Junior Year
Juniors
The following is a list of events Juniors should be doing each month.
Helpful Website www.ICANsucceed.org
August
Check with Counselor to be sure you are on track to graduate.
Keep Your Grades Up. Your GPA Will Help You Get Into The
Colleges, Universities, or Tech School You Want To Go To.
If you are planning on graduating early ( a semester early or an entire year early) meet with Counselor to make sure all requirements are met and you have enough credits. Must go in front of the board before the October School Board Meeting.
Check with Counselor that you have met NCAA Clearing House
Rules if you are planning on participating in sports at the
Division I or Division II Level.
Check out www.TransferInIowa.org This is a new website relating to college credits and how they transfer in Iowa. If you are taking college classes in high school, this website will help you know how your credits will
transfer to one of the state universities.
September
Sign up with the Counselor to visit with college representatives when they come to school.
Attend college fairs--Lewis Central HS hosts one in Sept. and the Golden Circle College Fair in Altoona, IA is on Sunday, Sept. 26th from 12:30pm-3:00pm at Parrie Meadows Conference Center.
October
The ACT is this month.
Check out your colleges for Just Junior Days.
Take the PSAT/NMSQT if you signed up for it during your sophomore year.
November
Research colleges, universities, and tech schools. Make a list of possibilities.
December
The ACT is this month.
Research colleges, universities, and tech schools. Pros/Cons.
January
Check out Choices at www.ICANsucceed.org/IowaChoices for career and college exploration.
Sign up for the John Baylor ACT Prep Course.
February
John Baylor ACT Prep is this month.
The ACT is this month.
Update your resume.
March
Attend the College Planning and FAFSA (Free Application For Student Aid) meeting put on by ICAN (Formally The College Planning Center) March 18th @ 6:00pm (College Planning & 7:00pm (Financial Aid) @ Tri-Center HS (2019-2020 school year).
ISASP Assessments are this month. Do your best!!!
John Baylor ACT Prep is this Month.
Sign up with Counselor to visit with college representatives
when they come to school.
Take a college visit
April
The ACT is this month.
Take a college visit.
Attend College Fair on the UNO Campus (Sunday, April from 1:00-3:00pm.)
May
Consider making a list of teachers, principals, guidance counselors, ministers, priests, community leaders, etc. that you would ask for letters of recommendation next year.
June
The ACT is this month.
Make a summer reading list and read, read, read!!!
Look into any summer orientations or Junior Days to attend at colleges, universities, or tech schools.
Get a summer job or volunteer in an area that relates to a career you are interested in.