Counselor's Corner        

Green Cord Criteria                                

Green Cord Documentation form                Upcoming 12th graders

 (MEF) Scholarship bulletin                      Upcoming 11th graders                      

SAT Registration information                      Upcoming 9th graders

SAT Prep Program

SAT Prep Program Enrollment form

ACT Registration information

       *Juniors Should take the SAT the
         Spring semester of their Junior year.
         Averages show that this is when their score
         will be highest.

       *Additional information on scholarships and
         other financial aide is available in the
          counselors office.

The Texas Assessment of Academic Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) will be
administered during February and April.  Eleventh grade students must pass the English/Language Arts, Mathematics, Science and Social
Studies Exit level TAKS in order to graduate. Tutoring and retesting for
 any section that was not mastered is available and recommended
during the summer.

Seniors:
At this time, seniors should continue their college applications as well as their scholarship applications. This is an exciting time for our seniors. We need to help keep them focused with high expectations for grades through graduation. Grades continue for our seniors until graduation, some students think the 2nd semester doesn't count in GPA and colleges don't look at the 2nd semester. This is not the case. The college that your child will attend will receive a final transcript.

Juniors:
Please encourage your child to sign up for the spring SAT Reasoning Test and/or the ACT test. This year, beginning in the spring, SAT is letting our junior students have the option of what testing to send to the college. A student wanting to wait on sending the scores should not list any colleges on the application. If a student chooses to test multiple times, the student will get to choose which test scores to send from one particular test. ACT has always done this but this is a change for SAT. It will ask for our school code. Our school code is 444632.

Sophomores:
Students need to take advantage of tutoring on a regular basis. If a student is struggling in a class, we encourage a student to attend tutoring for that class weekly. This is also a great time for students to become involved with school activities. When a student is creating a resume for college, it looks much better to be committed to several activities over a period of time. This shows the colleges commitment and also will give your child a better chance of having a leadership role as they become juniors and seniors.

Freshman:
The counselors will be going into the freshman classes the week of Nov. 17th. They will be presenting a power point showing graduation requirements and also showing students a variety of transcripts. Students will see what a credit looks like on a transcript, what it looks like when a student is denied credit due to attendance, and what it looks like if the student is not awarded credit due to a failing grade. The counselors want to make sure that students see what a transcript looks like and what it represents to the college. Also, students that failed a required course will be taking that class over. Some students do not really understand this until this presentation.

TAKS Testing Schedule

Scholarship Information

House	Phone	Counselors		E-Mail
North A-D	(469) 742-4303	Jason Wooden		jwooden@mckinneyisd.net
South E-K	(469) 742-4304	Bob Bevenour		rbevenour@mckinneyisd.net
East L-Re	(469) 742-4306	Dr. Mary Ellen Kemp		mekemp@mckinneyisd.net
West Rf-Z	(469) 742-4305	Velvet Hammond		vhammond@mckinneyisd.net

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