Guidance Newsletter Archive
February 2 , 2007
Hi Parents! We’re halfway through the school year!
Registration for all students will begin on February 7, 2007 and must be finalized by March 23, 2007. We will meet with your students and go over the classes they need to take. They will then bring a registration form home for you to sign and return. Please discuss with them the courses they will be signing up for next year, especially if they are taking multiple honors or AP courses. Madison High School is staffed based on student’s course selection so student’s class selections are extremely important! Staffing occurs in April, so once course selections are in, decisions are made based on whether or not there are enough students enrolled in the class to offer it. Courses that are under enrolled are deleted and not offered! Students are then reassigned to their alternative class selection. Changes to the student’s course selection will be on a space available basis after March 23, 2006, so it is very important that you work with your son/daughter to make the most appropriate choices. You should have already received course selection materials, which were mailed home to current high school students and distributed to middle school students when the counselors visited Kilmer and Thoreau Middle School during this time. This course selection guide has information about course, FCPS regulations, graduation requirements and SOL requirements. The Course Guide is also available on the Madison Web site.
11th grade information
The College search process
Recently, counselors have seen all juniors in the career center to give them an overview of the college selection process. Juniors should continue to research colleges throughout the spring as well as plan to visit some colleges (Spring break would be a good time to do this).
We invite you to have an individual meeting with your student’s counselor to discuss their specific college plans. Please contact them to set up this appointment.
S.A.T. sign up
please make sure your junior has gone to www.collegeboard.com to register for their first SAT. Our CEEB code, which they will need for all SAT registrations and college applications, is 472278. Please make a note of it.
12th grade information
Senior Mid Year grades
Mid-year (7th semester) grades are automatically sent to every college to whom you have submitted an application. You do not need to do an additional request. However – we will not even have them until the middle of February.
College Results Online (www.collegeresults.org) allows you to:
Examine overall graduation rates and see how those rates have changed over time.
Learn about universities' records graduating diverse groups of students
Compare the graduation rates of similar institutions - colleges and universities that share many characteristics and serve similar student populations
U.S. Military Academy and ROTC Night
Madison High School, Warhawk Hall, February 22, 2007, 7:00-9:00 pm
Representatives from all five military academies: Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard and Merchant Marine; and all three military ROTC: Army, Navy, and Air Force programs will be at Madison High School to explain the process of applying to the academies and the ROTC programs. Students and parents are welcome.
Super Saturday Financial Aid Events
Get help completing your FAFSA forms, meet with financial aid officers and attend financial aid workshops. February 10, 2007 at Northern Virginia Community College from 10:00am-3:00pm, www.nvcc.edu/finance or call 703-323-3199. Workshop also available on February 10, 2007 at Herndon High School from 10:00am-2:00pm, Sally.Skene@fcps.edu or call 703-810-2249
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Summer Opportunities for Students
Visit the FCPS Summer Opportunities Database
http://www.fcps.edu/suptapps/summeropportunities/ProgramSearch.cfm for information about summer programs offered by camps, schools, colleges and universities nationwide and abroad. Search by interest area, location, program name or by keyword.
Bob Gambarelli
Director of Student Services
Madison High School
703-319-2337
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