School Counselor News
April 16, 2013
STUDENT SERVICES PHONE NUMBER: 391-2402
HOURS: 7:15-3:15
SUMMER SCHOOL OFFERINGS
SENIOR INFORMATION
This year's summer school offerings are now
available and offer a lot of variety. Students
can take courses in one of two sessions: June
17 - July 19 or July 22 – August 16. The
Student Services Office has course
information and registration forms. High
school students can get credit for physical
education, health, personal and financial
literacy, language arts, social studies,
physical science, biology, and more! There
will be no fee for 2013 Summer School
courses. Credit is not offered for camps or
classes that are not offered during the school
year.
SENIOR SCHOLARSHIP/AWARDS
NIGHT
*** Don't forget the popular Freshman
Forward for incoming 9th graders in
August!
The Preble High School Senior Awards
Night will be held on Wednesday, May 22,
2013. This is a night to honor those seniors
who have received scholarships. The
ceremony will begin at 6:00 P.M. and will
be held in the Preble auditorium. Students
and parents will be invited to attend this
event based on the student’s responses to a
survey they complete asking if they have
received any scholarships. This survey will
be distributed to all seniors in April.
Parents, please help ensure that your child
returns this survey promptly.
Summer school forms can be completed online, or can be mailed to the Green Bay Area
Public Schools Office Building at 200 South
Broadway by the appropriate deadline.
Students who register for courses by the
general registration deadline will know by
the first week of June if there was sufficient
enrollment to hold the course.
Any student interested in summer school
is expected to attend every day - family
vacations are not considered excused
absences. Summer school is not the best
option if these plans are already in place.
The registration deadline is Friday, April
19th. Once classes are full, students will
be selected by a lottery system. If you
have questions, please contact your School
Counselor at 391-2402, or call the District
Office at 448-2000.
UW HELP CONTACT INFORMATION
If you, or your child, have questions
regarding the UW System application
process, please visit uwhelp.wisconsin.edu,
send an e-mail to uwhelp@uwex.edu, or call
800-442-6459.
APRIL’S FEATURED SCHOLARSHIP
(Advanced Placement Exams Continued)
Scholarship, Inc. Technical College
Scholarship
www.apcentral.collegeboard.com or ask the
AP teacher. Depending on how students do
on the exam and the policies of the college
or university, which they attend, they may
receive both high school and college credit
for taking AP classes. Here are a couple of
reminders. Students do not have to take an
AP class to take an AP exam. Students who
are taking an AP class are not required to
take an AP exam.
Senior applicants must:
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Demonstrate financial need
Show academic achievement,
community service, leadership, and
co-curricular activities
Articulate clarity of thought in
response to essay questions
Information is available in the Career
Center. Application deadline: May 1st
ARMED SERVICES VOCATIONAL
APTITUDE BATTERY (ASVAB)
IMPORTANT***Scholarship Scams***
Applying for scholarships should be a free
process. Never pay to find a scholarship and
never pay a scholarship provider to apply.
Scholarship scams net $5 million annually.
If you have questions, please contact your
child’s school counselor.
SENIOR/JUNIOR INFORMATION
ACT 2013 TEST
DATES/REGISTRATION DEADLINES
ACT/SAT test dates, registration deadlines,
and other test information are now listed in
the Counselor’s Corner in the Student
Services website.
ADVANCED PLACEMENT EXAMS
Advanced Placement (AP) exams will be
administered May 6-17. These dates are set
nationally and cannot be changed. For the
date of a specific exam, go to
An officer from the Military Entrance
Processing Station will be at West High
School on Wednesday, April 24th, to
administer the Armed Services Vocational
Aptitude Battery or ASVAB. The ASVAB
helps students to identify their different
abilities and allows you to compare your test
performance to that of other students at your
grade level. Scores on this assessment can
qualify students for certain jobs and training
in the Armed Forces. The length of this
exam is approximately 3.5 hours.
If juniors, or seniors, are interested in taking
the ASVAB, please sign up in the Career
Center by Friday, April 19th, and pick up
an information booklet. The ASVAB will
be administered at West High School, in
the Old Library (2nd floor), on
Wednesday, April 24th. Testing will start
at 7:30 a.m. sharp. Please bring two No. 2
pencils. Students can park in the student
parking lot.
JUNIOR INFORMATION
FRESHMAN INFORMATION
JUNIOR/PARENT/COUNSELOR
MEETINGS
Parents and guardians of juniors will meet
with their guidance counselors to review
transcripts and discuss post high school
plans. These are called an Individual
Planning Conference or IPC. These
conferences will assist parents and their
children to prepare for their future whether
they are going into the work world, military,
technical, or four-year colleges. This will be
a great opportunity for parents and juniors to
start planning their senior year and beyond.
Questions will be answered and resource
materials will be available. If you have not
done so, please call 391-2402 to schedule
your Individual Planning Conference.
JUNIORS-COLLEGE ENTRANCE
EXAMS
Juniors are encouraged to take their college
entrance exams, ACT/SAT, in the spring of
their junior year. Tests can be taken more
than once, if necessary. The ACT is now
the most commonly used test, but the SAT
may be required for some out-of-state
schools. Preble High School’s school code,
500-795, needs to be included on the
ACT/SAT registration form so that test
scores can be added to the student’s
official transcript. Stop in the Career
Center to research college requirements.
Registration packets are available in Student
Services and/or visit the website:
www.actstudent.org (ACT) or
www.collegeboard.com (SAT).
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BROWN COUNTY TEEN
LEADERSHIP INFORMATION
The Brown County Teen Leadership
Program (BCTL) through the Green Bay
Area Chamber of Commerce builds and
strengthens emerging young leaders with
skills, knowledge, and experiences that
prepare them to be effective partners for
positive change in Brown County. The
program is offered to high school
sophomores during their sophomore year.
If chosen for the program, there are eight
full-day sessions between October and May.
Sessions are held at various locations
throughout Brown County to maximize the
participants’ community awareness. The
program is presently free of charge to
those selected.
Interested ninth graders should apply to the
program using the application found online
at www.titletown.org. The application must
be returned the Green Bay Area Chamber of
Commerce office no later than June 14,
2013, to be considered for the next
cohort. Please direct any questions about
this presentation to Natalie Killion, school
counselor, at 920-391-2402 or
nmkillion@gbaps.org