June 11, 2015

Post date: Jun 9, 2015 4:53:17 PM

IMPORTANT HOUSE KEEPING NOTES:

SENIORS!  

Attentions Senior Dual Enrollment Students!!!  Montgomery County Community College (MCCC) is giving one COMPLIMENTARY TRANSCRIPT REQUEST FORM for Dual Enrollment Students that are graduating this June!!

That's right, you can fill out the MCCC form, and have them send your MCCC Dual Enrollment Credits (FOR FREE) directly to the college you will be attending in the Fall.

Please follow the directions on the form:  the forms are to be mailed, faxed or emailed directly to MCCC (please do NOT give the forms to guidance, it is the responsibility of the student to take care of this): https://sites.google.com/a/jtowndrakes.org/jenkintown-hs-guidance/dual-enrollment-college (Scroll down until you see the MCCC Dual Enrollment Transcript Request Form link).

JUNIORS (almost seniors)!!! 

COLLEGE BOOT CAMP has been scheduled for Wednesday, August 19, 2015 from 12:45 to 3:15pm.  We will have a guest speaker from NYU who also happens to be a Jenkintown graduate.  You must RSVP to attend Boot Camp.  For more information, please sign up at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1uOR5jFYZMiVmLxt2FcFJHoRr2lOc3BbYI-BX0b4PvDo/viewform

Don’t forget to complete the JUNIOR/SENIOR Checklist before June 12. 

Need a FAST & EASY way to know what you still need to complete?  Log into your FAMILY CONNECTION account and click on ‘MY PLANNER’ …… then click on ‘TASKS ASSIGNED TO ME’……anything with a yellow star is REQUIRED!

Access Family Connection here: https://connection.naviance.com/family-connection/auth/login/?hsid=jenkintownhs

Need extra copies, download a copy here: https://docs.google.com/a/jtowndrakes.org/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=anRvd25kcmFrZXMub3JnfGplbmtpbnRvd24taHMtZ3VpZGFuY2V8Z3g6YzY0YmI2NTM4YWExNTkw

START WRITING YOUR COLLEGE ESSAYS THIS SUMMER!!

Did you know that the Common Application has already published their Essay Prompts for the 2015-2016 College Application Season??  If you have a Common App School on your ‘SCHOOLS I’M THINING ABOUT’ list under the ‘COLLEGES’ tab…. it would be in your best interest to get a head start!!  See the essay prompts here: https://docs.google.com/a/jtowndrakes.org/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=anRvd25kcmFrZXMub3JnfGplbmtpbnRvd24taHMtZ3VpZGFuY2V8Z3g6NWZmZDE3ZWEyNDM5N2Y4Yg