Information & Updates

Consumer Education Proficiency Exam
Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Currently, Illinois law states that all students must show proof of passing a Consumer Education class prior to earning a high school diploma.  Students who wish to test out of this requirement may take the Consumer Education proficiency exam instead.  There is no cost for the exam, and students may take this test only once per year.  Students who are concurrently enrolled in the Consumer Education class MAY NOT take the exam.  Any student interested in taking this test should see Mrs. Hudson in the Guidance Office.

PSAT Exam
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
$17
DEADLINE TO REGISTER:  August 29, 2008

Cosponsored by the College Board and the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, the PSAT serves as valuable practice for the SAT and is also used to select students for National Merit Scholarships.  Most students take the PSAT during the fall of their junior year.  If you are interested in taking the PSAT, see Mrs. Hudson in the Guidance Office.

College Night

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

5:30 – 8:00 p.m.

Joliet Junior College
1215 Houbolt Road, Joliet, IL

Representatives from over 100 colleges will be available to speak with students. Financial Aid seminars will also be held at 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. For more information, call (815) 280-2493.
 

Valley View School District College Fair

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

6:00 to 9:00 p.m. 

Bolingbrook High School, Field House 

Representatives from the State Universities in Illinois, as well private universities in Illinois and the surrounding region will be available to meet with parents and students. All Romeoville High School students and parents are invited to attend this event.   

Financial Aid Night

Thursday, November 6, 2008

7:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Romeoville High School Auditorium 

The program will provide attendees with an overview for how to develop a college financing plan. Although the program will be most timely for parents of Senior students, parents with students in any high school grade may attend along with their students. If you are the parent of a Senior student and you are unable to attend the Financial Aid Night, please email guidance counselor Anita Hilton at hiltonac@vvsd.org, so that she may email you a packet of helpful Financial Aid information.

 
ASVAB Test
Thursday, November 6, 2008
FREE

The ASVAB Career Exploration Test was developed with input from a panel of career development experts and designed to encourage students to increase their level of self-knowledge and to understand how that information could be linked to civilian and military occupational characteristics.  There is no cost to take the test, and students who take the test are under no obligation to the military.  Any student interested in taking this test should see Mr. Bates in the Guidance Office.
Consumer Education Proficiency Exam
Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Currently, Illinois law states that all students must show proof of passing a Consumer Education class prior to earning a high school diploma.  Students who wish to test out of this requirement may take the Consumer Education proficiency exam instead.  There is no cost for the exam, and students may take this test only once per year.  Students who are concurrently enrolled in the Consumer Education class MAY NOT take the exam.  Any student interested in taking this test should see Mrs. Hudson in the Guidance Office.
Prairie State Achievement Exam
April 22 & 23, 2009
RHS

The PSAE is required of all juniors in the state of Illinois.  It is a two-day exam.  The first day of the exam is the ACT, and the second day of the PSAE exam features state-developed assessments in reading, science, and math.  All juniors who have earned a specified number credits by the start of their 6th semester are required to take the PSAE.  For questions regarding the PSAE, see Mrs. Steeves at school.
ADD / ADHD Support Group
Second Thursday of each month
Bridges to a New Day
1135 E. 9th Street, Lockport
$5

This adults-only parent-to-parent group will be facilitated by Bridges to a New Day staff, but is designed for parents to exchange ideas and strategies for parenting children with ADD or ADHD.  Other topics to be addressed include ways to improve self-esteem, helping the child cope with school pressures, and more.  To register, contact Deonne at 815-838-2690.