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First Semester College Planning Checklist for Sophomores

First Semester College Planning Checklist for Sophomores

Below is some college search advice from the counselors and Pre-AP English team.

·       Register for and take the PSAT test Friday, Sept. 19, Wednesday, September 24(during Collaborative time in the Commons) and Friday September 26 during the lunch room in the cafeteria.  Registration is $20.00

·       PLAN test is on Wednesday, Nov 5.  This is a practice ACT test.  Take the test seriously.  It is a graduation requirement.  It gives you an indication of strengths and weakness on the ACT test.

Study Hard and do well in school – take your sophomore grades seriously. Your grades (9-12) will appear on your EHS transcript.  Also, think before you act: plagiarism and academic dishonesty may need to be reported on your college applications.

National College Fair is Tuesday, October 7^th and Wednesday, October 8^th at the Minneapolis Convention Center.  There is an evening program from 4:30 – 8:00 pm on Tuesday for all students if you do not want to miss school.

Get involved in extracurricular activities.  You never know where your involvement will take you! 

Get to know your teachers. You may need one or two to write a letter of recommendation for you. Don’t be caught senior year with limited options in this area, especially since some selective schools have requirements of English and math teachers.

Take advantage of your MEA break or any other school break and family trips to start visiting colleges.  Be sure to contact the college prior to visiting and schedule a tour.  Begin to think about what you are looking for in a college in terms of size, majors, location, activities, etc.  Minnesota colleges like St. Olaf have special days planned for MEA Break.  They feed you two meals, give you a tour, and let you meet professors. Lots of ninth and tenth graders are there.

If you start researching schools now, you’ll discover any specific requirements like California public schools (like Berkeley, UCLA, UCSB) require a high school world history class. Click here for University of California requirements.

Author Heidi Durrow is coming in the spring!

The Pre-AP 10 team is so happy to announce that Heidi Durrow, award-winning author of The Girl Who Fell from the Sky, is coming to speak with our students on April 8, 2015! I know. We think it's amazing, too. Heidi Durrow has been communicating with Pre-AP 10 teachers and students on Twitter and via email as we read her book. She's gracious enough to make a stop at EHS to work with our tenth grade students when she's in town speaking at the Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference next April. We can't wait to meet her! Here's a picture of Ms. Hatten's first hour class with their books AND bookmarks from Ms. Durrow that arrived today in the mail!

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Pre-AP English 10 Awarded Art Start Grant

The Pre-AP English 10 team is excited to announce that today we were awarded an Art Start grant for the third year in a row.  Art Start grants are funded through Minnesota Legacy Funds and given to educators and organizations committed to preserving Minnesota's heritage.

Last year we used the grant to take 60 EHS students on a two-day seminar to Ft. Snelling State Park to learn the Dakota language, write poetry, create art, explore the park's ecology, and discuss the history of Minnesota. Our teachers for those two days were: Dr. Gwen Westerman, an English professor and poet from Mankato State University and author of Mni Sota Makoce and Follow the Blackbirds; Glenn Wasicuna, a first speaker of the Dakota language and teacher at Dakota Wicohan; and Julie Boada, an Anishinabe artist and puppeteer.

Read this Sun Current article to find out more about last year's amazing experience.

Passion Project Pep Talks

EHS juniors having been visiting Pre-AP English 10 classrooms this week discussing their Passion Projects and encouraging sophomores to make the most of this awesome personalized learning opportunity. In this photo Amelia B. provides a sample passion project to Ms. Hatten's 1st hour.