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Passport to Your Future

Passport to Your Future. Parent Informational Session. Agenda. Updates for 2013-14 Resources Admission criteria Types of high schools Online application procedures Selective enrollment International baccalaureate Magnet programs Charter/contract schools College/career academies

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Passport to Your Future

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  1. Passport to Your Future Parent Informational Session

  2. Agenda • Updates for 2013-14 • Resources • Admission criteria • Types of high schools • Online application procedures • Selective enrollment • International baccalaureate • Magnet programs • Charter/contract schools • College/career academies • Catholic/private schools • Financial aid options • Skills for success • Ms. Khorana’s contact information

  3. Updates for 2013-2014 • You will/did receive a eligibility report this fall containing: • 7th grade final grades • 7th grade ISAT stanines and percentiles • A list of schools and programs to which your student is eligible to apply • Directions and a pin # for the online application system

  4. Updates for 2013-2014 • You can now schedule the selective enrollment exam, IB information sessions and magnet auditions using the online application site. • If you schedule your selective enrollment exam for October or November, you will receive your results prior to the application deadline (within 3 weeks of test date). • CPS high school online searchable guide: • http://cps.edu/schools/high_schools/Pages/HighschoolDirectorySearch.aspx

  5. Keep informed of updates as they occur… • Office of Access and Enrollment • www.chicagomagnet.org • 773-553-2060 • Choose Your Future • www.chooseyourfuture.org • Mrs. Khorana’s webpage • http://teacherweb.com/IL/AGBellSchool/MrsKhorana/apt1.aspx • Also available from the Bell website. Click on “Counselor Resources”

  6. Admission criteria • Grades in core curricular subjects (7th grade) • Reading • Math • Science • Social studies • ISAT (7th grade) • Reading and math stanines and percentiles • Attendance • Behavior

  7. Types of high schools available • Selective enrollment • Military academies • Magnet programs • International baccalaureate (IB) • Arts, double honors, special programs • Charter/contract schools • College/career academies • Special education schools • Neighborhood schools • Private schools

  8. Online application procedure • Go to https://apply.cps.edu/ • Pin number will be included in eligibility letter • Once receive pin number, you are able to complete applications online • You can also schedule your selective enrollment exam, IB information sessions and magnet auditions • Print your confirmation for your records

  9. Applying online with supporting documents • If your student’s application requires a supporting document, you may still apply online. • Send support document to OAE, 125 S. Clark, 10th Floor, Chicago, IL 60603 OR • Provide to Mrs. Khorana for sending via district mail • Supporting documents include: • Out of district 7th grade transcripts • IEP’s • 504’s • standardized test scores.

  10. Selective Enrollment High Schools Point System • Selective Enrollment is decided based on a point scale system. • You can score up to 900 pts. • 300 points for 7th grade final grades • 300 points for 7th grade ISAT scores • 300 points for selective enrollment exam • Need a stanine score equal to or higher than 5 on both Reading and Math ISAT to apply • Note: for special education students, combined Reading and Math stanine must equal 10

  11. Selective Enrollment Scoring • Grades • Points calculated for reading, math, science, and social studies. A=75, B=50, C=25 for a maximum of 300 pts. • Test Scores • based on your percentile rankings from the reading comprehension and total math sections of your 7th grade ISAT tests for a maximum of 300 pts. • Selective Enrollment Test • 300 points possible • Point calculator • http://www.cpsoae.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=72696&type=d&termREC_ID=&pREC_ID=200840

  12. Schools on the Selective Enrollment Application • Brooks • Jones • King • Lane Tech • Lindblom • North Side • Payton • Westinghouse • Whitney Young • Chicago Military • Carver Military • Phoenix Military • Carver Military • Rickover Naval • Air Force Selective Enrollment High Schools Military Academies

  13. Understanding the Process • First Round • Two ranking lists generated based on students’ point totals– pure rank order and tier plus rank order. • First 30% of seats at each school given to top ranked students on pure rank order list • Remaining 70% of seats at each school given to top ranking students at each of the four tiers (split evenly) • Acceptance at only one school • Have been notified in February in past years

