Did you miss the ACCEL/Dual Enrollment meeting on Feb. 4?
If you did, make an appointment to talk with Ms. Beach in the counseling office. Parents can call for information or visit www.gacollege411.org to find out about the program.
If students plan to participate in the fall, they should apply to the college they are interested in attending and must take the SAT or ACT as soon as possible. Scores should be sent to the college or colleges they are applying to. Once you receive an acceptance letter, parents and students must meet with Mrs. Beach. She can be reached at 770-277-4464.
Dual Enrollment Meeting
Who:
present sophomores and juniors and
their parents
When:
Thursday, February 4, 2010 @ 7pm
Where:
DHS Theater
Why:
This program offers students the opportunity to take college classes for credit while earning high school credit at the same time.Tuition and fees are paid and a book allowance is also included.
Students should be motivated, responsible, have transportation, and posess the desire to move on to the next level to see what college is really like.
If this sounds like something you’d like to do, please plan to join us.Representatives from several area colleges and students presently enrolled in the program will be available to answer your questions.
Dacula Seniors, Briana Campbell and Ariel Young, have qualified for The National Achievement Scholarship Program, founded to honor and provide scholarships to academically promising Black students. This is based on their performance in the 2007 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT), the initial step which identified the academically talented students when they took the test as juniors. More than 150,000 high school juniors from across the nation requested to be considered for the 2009 National Achievement Scholarship Program when they took PSAT.
Both these academically talented students now have the opportunity to advance to the finalist level of the competition. All Achievement Scholarship winners are selected from a finalist group based on their abilities, accomplishments, and potential for success in college. Both Briana and Ariel have had high academic performance throughout high school and have been endorsed by Mr. Nutt.
Dacula High School is proud to announce that Megan Ingalls, Class of 2009, has been named a Commended Student in the 2009 National Merit Scholarship Program. A Letter of Commendation was presented to Megan on September 22 during her AP Language and Composition class in recognition of her outstanding achievement.
In October 2008, Megan was one of about 1.5 million juniors who took the PSAT nationally. Of the highest scoring 50,000 students, 16,000 became National Merit Semifinalists who will compete for Finalist status to be eligible for scholarships through the National Merit Scholarship Program. The other 34,000 who will not compete were named Commended Students.
Congratulations, Megan, on a job well done! Although Megan will not compete for National Merit Scholarships, her outstanding performance on the qualifying test (PSAT) is noteworthy.
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HOPE Scholarship
Please note the following changes in the HOPE Scholarship Program that will affect students entering college after May 2007. Percentage cost increases for HOPE have outstripped increases in the lottery revenues which fund it. In order to preserve the program for future students, several changes have been made. In addition to setting limits of funded hours and establishing more frequent checkpoints in college, a new method of calculating grade point averages was formulated.
1. To determine HOPE eligibility, only grade point averages, not numerical averages, will be considered. Numerical grades on transcripts will be converted on the following scale:
90 - 110: 4.0
80 - 89: 3.0
74 - 79: 2.0
70 -73: 1.0
0 - 69: 0 .
2. All academic courses will be counted in the calculation. Previously, only the highest grades in an academic area equal to the number of required classes counted.
(For example, six semesters of science are required for graduation, so the highest six science grades were counted. This meant if a class was failed and then repeated, the failure grade was not calculated. Or if a student took an additional science beyond requirements, the grade would only be counted if it were higher than the required grades.) Now all English, math, science, social studies, and (for college preparatory diploma students only) foreign language classes will be used to determine the HOPE average. This also means that electives, such as yearbook, which are taught in our academic departments but were not counted before, will now be included.
3. The Georgia Student Finance Commission (GSFC) will "unweight" all grades which receive weight by local school systems and apply a uniform method to all grades throughout the state. In Gwinnett County, 10 points are added to all grades in AP classes before they are recorded on the transcript. To determine the HOPE average, GSFC will subtract those 10 points, determine the grade point for the new grade, and add.5. For example, a student earns a 75 in an AP class. This will be recorded as 85 on the transcript. GSFC will subtract the 10 points and calculate using the grade point for a C (2.0) and add .5. The grade point used to determine HOPE will be 2.5. The only exception to this is for grades 90 and higher. No grade point above 4.0 will be used.
Seniors can check their HOPE eligibility by going to their account at www.GACollege411.org
