Juniors
The following is a list of events Juniors should be doing each month.
Helpful Website www.ICANsucceed.org
August 
Check with Counselor to be sure you are on track to graduate.
Keep Your Grades Up. Your GPA Will Help You Get Into The
Colleges, Universities, or Tech School You Want To Go To.
If you are planning on graduating early ( a semester early or an entire year early) meet with Counselor to make sure all requirements are met and you have enough credits. Must go in front of the board before the October School Board Meeting.
Sign up for the John Baylor ACT Prep Course.
Check with Counselor that you have met NCAA Clearing House
Rules if you are planning on participating in sports at the
Division I or Division II Level.
Go to www.ncaa.org for details.
Check out www.TransferInIowa.org This is a new website relating to college credits and how they transfer in Iowa. If you are taking college classes in high school, this website will help you know how your credits will
transfer to one of the state universities.
September
Attend the John Baylor ACT Prep Course.
Sign up with the Counselor to visit with college representatives when they come to school.
Attend The PSOD (Post-Secondary Opportunity Day) in Shenandoah at the Armory. This is a college fair with military reps. We will go as a class during the day, but parents and students are encouraged to attend the night before.
Letters will go out to remind parents of this opportunity.
Attend other college fairs.
October
Attend the John Baylor ACT Prep Course.
The ACT is this month.
Check out your colleges for Just Junior Days.
Take the PSAT/NMSQT if you signed up for it during your sophomore year.
November
Research colleges, universities, and tech schools. Make a list of possibilities.
December
The ACT is this month.
Attend the FAFSA (Free Application For Student Aid) meeting put on by ICAN (Formally The College Planning Center) You can not fill out the FAFSA until your Senior but it is good to hear the information more than once.
Research colleges, universities, and tech schools. Pros/Cons.
January
Check out Choices at www.ICANsucceed.org/IowaChoices for career and college exploration.
February
The ACT is this month.
Update your resume.
March
Sign up with Counselor to visit with college representatives
when they come to school.
Take a college visit
April
The ACT is this month.
Take a college visit.
May
Consider making a list of teachers, principals, guidance counselors, ministers, priests, community leaders, etc. that you would ask for letters of recommendation next year.
June
The ACT is this month.
Make a summer reading list and read, read, read!!!
Look into any summer orientations or Junior Days to attend at colleges, universities, or tech schools.
Get a summer job or volunteer in an area that relates to a career you are interested in.
