1. Class of 2016

2. 24 total credits: earned during grades 9-12 which must include: 3 Science classes 4 Social Studies, English, and Math classes 2 computer courses 2 Health/Wellness (grades 10 & 11) 4 Physical Education (grades 9to 12) (NJROTC exempt in grades 9 &12) Successful completion of your Career Portfolio or BCTC Senior Project Satisfactory completion of EOCAs What you need to earn your diploma in 2016:

3. If you are missing any of your graduation requirements up until this point, make an appointment with your counselor immediately!

4. Get to know us! COUNSELORS ASSIGNED ALPHABETICALLY BY LAST NAME A-E: Mrs. Caitlin Hawkins chawkins@boyertownasd.org chawkins@boyertownasd.org F-K: Mrs. Beth Shive bshive@boyertownasd.org bshive@boyertownasd.org L-Rh: Ms. Sandra Gallagher sgallagher@boyertownasd.org sgallagher@boyertownasd.org Ri-Z: Mrs. Christy Greener cgreener@boyertownasd.org cgreener@boyertownasd.org

5. CLERICAL STAFF Counseling Secretary: Mrs. Wilma Schaeffer ( Current Substitute- Mrs. Ali ) Career Assistant: Mrs. Susie Groff (“Everything Career Cruising”)

6. Receive feedback on your strengths and weaknesses on skills necessary for college study. Evaluate how your performance on an admissions test might compare with that of others applying to college. Help prepare for the SAT. You can become familiar with the types of questions, directions and the format of the SAT.

7. One more reason to take the PSAT: It enters you into the competition for scholarships from National Merit Scholarship Corp. (We will discuss this more when we return your results in December, but you can read about it on the “Green” side of your Official Student Guide.)

8.  Stands for: The Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT)  Test will be given during school on Wednesday, October 15 th to all Junior students including BCTC  The district is paying for it.  There is no need to register with College-Board  There will not be make-ups if you are not present that morning.

9. PSAT Test Format Refer to pp. 10-35 on the “BLUE” side of your “Official Student Guide”

10. Critical Reading Page 10 Vocabulary Comprehending Sentences Reading Effectively Sentence Completion Passage-Based Reading

11. Math Page 19 Number and Operations Algebra and Functions Geometry and Measurement Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability (you should bring a 4 function, scientific or graphing calculator- for specifics refer to p.19 in your Official Student Guide)

12. WRITING Page 31 Improving Sentences Identifying Sentence Errors Improving Paragraphs There is no Essay on the PSAT

13. Pacing Testing will take approximately 3 hours. Minutes per portion is announced at the beginning of each section Start and stop times will be posted for each section. Complete the questions you know the answers to first.

14. Multiple Choice-On the PSAT & SAT only, if you cannot eliminate any choices, move on. The way the test is scored, you lose more points for a wrong answer than no response.

15. The Counselors will be back in December to deliver your PSAT score report and explain your scores. In the meantime…

16. Things to do this year Job Shadow PRIOR to 2 ND Semester & Update your Resume Attend College Rep Visits from schools that interest you when they come to BASH Attend College Fairs and Visit College Campuses