Monterey High School
Junior News December 2019
Junior Meetings
- Each junior created a College Board and a Khan Academy accounted and linked the two.
- This allowed College Board to share PSAT scores with Khan Academy to create a personalized learning experience to address the areas your junior needs to focus on before taking the SAT.
- Encourage your junior to be working on Khan Academy to help boost SAT scores.
- SAT in the School Day-March 4th 2020, all Juniors will take the SAT....FREE-OF-CHARGE!
- Graduation Requirements/Four year plans were given to your student.
- Transcripts-A current transcript was also given to your student.
- GPA, Rank
- Alpha counselors will be meeting 1 on 1 with all Juniors this spring to begin preparing for senior year and after high school plans.
Tuesday December 10th-English I
Wednesday December 11th-Algebra I
Thursday December 12th-English II
Friday December 13th- Biology & US History
Dual Credit Update
SPC Spring Open Enrollment began on November 11th, 2019 and will continue through January 29th, 2020 for dual credit classroom courses. Students who were not enrolled in the fall classes need to have completed applications turned in to the Registrar's Office at SPC as soon as possible in order to register. If a high school transcript has not been sent for those students needing to enroll for the first time this spring, go ahead and request and send a current one now, as well as test scores. Please see your house counselor for more information about Dual Credit. You may also click the link below for complete dual credit information.
Comparing Colleges
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When Getting Ready to Apply to College Why GPA and Rank Matter
- 3 hours (plus 50 minutes for the Essay)
Components:
- Reading Test
- Writing and Language Test
- Math Test
- Essay (optional)
Important Features:
- Emphasis on reasoning, alongside a clearer, stronger focus on the knowledge, skills, and understandings most important for college and career readiness and success;
- Emphasis on the meaning of words in extended contexts and on how word choices shapes meaning, tone, and impact;
- Rights-only scoring (a point for a correct answer but no deductions for an incorrect answer; blank responses have no impact on scores).
Essay:
- Optional and given at the end of the SAT; post secondary institutions determine whether they will require the essay for admissions; 50 minutes to write the essay. Tests reading, analysis, and writing skills; students produce a written analysis of a provided source text.
Score Reporting:
- Total score: scale ranges from 400 to 1600. Section score: Scale ranges from 200 to 800, and 10 to 40 on test and cross-test scores. Essay results reported separately, with Reading, Analysis, Writing each reported on a 2 to 8 scale.
Subscore Reporting:
- subscores on a 1 to 15 scale for every test, providing added insight for students, parents, admission officers, educators, and counselors.
SAT in the School Day
Wednesday, Mar 4, 2020, 08:00 AM
Monterey High School, 47th Street, Lubbock, TX, United States
MHS Counseling Team
219-1983 gail.holdridge@lubbockisd.org
Kristen Lewis, Alpha B-D
219-1998 kristen.lewis@lubbockisd.org
Kim Brinkley, Alpha E-I
219-1918 kimberlee.brinkley@lubbockisd.org
Jill Forbes, Alpha J-M
219-2028 jill.forbes@lubbockisd.org
Adrienne Greaser, Alpha N-R
219-2036 katina.carlile@lubbockisd.org
Crystal Scott, Alpha S-Z
219-2087 crystal.scott@lubbockisd.org
Tom Thomson, Special Services
219-2065 tom.thomson@lubbockisd.org
Website: http://mhs.lubbockisd.org/pages/MONTEREYHS
Location: 3211 47th Street, Lubbock, TX, 79413
Phone: (806)219-1900