Monroe High School will hold its first Career and College Ready Day on Wednesday, Oct. 28, for all students.  The 9th through 11th graders, will take the preliminary-SAT (PSAT.)  Seniors will have individualized opportunities and personalized guidance in their career and college-readiness progress. 

     “At Monroe High School, we are committed to providing educational opportunities to help each student be career- and college-ready when they graduate from MHS,” said Monroe High School Principal Mrs. Sandra Kreps.  “We look at this as helping prepare our students to succeed in the global market.”

     At Monroe High School, two separate age-appropriate sets of tests will be given – one to the ninth graders and one to the 10th and 11th graders – on Career and College Ready Day.  For the 12th graders, they will spend the morning of Oct. 28 at a computer doing such things as completing their college applications, completing a resume for job and scholarship opportunities, performing a career inventory, doing college and scholarship searches and completing specific career and college activities for their educational development plans,

     Mrs. Kreps said that to help determine their readiness, College Board has re-designed the preliminary SAT assessment which is the PSAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test given to 10th and 11th graders and the PSAT 8/9 given to 9th graders.  For the 10th and 11th graders, the PSAT-NMSQT is an assessment that shows students where they may need academic work so they are career- and college-ready when they graduate from Monroe High School.

     “This also gives students a chance to prepare for the SAT which all 11th graders will take in the spring as part of the state assessment schedule.  It also is the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test,” Mrs. Kreps said.

     The freshmen will take the PSAT 8/9 test which is designed to help students and their teachers define the curriculum essentials that need to be focused on so students are career and college ready when they graduate.  It also will develop a baseline measurement of readiness so they can see their improvement as they progress through school while giving them a chance to preview the SAT and PSAT/NMSQT and connect them to AP courses.

     Mrs. Kreps said that students will get their test results in December and will be able to connect with two educational resources to get free SAT study recommendations, helping them to know what to focus on in their MHS classes as they prepare for the SAT.