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| High School Guidance Program | Orientation
of New Students and Parents | Middle School
Orientation for Fifth Grader | High
School Orientation for Eighth Graders | C.
Pupil Appraisal of Services | RIS Testing
Program |
| HIGH SCHOOL GUIDANCE PROGRAM |
The High School Guidance Services encompass the following:
I Counseling of 9th. - 12th. graders individually and
in groups. The counseling concentrates on students’
developmental, academic, personal issues, and career
paths.
II Orientation programs for students entering 9th. grade
and new students and their parents.
III Orientation programs for ESL students and their
parents.
IV College counseling to prepare students of diverse
educational backgrounds and cultures for overseas and
local colleges/universities.
V Group programs on future goals and career counseling.
VI Counseling for ESL students. The counseling issues
involve appropriate courses of study, integration into
the school community, and other social or cultural concerns.
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| ORIENTATION OF NEW STUDENTS AND
PARENTS |
The primary aim is to familiarize new students and
parents with available guidances and the counselor encourages
parents to get involved in the educational program.Parents
of ESL students are told that their child will need
their continual encouragement and support to learn in
a foreign language. They are also given information
on how they can help their child at home.
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| Middle School
Orientation for Fifth Graders |
The purpose of Middle School Orientation is to explain
the difference between the self-contained system of
Elementary School and the departmental system of Middle
School, and to discuss the educational program. Each
Elementary School homeroom is invited to visit grade
6 classes.
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| High School Orientation
for Eighth Graders |
The High School counselor visits each Middle School
advisement class to
explain the differences between Middle School and High
School, to discuss
schedule procedures, credit requirements, and education
and career paths.
The eighth graders are invited to chat with ninth graders.
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| C. PUPIL APPRAISAL
SERVICES |
The primary function of pupil appraisal services is
to coordinate a school-wide individual and group testing
program, and to interpret the results of the tests to
appropriate personnel throughout the school and community.
Test information enables counselors and teachers to
work more effectively with the pupils and assists the
pupils to develop an understanding of themselves in
relationship to their learning opportunities.
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| RIS TESTING PROGRAM |
TEST & PURPOSE WHAT IT MEASURES WHEN GIVEN AND
TO WHOM
The Comprehensive Testing Measures the important Alternate
years:
Program is used to track learning outcomes of the February-March
student growth and analyze individual student and the
Grade 5 & 8
instructional needs of school curriculums measures individual
students
student cognitive reasoning
Preliminary Scholastic Measures verbal and October
Aptitude Test mathematical reasoning Grade 11 abilities
important for college work
• to give students practice for taking the Scholastic
Aptitude Test
• to compare students’ ability to do college work
with the ability of other college-bound students
• to help students plan for college
The Scholastic Aptitude Test Measures verbal and
November mathematical reasoning Grade 11-12
Most colleges require or recommend the SAT I and one
or more of the SAT II Subject Tests for Admission
or placement purposes.
Test of English as a Measures September Foreign Language
Grade 11-12 Institutional
• ability to understand English as it is spoken in
• to evaluate the English North America proficiency
of people whose native language
• ability to recognize is not English language that
is appropriate for standard
• to determine eligibility written English for graduation
• ability to understand non-technical reading matter
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