Are teachers in your school using TRACK? This award-winning website offers you free diagnostics and hundreds of interactive tutorials in the TEKS subject areas tested on the 11th grade exit-level TAKS tests. Last year more than 85,000 Texas students and their teachers used TRACK to help prepare for the TAKS tests.  In TRACK you will find diagnostics to measure understanding of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) objectives and a library of learning tutorials to help students master those objectives.  In addition to those diagnostics, TRACK also offers Math, Social Science, and Science TAKS release tests (with express copyright permission from the Texas Education Agency). TRACK is brought to you by the Institute for Public School Initiatives and the UT TeleCampus with generous grant funding from the Houston Endowment. Use TRACK to help improve your students college readiness.
 
If you would like to receive TRACK brochures, cards and posters to help you promote the program to your students, just email track@utsystem. edu with the following information:
 
Your name
Your school
The number of students you are supporting (10th, 11th or 12th grade)
Your mailing address
 
We value your feedback. Feel free to email us with your suggestions or testimonials about using TRACK in your classroom. If you have any questions or need support in using TRACK please call: 1-800-839-7637.

Instructions for the PSAT/NMSQT Summary of Answers and Skills can be found at www.collegeboard.com/reports.  Click on PSAT/NMSQT SOAS up at the top highlighted in blue and follow the instructions.

The SAT/ACT Test Registration Deadlines & Registration are available Online!  To register for the SAT, go to:  http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/sat/calenfees.html.  The ACT registration can be found here:  http://www.actstudent.org/regist/currentdates.html

Please visit http://www.asktacac.com/, which is sponsored by The Texas Association for College Admission Counseling (TACAC).  This site has a lot of useful information for Juniors and Seniors alike, including sections on College Searches, College Admissions, Scholarships, Financial Aid and a "Ask a Counselor" section in which you may get feedback from a counselor on any questions you may have.

ACC Registration

Know your ACC registration dates!  For a registration calendar, please visit http://www.austincc.edu/support/admissions/academiccalendar.php.  Please note that the ACC admissions process involves taking an assessment test before you can register for a class (applies to first-time students only).  Allow for plenty of time in advance of your course start date to allow for test results and counseling sessions.  Please see your high school counselor for more information.

PROSPECTIVE FRESHMEN INFORMATION SESSIONS

Interested in attending UT?  Schedule a campus visit to the UT Austin campus! Check the link to see the different dates and times for the rest of the year: http://utdirect.utexas.edu/bal/visit_ut.WBX.  

Juniors and Seniors

Scholarships for seniors:

Detailed information for scholarships can be found on the AISD site:   http://www.austinisd.org/academics/scholarship/.

Seniors, please remember to go to the AISD website every few days for updates as new scholarships are added frequently.  The following scholarships are a few that can be found on this site:

  1.  Bailey Middle School Dr. Marsha Gray Scholarship
      Due:06-05-2008

   2. Texas Independent Automotive Association Scholarship
      Due:06-06-2008

   3. Gamma Eta Lambda Chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Scholarship
      Due:06-13-2008

   4. American Indian Science & Engineering Society A.T. Anderson Memorial Scholarship
      Due:06-15-2008

   5. American Indian Science & Engineering Society General Motors Engineering Scholarship
      Due:06-15-2008

   6. American Indian Science & Engineering Society Google Scholarship
      Due:06-15-2008

   7. City of Austin African American Heritage Network Scholarship Program
      Due:06-16-2008

   8. Abbott & Fenner Business Consultants Essay Scholarship
      Due:06-20-2008

   9. BigSun Athletics
      Due:06-20-2008

  10. Austin Seminole Club Scholarship
      Due:06-30-2008

Vaccine Notice!

If you have any questions, contact the Travis County Health & Human Services Dept. at 974-5524.

Parent and student information

Family Connection--its not just for Seniors!

If you are a senior parent and you have not yet accessed family connection, please email Shannon Duffy at sduffy@austinisd.org and she will send you a password to access the site and register as a user.  This web site is where we will list upcoming college visits and other additional useful information for the college search and application process.  And, it will allow Ms. Duffy to email you through the family connection website.

Freshman, Sophomores and Juniors can start the registration process on their own by going to the family connection link.  Enter your student's id # as a new user and this will allow you to start the registration process on your own.
 
Here are just a few things you can do with Family Connection:
 
Get updated rank and GPA information
Research colleges
Create a Resume
Search Scholarship information
See a schedule of visits by college representatives to Bowie
View personalized status information about college applications
Request Letters of Recommendation

Counselors encourage parents to volunteer to work in the Counselors' office. Volunteer duties include: filing, monitoring tests and assisting students with computer searches and technical assistance on our computer guidance systems in the College/Career Center. Hours are flexible. If you are interested in assisting us, please call 414-7318 to sign up!

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