North Catholic Counseling & Career News 8/22/19

SCHOOL COUNSELING NEWS

WELCOME BACK

The School Counseling Department would like to introduce our new

School Counselor, Mr. Eric Chiesa!

We are very excited for this new academic year and looking forward

to working with you and your students!

Mrs. Mia Gantz- Last Names A-K

Mr. Eric Chiesa- Last Names L-Z

PSAT & SAT SCHOOL DAY

North Catholic will be offering the PSAT and SAT

on Wednesday, October 16th during the school day.

Each grade will take the following exam:

9th Grade- PSAT 8/9

10th Grade- PSAT NMSQT

11th Grade- PSAT NMSQT or SAT School Day

12th Grade- SAT School Day

Please note that Juniors have the option to take EITHER the PSAT NMSQT or SAT School Day. Juniors will be automatically registered

for the SAT unless otherwise noted HERE

DECIDING BETWEEN THE PSAT NMSQT AND SAT

The cost of each exam will be billed to your portal

and you will NOT need to register your student.

PSAT 8/9 & NMSQT- $17.00

SAT School Day - $64.50

COLLEGE APPLICATION PROCESS

At the end of April, the class of 2020 was presented with information about preparing for the college application process. Students were introduced to the Common Application and tools used to request application documents within Naviance. They were also given a general timeline to ensure that they stay on track from now until graduation. The counselors will be going into the senior classes over the next few weeks to present another refresher on this information.

IMPORTANT ADVANCED PLACEMENT CHANGES

The CollegeBoard has made the following changes to the AP Exam ordering process.

Parents and students should understand that:

Exams are now ordered in the fall.
Students must decide about taking AP exams in the fall, so that the AP Coordinator can submit the school’s exam order by the preferred (October 4, 2019) or final (November 15, 2019) deadlines. It is possible to request an exam after the final deadline until the spring course orders and fall order changes deadline (March 13, 2020) but an additional late order fee of $40 per exam will apply.
If a student chooses to cancel an exam after November 15 or does not take the exam that was ordered for them, they will be charged $40 per exam.

CLICK HERE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM COLLEGEBOARD

CAREER DEVELOPMENT NEWS

We are excited to jump into Career Development for the start of the 2019-2020 school year! We will be announcing our first field trips and Career Action Plan (CAP) Talks, very soon so please be on the lookout.

Just a reminder: Mrs. Parsons' office hours are Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. If you need to meet with her, send her an email to schedule a time ( jparsons@northcatholic.org ). Her office is located in the back of Room 105 (FYI: there may be classes going on throughout the day in the classroom, but you are allowed to walk through when you are scheduled to meet with her!)