Honors Assembly Forms
In the senior packet that your senior received at the senior meeting last Friday, there were a few forms that needed to be filled out and sent back to CDO. One of those forms was a form that asked your senior to list all colleges that he/she was accepted to, and all scholarships and/or awards that he/she received. This form is very important! We use it to determine who will be recognized at the Honors Assembly, to properly recognize students for their college acceptances, and to complete several year-end reports. This is the only format that we have for collecting this data. Please help ensure that your senior completes this form and returns it to the Administration office by this Friday, April 25. We appreciate your support!
College Visits
As you start to plan your summer vacation, consider adding a college visit into the mix! Regardless of what grade your student is in, it is never too early to start researching colleges, getting a feel for various college campuses, and learning more about the admissions process at the various colleges. There are literally thousands of colleges and universities in this country, so whether your vacation takes you to California, Maine, or anywhere in between, there is bound to be a college nearby! A few tips for college visits:
- Schedule your visit ahead of time - don't just show up and expect to be shown around. Most colleges offer daily campus tours as well as full-day campus experience programs (although these full-day events are typically held during the school year). You can usually schedule a tour on the college website (typically under the "new student" or "prospective student" tab). Basic campus tours are free.
- Once you know which colleges you will be visiting, do some basic research on those colleges. This will help you know what questions to ask while you are there.
- Take notes and pictures while you are there - after awhile the colleges start to blend together in your mind if you visit enough campuses. These notes and pictures are helpful to refer back to when it comes time to make those final decisions about where to apply and which college to ultimately attend.
- While a summer college visit is better than no college visit, summer isn't the ideal time to visit college campuses because it is hard to get a true feel for campus when school isn't in session. If there are particular colleges that your student likes after visiting this summer and wants to pursue applying to, you should try to schedule another visit to that campus during the school year prior to your student committing to attend that school (Fall Break is a great time to visit schools as very few places other than Arizona have a Fall Break!).
- If there is no way for you to visit a particular college that your student is interested in, take a virtual campus tour at http://www.campustours.com/
ECAP update
As a friendly reminder, all students should be working on updating their ECAP (Education and Career Action Plan) on a regular basis. Counselors will be visiting the senior English classes on Monday, April 28 to give seniors one final opportunity to finalize their ECAP summary card before graduation. If your senior does not have an English class on the CDO campus this year, please have your student see his/her counselor ASAP to finalize his/her ECAP.
Please remember that students can visit www.azcis.intocareers.org(user name: canyondohs and password: 4azcis02) anytime to continue to work on their ECAP. ECAP summary cards are housed in the counseling office.
Summer Opportunities
Just a friendly reminder that there are still many great summer programs available for students of all ages this summer. Counselor, Ms. Pati Mapp has been hard at work organizing a list of these opportunities for you: http://www.amphi.com/schools/cdo-high/counseling-page/summer-resources.aspx.
Summer School
Summer school will be offered this summer through the Amphitheater School District and it will be held at CDO. For specific information regarding registration and courses available, please visit http://www.amphi.com/district/amphitheater-community-schools.aspx or pick up a summer school flyer in the counseling office.
The district will also be offering online summer school again this summer through MDLP. For more information please visit http://www.amphi.com/district/online-summer-school.aspx. Students will need to have an online advisement form completed by their counselor before they can register for online summer school. Please have your student schedule an appointment with his/her counselor to discuss this further if there is an interest in taking an online summer class.
SAT/ACT for Juniors
As a reminder, we highly recommend that all juniors who are considering attending a four-year university immediately after graduation take the SAT and/or ACT in the spring of the junior year. There is one more opportunity for each test this school year. The SAT will be given on June 7 and the ACT will be given on June 14. The registration deadline for both is May 9. To register, visit http://sat.collegeboard.org for the SAT and www.actstudent.org for the ACT. Please contact your student's counselor if you have any questions!
Freshman and Sophomores: National PSAT Practice Test Day is May 3
Kaplan is happy to announce their upcoming National PSAT Practice Day! The Tucson portion of the event will take place on May 3rd from 9-12 at Pima Community College's NW campus. Freshman and sophomores will have the opportunity to take a realistic, full-length PSAT for free. Students will receive a score report via email with information about their testing strengths and weaknesses. This will give them the valuable opportunity to spend time in the summer preparing for the PSAT and to put themselves in a better position to qualify for the National Merit Scholarship competition when they take the PSAT their junior year. For more information, and to sign up, please visit http://kaptest.com/countdown.
Upcoming College Visits:
- Monday, April 21, 9:30 am - Grand Canyon University