  14. Selective enrollment numbers from freshman class 2013-2014

  15. Principal Discretion If you did not get accepted into a Selective Enrollment school, there is the Principal Discretion process. (only up to an additional 5% of students chosen) Numbers differ every year. Freshman Class of 2013-2014 Seats Awarded Coming Soon!! Freshman Class of 2012-13 Seats Awarded

  16. Military Academies • Application same as the selective enrollment (refer to slide 11 for school names) • Requirements: • Combined stanine in Reading and Math 10 or above • Must attend a information session (in lieu of interview from previous years). At this session, students will be asked to: • Fill out a motivation and perseverance questionnaire • Answer two essay questions • Sign a statement of commitment

  17. International baccalaureate application overview • International baccalaureate (IB) • One application for all IB schools • No entrance exam • No interview (new) • Must attend an information session (new) • 2.5 minimum GPA requirement (new) • Must have a stanine of 5 in Reading and 5 in Math (total of 10 for students with IEP’s and 504’s)

  18. International baccalaureate point system breakdown • IB Point System • 900 points possible • 450 points possible for 7th grade ISAT percentiles in Reading Comprehension and Math • 450 points possible for 7th grade grades • 50 additional points available for living in the attendance are of the school to which you apply • Top scoring students are granted admission

  19. Schools with IB Programmes • Amundsen • Back of the Yards • Bogan • Bronzeville Academy • Clemente • Curie • Farragut • Hubbard • Hyde Park • Juarez • Kelly • Kennedy • Lincoln Park • Morgan Park • Ogden International • Prosser • Schurz • Senn • South Shore Intntl • Steinmetz • Taft • Washington

  20. Magnet Schools and Special Programs • Magnet schools and programs • Examples – double honors, science, fine arts, etc. • One application – can apply to more than one • No Magnet Testing • Individual requirements for admission.

  21. Schools with magnet • Chicago High School for the Agricultural Sciences • Curie Metropolitan • Fine and performing arts • Senn • Fine and performing arts • Lincoln Park • Double honors • Von Steuben • Scholars • Science

  22. Charter/contract schools • Examples • Noble Street Charters • ChiArts • CICS Northtown • Admissions • Must obtain applications through school website OR from the school’s admissions office • Each school has a separate deadline • Many choose students through a lottery system

  23. College/career academy program description • Special academies located in neighborhood high schools focusing on specific skills. • Separate college/career academy application

  24. Schools housing college/career academies • Austin Business & Entrepreneurship  • Austin Polytechnical • Crane • Curie  • Dunbar  • Fenger  • Harlan • Harper • Juarez • Julian • Manley • Marshall • Mather • Richards • Roosevelt • Schurz • South Shore • Sullivan • Wells

  25. Parochial Schools (Catholic) • Applications specific to each school • For more info, see: http://schools.archchicago.org/ • Entrance Exam: • Arrive on time with $25, pencil and calculator • Can only test at one school • The school you test at is the only school to which you can apply for academic financial aide • Important to shadow ahead of time to find out which one is your top choice. Contact schools of interest directly

  26. Private Schools • Area independent schools: • Francis Parker • Latin • Lab School • Illinois Math & Science Academy (starts in 10thgrade) • Each school has own application process • Must take the Independent School Entrance Exam (ISEE). For more info, see: http://erblearn.org/parents/admission/isee • Register online & pay fee • Can test at any location

  27. Financial Aid • Daniel Murphy Scholarship • http://www.dmsf.org/ • Low income/minority • LINK Unlimited • http://linkunlimited.org/ • African American Only • High Sight • http://www.highsight.org/ • Low income • High Jump • http://www.highjumpchicago.org/index.html • Low income

  28. Necessary Skills for Success • Organization • Time Management • Active Listening • Note Taking • Studying • Test Taking

  29. How to improve NOW • Complete all work, classwork, homework, and projects ON TIME and AS REQUESTED • Participate • Do you personal best • Communicate with your teachers • Practice test taking skills • Use flash cards/other study tricks • Take practice tests • Relax • Get at least 8 hours of sleep each night • Eat breakfast every day • www.selectiveprep.com GRADES TEST TAKING

  30. For more information… Mrs. Elizabeth Khorana 773-534-5152 ekkhorana@cps.edu http://teacherweb.com/IL/AGBellSchool/MrsKhorana/apt1.aspx

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