HIGH SCHOOL POWERPOINT PRESENTATION FROM
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CANTY
8th Grade
High School
Information Night
September 11, 2014
****Our Feeder High School****
• Steinmetz is our home-school
IB
ROTC
AVID
High School Overview
(specific details are subject to change
year to year….)
• Information Packet:
Outlines most common schools
Provides websites and phone #s
Due dates
It serves as a GUIDE; parents are
urged to participate in research with
students
• Reminders on-line and announcements
in homerooms & loud speaker
throughout the fall
• Individual student discussions in the fall
(before applying) and in the Spring to
discuss decision.
• Each 8th grade student will be receiving a
high school guide.
Eligibility Letters
• Each student received an eligibility letter
that contains:
-7th Grade test scores and final grades
- list of programs they are eligible to apply for
• Contains PIN number
• Eligibility Letters for non-CPS students will
be mailed to their homes after the student
takes the NWEA MAP.
Apply On-line
• https://apply.cps.edu/
• Submit applications online for magnet,
magnet cluster schools, Selective
Enrollment, CTE-College/Career
Academies, International Baccalaureate,
and Military Academies.
• Application begins October 1, 2014 and
ends December 12, 2014.
Most Common Schools applied to…
• Selective Enrollment**
• Lincoln Park - IB, Double Honors, and
Arts
• Von Steuben – Lottery or Scholars
• Chicago Academy – Lottery
• Charter Schools- attend info session
• Taft - IB, ROTC, AVID
Selective Enrollment
Office of Academic Enhancement (773) 553-2060
www.selectiveenrollment.org
www.cpsmagnet.org
• There are 9 Selective Enrollment High Schools:
Lane Tech.**
Northside Prep
Payton
Whitney Young
Brooks
-Lindblom
-Jones
-Westinghouse
-Martin Luther King Jr.
• 1 application may go to 6 Selective Enrollment
Schools
• On-line*******************************************
• The Selective Enrollment High Schools selection
process is based on a point system. Once a student
has taken the entrance exam, the Office of
Academic Enhancement compiles three categories of
performance data to create an overall point total,
with a maximum of 900.
**Also explained in packet**
The categories consists of:
1) The Entrance Exam (worth 33 1/3% or 300
points)
2) 7th grade reading and math NWEA/MAP
test results (worth 33 1/3% or 300 points)
3) 7th grade reading, math, science and social
studies GRADES (worth 33 1/3% or 300
points)
On-line scheduling
• Schedule your own appointments or exam
sessions.
• Must schedule two weeks prior to the date
needed. First come first serve.
• Selective Enrollment Exams-If taken in Oct./Nov. results are given in 3
weeks.
-After November get results in February.
Selective Enrollment High
Schools…
Application can be found online at
www.CPSOAE.org
****Due to OAE by December 12th [NO LATER]
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Information is computer generated
If paper copy, it must be filled out & signed by parent
On-Line is best for parents and students
There is a tool on this website to calculate what score
you will need on the exam
Students may get invited to the entrance exam only
if they apply by the deadline and meet the criteria
Criteria to take the Exam
• Must have application in by due date
• DECEMBER 12th/to Canty by NOVEMBER 25th
• Must have a minimum of 24% in both
Reading and Math. For Special Education
students must score a combination of at least
48%
(example: 28 in reading and 20 in math or
vice versa)
Selective Enrollment Point
Calculation Tool
• http://cpsmagnet.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uR
EC_ID=72696&type=d&termREC_ID=&pREC_I
D=200840
• **Calculator not up yet- will be by October 1st**
• Can Google CPS Calculator
Enter in 7th Grades and NWEA/MAP
percentages
** For now can use the scoring rubric in packet as
a guide***
PLEASE DO NOT PUT ALL YOUR
EGGS IN ONE BASKET
Last Comments!
• High School Fair
- Date/Location is TBD - Late October/early
November
• Steinmetz will come to Canty to register our
students
• You must apply somewhere – Canty is
requesting a minimum of 5 schools.
Five places
to find information
• Chooseyourfuture.org
• www.cpsoae.org
• www.cps.edu -under high school
• www.cantyschool.org
• http://www.newschoolsnow.org/
**Do not wait until last minute!
• APPLICATION FOR
CANTY DUE
NOVEMBER 26th