S.O.S.

The Road to Success is always under construction.

Senior Staff

Principal- Mrs. Julie Hinson

12th Grade Class Principal – Ms. Brandy Richard

Class Secretary – Ms. Carmen Valdez

Registrars- Mrs. Carol Sarubbi & Mrs. Rita Zuniga

Drop-out Prevention & Recovery- TBD

AdviseTX College Advisor- Carrie McMann

Counselors

Mrs. Jennifer Marquez A-CAR

Mrs. Becky Hickman – CAS-F

Mr. Jeff Faust– G - JA

Ms. Staci Mack– JE-MEN

Mrs. Brenda Sanders– MEO-RAM

Ms. Jina Matthews- RAN-ST

Ms. Shaundra Davis- SU-Z

3 Perspectives: Preparing For Life After MRHS

A Counselor, A Parent, & A Student: We’re Graduating, What’s Next….

A COUNSELOR PERSPECTIVE

A PARENT PERSPECTIVE

A STUDENT PERSPECTIVE:

One Goal

WE all may have different perspectives, but we have the same goal.

C.O.P.ECalm

Optimistic

Patient

Engaged

How many credits does my child currently have?

Classification of StudentsStudents are classified by the number of academic credits

they have earned at the beginning of the school year.

26 Credit Graduation Plan

Grade Credits Classification

9 0 - 5 Freshman

10 5 ½ - 11 ½ Sophomore

11 12 - 18 ½ Junior

12 19 + Senior

What Graduation Plan is your child currently on?

Graduation RequirementsRecommended Plan DAP

4 credits English

4 credits Math

4 credits Science

4 credits Social Studies

2 credits Foreign Language

1 credit PE/Athletics

1 credit Fine Arts

½ credit Speech

½ credit Health (Katy ISD)

5 credits Electives

† Must achieve Level II on Algebra I, Bio, English I, English II, & US History EOC exams to graduate.

4 credits English

4 credits Math – excludes MMA

4 credits Science – excludes IPC

4 credits Social Studies

3 credits Foreign Language

1 credit PE/Athletics

1 credit Fine Arts

½ credit Speech

½ credit Health (Katy ISD)

4 credits Electives

Plus 4 advanced measures

† Must achieve Level II on Algebra I, Bio, English I, English II, & US History EOC exams to graduate.

FOUNDATIONS (Without Endorsements)

▪ 4 credits English

▪ 3 credits Math

▪ 3 credits Science

▪ 3 credits Social Studies

▪ 2 credits Foreign Language

▪ 1 credit PE/Athletics

▪ 1 credit Fine Arts

▪ ½ credit Speech

▪ ½ credit Health (Katy ISD)

▪ 5 credits Electives

† Must achieve Level II on

Algebra I, Bio, English I,

English II, & US History EOC

exams to graduate.

It’s all Greek to me?

Class Rank is based on the cumulative grade point average (GPA) for grades 9-12. A student’s grade point average is derived by dividing the total number of grade points by the number of semester courses attempted.

There will be two times this year that class rank will be calculated for seniors. The next official Class rank will be recalculated in October. The last official class rank update will be in May.

Class Rank

Important dates for Fall Semester

9/20/16- S.O.S. #1

9/27/16- S.O.S. #2

- College Application Workshops in Sept-Oct.

3-5 pm in rm. 1635. Days vary.

10/5/16- Katy ISD College Fair: Merrell Center

6pm.

10/14/16- Last Day to submit applications to schools with early notification deadlines of November 1, 2016.

12/02/16 - Last day to turn in college applications to have them submitted before winter break.

Important dates for Spring Semester

10/1/16 - Begin filling out FAFSA for federal student aid.

3/1/17- Priority deadline for submitting FAFSA.

5/1/17- Deadline to accept offer of admission to most colleges.

May 1-12, 2017 -AP Testing

Request mid-year report beginning after February 5, 2017. (some colleges require)

6/3/17- Graduation Day.

Steps for Applying to Colleges

Complete Student Purple Packet

READ DIRECTIONS FOR EACH APPLICATION CAREFULLY!

Make a master calendar with all due dates and deadlines.

After completing application online, print out counselor page, secondary school report, IF college requires additional paper pages. In many cases you will provide the counselor email as part of the online application and paper copies are not needed.

Upon Completing their college application turn in lime green form to request transcript to be sent. $2.00 fee per transcript. Please indicate on form if only transcript needs to be sent or a letter of recommendation is warranted.

Counselor recommendations are based on:

- Submitted Student Purple Packet and transcript.

-Students will be contacted by their current counselor

if more information is needed for letters.

-Students/Parents can provide updated information to

current counselor via email.

Steps for Applying to Colleges

Remember it is the student’s responsibility to provide the correct address to the university/campus that the official transcript is to be sent to.

Give teachers at least two weeks notification for recommendations.

It is a minimum wait time of 48 hours for all transcript requests submitted.

Computers for student use are available in the Counseling Office and Library Center.

