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New Covenant Academy provides a comprehensive college-counseling program. The Guidance Counselor works with students and parents each spring to plan for the following year´s classes. Many colleges have very specific requirements, and, therefore, it is incumbent upon the students and parents to investigate the colleges or universities of interest to them.
Students are required to take the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT) in the sophomore year and qualifying students take it again their junior year. In the fall of each year, sophomore students are also required to take the PLAN test, which provides practice for the ACT test. During the spring of the junior and senior year, students are required to take the American College Test (ACT) and encouraged to take the Scholastic Aptitude Test to provide colleges with information for the application process. The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB), which is administered in the fall of the junior year, helps determine their vocational strengths and aptitudes, and the Stanford Achievement Test is administered in the 9th grade to help gauge student progress.
A bulletin board is maintained by the Guidance Counselor to provide students and families with information about colleges, scholarships, and financial aid. The task of choosing the right college is indeed daunting. The Guidance Counselor at New Covenant Academy awaits the opportunity to serve families in this important process.
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