STUDENT SERVICES NEWS

On October 18th, CHS will be giving the PSAT to all sophomores, and juniors. This is a chance to practice for the new graduation exam SAT, and juniors are automatically entered into the National Merit Scholarship.

In previous years, we had to give this test on a teacher in-service day and not all grades were required to attend school. However, this year ALL STUDENTS WILL ATTEND school on October 18th. There is a field trip opportunity to tour Miami University (Oxford, Ohio) for ECHS seniors. Permission slips will be available in Student Services Office.

Want to do better on your next PSAT or rock the SAT? CollegeBoard, the makers of the PSAT and SAT, have teamed up with Khan Academy to give you free personalized practice! Once you take the PSAT you can visit the CollegeBoard website and create an account. Once done, go to Khan Academy and create an account and then link the two accounts. Based on your PSAT, Khan Academy will create personalized practice questions just for you! Even if you have not taken the PSAT you can still go to Khan Academy and create an account to access thousands of questions approved by CollegeBoard and take official SAT practice tests! Click the College Board PSAT logo on the right to get started!

See your counselor for help!

• Try to finalize all applications before Halloween!

• You can apply to your school of choice by visiting the website of the school you wish to apply for. They will have directions for applying to their school posted there. Do not hesitate to ask for help!

• To send your transcript to your school(s) of choice, create an account on Parchment (click the parchment logo to the right). Your counselor will send an official copy of your transcript to your school. More detailed directions on how to create your Parchment account and send your transcripts are located below.

• DO NOT HESITATE TO REACH OUT FOR HELP IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ALONG THE WAY

If you are using the Common Application to apply, you need to take some extra steps to add your counselor and/or any teacher recommendations.

Follow these steps:

1. After you have made your common app account, visit Major Clarity using this website: https://app.paper.co/majorclarity/

2. Log in with Google (make sure this is your school account)

3. On the left hand side, click application center

4. Match your common app

5. Add recommenders (make sure you also let the teacher know that you have requested a recommendation in Major Clarity) – you might also let your counselor know you have recommended a teacher so they can help the teacher log in and use Major Clarity.

See your counselor with questions!

The U.S. Department of Education is overhauling the Free Application for Federal Student Aid this year, but the agency plans to roll out the new form in December - two months later than usual. The delay this year is due to the time it takes to roll out changes required by the FAFSA Simplification Act. The new law requires the Department of Education's Office of Federal Student Aid to implement massive changes to the online form and the backend technology that supports it.

We will keep you posted with new information.

DO NOT FILL OUT THE FAFSA UNTIL DECEMBER!

Mrs. Corsaro provided permission to post the flyer to the right. Please call the number listed or click on the flyer for a link if you are interested or have any questions.

Please let Mrs. Bell if you wish to not interact with Bimini, out student services dog!

In case you missed it, Bimini was living her best life showing her school spirit during HOCO week!