College bound student-athletes first enrolling at an NCAA Division school on or after August 1, 2017 will need to be certain academic rules to practice, compete, and receive athletic. There are 3 categories:

Full Qualifier: May practice compete, and receive athletic scholarship during their 1st year of enrollment in an NCAA Division I school.

Academic Redshirt: may receive athletic scholarships during their first year of enrollment in an NCAA Division I school but may NOT compete during their first year.

Nonqualifier: Cannot practice, receive athletics scholarships or compete during their 1st year of enrollment at an NCAA Division I school.

*to see the full list for all Divisions and their requirements please visit www.eligibilitycenter.org

NCAA

Ms. McMann

Advise TX College Advisor

• 4-Year Public University• (Texas A&M, UT, Sam Houston State, SFA, etc.)

• 4-Year Private University • (Baylor, HBU, Rice, etc.)

• 2-Year Community College/Junior College • (HCC, Lone Star, etc.)

• Technical/Vocational College • (Texas State Technical College)

• For Profit Colleges- (The Art Institutes, DeVry, Universal Technical Institute, Tulsa Welding School, etc.)

• Be careful- some for-profit colleges do not offer financial aid to students, credits may be non-transferrable to other colleges, and tuition rates can be much greater than public colleges

•Do your research! Find the “best fit” college based on…• your high school GPA and ranking

• the type of college

• cost of attendance

• location and size

• majors offered

• demographics

• extra-curricular

•Narrow the list of colleges to between 5 and 10 and know their admission AND scholarship deadline

•Bigfuture.collegeboard.org, myfuturetx.com

Aim to complete at least ONE University application by October 31st!1. Applytexas.org OR commonapp.org2. Complete required essays3. Submit SAT/ACT scores (collegeboard.org,

actstudent.org)4. Send Official Transcript from MRHS Registrar’s

Office5. Letters of Recommendation (2-3)6. Optional: resumes, application fee waivers7. Financial Aid & Scholarships

The University must receive ALL of the above required items (except financial aid) before the application deadline to consider you for admission

• FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)-begins October 1st, 2016

• www.fafsa.ed.gov• What can I qualify for?

• Federal & State Grants• Scholarships• Federal Student Loans• Work study

• TASFA (Texas Application for State Financial Aid)-begins after October 1st, 2016

• www.Collegeforalltexans.com or www.aie.org• Undocumented students who have been classified as Texas

residents (have lived in Texas for at least 36 months)• Please meet with your college advisor ASAP to receive more

information• What can I qualify for?

• State grants, scholarship, and student loans

• Never too early to begin applying for outside scholarships• Monthly bulletin

• College Webpage

• Search sites:

• www.collegegreenlight.com

• www.Scholarships.com

• www.Scholarships4students.com

• University specific scholarships on ApplyTexas or through college website

• Colleges must receive ALL required materials before the deadline to make a decision

• Universities have deadlines, community colleges have rolling admissions.

• Begin financial aid applications after October 1, 2016.

• Students who will be submitting the TASFA, please meet with your college advisor ASAP to receive more information.

• Ms. McMann will be holding workshops weekly in room 1635 from 3-5. Specific days each month TBD.

Apply Texas & Common Application Information

Over 500 schools use the common ApplyTexasApplication.

Make sure you complete all supplements for each school.

Provide your counselor’s email address where asked and counselor will complete recommendation and school information online.

Counselor will complete his/her portion AFTER student turns in lime green form. Remember it may take up to two weeks for counselor to complete this information.

Texas

Write down

Username and

password after

you create your

account

Confirm student

is applying as a

U.S. Freshman

and for the correct

semester

Once all of these sections have

been completed save and exit

application and come see Ms.

McMann to review application for

any mistakes

Common

Make sure each

section is

completed

Confirm student

is applying as a

First Year student

and for the correct

semester

Ms. McMannAdvise TX College AdvisorMain Counselor’s OfficeCarriemcmann@katyisd.org

Staying on Track Senior Year-Remember WHO is applying to college—encourage

and help stay on track but be sure student is doing

the work.

-Maintain a rigorous schedule the entire year.

-Do not drop academic classes second semester.

Admission can be rescinded if grades slip and

academic rigor decreases.

Remind class for College Advisor text: 81010 message: @cmcmann

Check us out online at: http://staff.katyisd.org/sites/MRHScounselors/Pages/default.aspx

Follow us on twitter: @counselorsMRHS

You now have access to our line-up for the latest and greatest information we have coming from the counseling department.

Stay in tune with your child’s grade by checking them online.

Please contact Ms. Tapia to receive a pin number for your student online grade access.

Phone: 281-237-9690

Email: EstelaTapia@katyisd.org

We Are Here for YouRemember . . .

Calm

Optimistic

Patient

Engaged

Good Luck and WE LOOK FORWARD To Seeing You AT:

June 3, 20177:00 PM

We want your student to be a participant and not an observer.

MRHS