1. WELCOME TO THE PARENT NIGHT FOR NEXT YEAR SCHEDULING INFORMATION
JANUARY 18, 2018
MARTINSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL

2. IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES
TRIMESTER TWO FINALS: FEBRUARY 15 & 16, 2018
TRIMESTER TWO ENDS: FEBRUARY 16, 2018
PRESEDENT’S DAY: FEBRUARY 19, 2018 (SNOW MAKE UP DAY)
TRIMESTER THREE BEGINS: FEBRUARY 19, 2018
PART 1 ISTEP TESTING: FEBRUARY 21 – MARCH 6, 2018
SPRING BREAK: MARCH 26-30, 2018

3. ANNUAL REVIEW OF GRADUATION & CAREER PLAN
CONTACT COUNSELOR TO SCHEDULE APPOINTMENT TO DISCUSS STUDENT’S PROGRESS
PRESLEY (A-D)
LUND (E-K)
DOAN (L-R)
SGROI (S-Z)

4. COUNSELOR PHONE NUMBERS
JULIE PRESLEY EXT. 4020
LORI LUND EXT. 4225
ELLIOTT DOAN EXT. 4022
ERICA SGROI EXT. 4047
MARCY HANKINS REGISTRAR EXT. 4021

5. MARTINSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL WEBSITE
MARTINSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELING WEBSITE

6. SCHEDULING CLASSES FOR NEXT YEAR
JUNIORS WILL MEET WITH THEIR COUNSELOR IN SMALL GROUPS DURING ARTIE HOUR THE WEEK OF JANUARY 22ND
SOPHOMORES WILL MEET WITH THEIR COUNSELOR IN SMALL GROUPS DURING ARTIE HOUR THE WEEK OF JANUARY 29TH
FRESHMEN WILL MEET WITH THEIR COUNSELOR IN SMALL GROUPS DURING ARTIE HOUR THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 5TH
CHANGES CAN BE MADE UP UNTIL MAY 1st

7. HOOSIER HILLS CAREER CENTER BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA
APPLICATIONS DUE FEBRUARY 2, 2018
AUTO BODY (AM)
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION (AM)
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (AM)
COSMETOLOGY (AM/PM)
CULINARY ARTS (AM)
DRAFTING (AM)
FIRE RESCUE (AM)
HEALTH CAREERS/PRACTICUM (AM)
INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH CARE CAREERS (AM)
LANDSCAPING (AM)
WELDING (AM)

8. GRADUATION QUALIFYING EXAMS – ISTEP
SOPHOMORES TAKE PART ONE IN FEBRUARY
SOPHOMORES TAKE PART TWO IN MARCH/APRIL
MUST PASS ISTEP TO GRADUATE
CUT SCORE FOR MATH: 271
CUT SCORE FOR ENGLISH: 244
IF BELOW CUT SCORE, MUST RETAKE JUNIOR AND/OR SENIOR YEAR

9. RETAKING THE GQE JUNIORS RETEST IN DECEMBER
IF ISTEP IS NOT PASSED BY END OF JUNOR YEAR…. MUST ATTEND SUMMER SCHOOL 2018 FOR REMEDIATION
DURING SENIOR YEAR, RETAKE ISTEP.
IF ISTEP IS NOT PASSED BY END OF SENIOR YEAR…. MUST QUALIFY FOR WAIVER

10. DIPLOMA TYPES
CORE-40 DIPLOMA—40 CREDITS NEEDED TO GRADUATE FROM MARTINSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
ACADEMIC HONORS DIPLOMA—47 CREDITS NEEDED TO GRADUATE FROM MARTINSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
TECHNICAL HONORS DIPLOMA—47 CREDITS NEEDED TO GRADUATE FROM MARTINSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL

12. PSAT Taken in October Taken by top 10th and 11th graders Purpose:
Prepare students for the SAT
SAT required for four-year colleges
Qualify for the NMSQT
Scholarship Money

13. SAT/ACT Not required for two-year, military, trade schools
ACT = actstudent.org
SAT = collegeboard.com
Free/Reduced Lunch, JAG, 21 Century Scholars students see your counselor for a fee waiver (2 maximum per test)
Use four free score recipients
Especially for IUB, PURDUE, NCAA
If scores low, retake and resend

14. COMPARISON Differences at a Glance: SAT ACT
no science section science reasoning section
math formulas provided no formulas provided
reading, relevant words grammar & usage
reasoning test content-based test
no guessing penalty no guessing penalty
subject scores are subject scores are 1-36
total score is total composite score is 36
questions from easy to hard - easy and hard questions mixed

15. SAT DATES
Test Dates
U.S. Registration Deadlines (Expire at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time, U.S.A.)
Regular
Late (a fee applies)
October 7, 2017
Sept 8, 2017
Sept 22, 2017
November 4, 2017
October 5, 2017
October 19, 2017
December 2, 2017
November 2, 2017
November 16, 2017
March 10, 2018
February 9, 2018
February 23, 2018
May 5, 2018
April 6, 2018
April 20, 2018
June 2, 2018
May 3, 2018
May 17, 2018

16. ACT DATES Test Date Deadline Late Reg Sept 9 Aug 4 Aug 18
Oct 28 Sept 22 Oct 6
Dec 9 Nov 3 Nov 17
Feb 10 Jan 12 Jan 19
April 14 March 9 March 23
June 9 May 4 May 18

17. NCAA ELIGIBILITY https://web3. ncaa
NCAA ELIGIBILITY Course requirements GPA requirements SAT/ACT test score requirements

18. 21st CENTURY SCHOLARS https://scholars. in. gov/ 2
21st CENTURY SCHOLARS GPA requirement Complete all 12 Scholar Track Activities before Graduation