if the writing test is required or go to www.actstudent.org

Colleges use the best score for admission

Preparing for the ACT www.knowhow2gowisconsin.org www.testprepreview.com 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 2015 3.108 Class of 2016 3.057

Average ACT: 22.5

Post High School Plans: 57% - 4-year University15% - 2-year/ Technical College28% - Work/Military

Internet Resources

MHS website – www.memorial.ecasd.us WisCareers – www.wiscareers.wisc.edu ACT – www.actstudent.org CollegeBoard – www.collegeboard.org FAFSA – www.fafsa.gov UW System – www.uwhelp.wisconsin.edu WI Technical Colleges- www.witechcolleges.org WI Private Colleges- www.waicu.org UM – Twin Cities- www.umn.edu MN Colleges & Univ.- www.mnscu.edu MN Private Colleges- www.mnprivatecolleges.org

MHS COUNSELORS Travis Hedtke A – Di 715-852-6337 John Samb Do – I 715-852-

6335 Michelle Moss J – Mo 715-852-6334 Jane Corning Mr – Sn 715-852-6331 Kris Terhark So – Z 715-852-

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