Mrs. Burnham has visited all of the Spring AP classes this week to discuss the upcoming AP Exam Registration for spring courses. Registration for those exams began on February 14 and runs through March 7. (Below is a copy of the handout given during her visits.)
If you have any questions, please contact Jennifer Burnham at 270-527-1453 or jennifer.burnham@marshall.kyschools.us.
Registration is now open for VAMPY
Online applications are available for this residential summer camp offered by the center for Gifted Studies at WKU. This camp takes place on the campus of Western Kentucky University, and classes are taught by WKU professors and outstanding school teachers.
At this three-week residential program, offered every year since 1984, students spend six hours each day in a challenging academic environment. Evenings and weekends are spent pursuing extracurriculars with other campers. Applications and more information can be found here.
The application for the McConnell Center's annual Young Leaders Academy (YLA) is now open. Outstanding Kentucky high school students who have completed at least one year of high school as of summer 2023 are encouraged to apply.
Selected students will spend a week at UofL honing their leadership skills and studying American history and constitutionalism. Each participant will receive a full scholarship for lodging, meals and conference materials.
Applications due March 31
#YLA2023 will consider:
Last week, I was able to speak with the entire sophomore class and go over a few things that the school counseling team felt were important for our students to know. Read below to get the inside scoop!
Fall Grades Have Been Posted Infinite Campus - Students should be able to see grades - Parents should be able to see grades Report Cards have been mailed to your homes.
Transcript
Fall grades have been posted to your transcript. Your cumulative GPA will now reflect your fall classes.
GPA Grade Point Average is used to determine eligibility for:
Athletics College Admissions
Extracurricular Scholarships
Dual Credit Work-Based Learning
No pass, No drive Student Discounts for Insurance
Weighted Grades
AP and Dual Credit Courses are weighted.
Both GPAs are listed on your transcript.
AP Exam Registration For courses beginning in January...
Opens February 14, 2023
Closes March 7, 2023
Email Communications - It is extremely important for you to check your school email. - Not reading your email is NOT an excuse for you to miss out on important information related to
school, courses, activities, schedules, timelines, etc. - If you are in ANY dual credit courses, you MUST check and read more than one email account.
**Recommendation to earn 30 hours of college credit
The deadline to sign up for the February 11 national ACT test date is Friday, January 6 without having to pay late fees.
Kelly Walden and Shawn Baldwin are offering another ACT Prep Workshop to help get you ready for the big day.
Message from Mark Kennedy: Attached is the November news release that I have sent to all of the newspapers in West Kentucky.
This is an excellent opportunity for the students at your high school to compete in a speech contest that promotes a better understanding of our U. S. Constitution and the obligations of citizens to our government. It also affords them the opportunity to earn significant scholarships for their efforts. This program could also afford your students to get additional credit towards their civics and history classes.
I am reaching out to you because the First District of the American Legion includes your school and we have very rich tradition of excelling in this contest. During the last four years this district has produced three Department (State) Champions and four years ago we had a National Champion (Carlissa Frederich of McCracken County High School) and last year we had a student finish third in the nation (Jackson Boone of Marshall County HS). Each of those students collected nearly $39,000.00 in scholarship funds that they were able to use for any purpose.
Thus far this year we only have one contestant registered for the contest, but I am sure there are more kids in this district that would compete if they were aware of the program and they would represent your school and our district as well, if not better, than the students that have gone before them. Registration is easy: students can register by sending their name, phone number, date of birth, high school, grade in school and their address. I will provide them any additional information they need, answer any questions they may have and encourage them as much as I can to succeed.
Please encourage any students you may have that might be interested to contact me at usmc1965@bellsouth.net or by phone at 270-752-3333.
Thanks for helping get the word out. We have another champion in our midst and we can find her or him.
Mrs. Burnham has visited all fall and full-year AP classes this week to discuss the upcoming AP exam registration for fall and full year courses. Registration for those AP exams will begin Friday, October 14 and run through Friday, November 4.
There will be a separate registration for Spring AP courses.
If you have any questions please contact Mrs. Burnham at 270-527-1453 or jennifer.burnham@marshall.kyschools.us.
This is the handout given out in the informational session:
This week Mrs. Burnham is visiting all spring AP classes to discuss the upcoming AP exam registration for spring courses. Registration for...
