Lake View High School
An early college stem school
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4015 N. ASHLAND ▪ CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60613 ▪ TEL. 773.534.5440 ▪ FAX 773.534.5585 ▪ WEBSITE www.lakeviewhs.com
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DR. LILITH WERNER, Principal
MR. MICHAEL J. COX, Assistant Principal
MS. RHONDA J. VARNEY, Assistant Principal
April 8, 2014
Dear Junior Students and Families,
Your child is scheduled to take the Prairie State Achievement Exam (PSAE) on Wednesday, April 23 and
Thursday, April 24. The PSAE is the state achievement test for grade 11 public high school students.
Current state legislation requires that students take the PSAE in order to graduate from high school. In
spring 2014, the PSAE will test four academic subjects: reading, mathematics, science, and writing.
All students received a copy of Taking the ACT; please be sure to review pages 3-4 of this booklet with
your student to ensure that he/she is aware of the testing and security procedures.
Students – Please be aware of and adhere to the following:
On Test Day (p4):
 Report to Lake View by 7:45 am. You will not be admitted to the test if you are late.
 Take the following items with you:
 LVHS student ID – if you forget your ID, you will need to obtain a temporary ID from 109
 Sharpened soft lead No. 2 pencils with good erasers (no mechanical pencils or ink pens)
 A watch to pace yourself (NOT a cell phone). Your supervisor will announce when 5 minutes
remain on each test.
 A permitted calculator. You may use any four-function, scientific, or graphing calculator,
unless it has features described in the current list of prohibited devices at
www.actstudent.org.
 Report to your assigned testing location
 Once testing materials have been distributed, late students will not be allowed to enter the testing
room
 Testing will take about 4 hours
DO NOT take any of the following items into the test room (p4):
 Cell phones or ANY electronic device other than a permitted calculator (examples include timer,
media player, headphones, iPad)
 Books, dictionaries, notes, scratch paper, or any unapproved testing aids
 Highlight pens, colored pens or pencils, or correction fluid
 Reading material
 Other items prohibited by LVHS and CPS
Prohibited Behavior at the Test Site
You will be dismissed and your answer document will not be scored if you are found:
 In possession of or using any electronic device during testing or during breaks
 Filling in or altering ovals on a test or continuing to write the essay after time has been called on
that test
 Looking back at a test on which time has already been called
 Looking ahead in the test booklet
 Looking at another student’s test booklet or answer document
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Giving or receiving assistance
Using a prohibited calculator
Using a calculator on any test other than the Mathematics Test
Sharing a calculator with another student
Attempting to remove test materials, including test questions or answers from the test room by any
means
Using highlight pens, colored pens or pencils, scratch paper, notes, dictionaries, or any other
testing aids not approved in advance by ACT
Not following instructions or abiding by the rules of the test site
Exhibiting confrontational, threatening, or unruly behavior
Creating a disturbance or allowing an alarm to sound in the test room
Testing Locations:
Room
Boy’s Gym
Girl’s Gym
201
Girls’s Gym
203
120
Social Room
123
Homerooms
HR 501
HR 502
HR 503
HR 509
HR 514
HR 505
HR 511
HR 512
HR 515
HR 519
HR 506
HR 508
HR 513
HR 507
HR 510
Seniors
Teacher
Thomas, S.
Lis
Taft
Frate
Franco
Kim
Esman
Lindsay
Weber
Quigley
Mendoza
Burt
Lamb / Hu
Gil
Correa / O’Connell
REMEMBER:
REPORT TO LAKE VIEW BY 7:45 AM!
GET A GOOD NIGHT’S REST AND EAT BREAKFAST!
LEAVE ALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES AT HOME OR IN YOUR LOCKER!
Sincerely,
Rhonda J. Varney
Assistant Principal