Central students Merit finalists
Traverse City Central High School has announced that Jillian Bergsma and Aaron Trippe have been named as finalists in the 2008 National Merit Scholarship Program. These students placed among the top five percent of more than 1.4 million students in nearly 21,000 high schools entered the 2008 National Merit Program by taking the 2006 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, which served as an initial screen of program entrants.
Pathfinder offers parents' math class
The Pathfinder School's parent math series final class, "Fractals and Fractions", takes place from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Saturday, at The Pathfinder School campus. Refresh your skills on fractions, perimeter, area and measurement while learning about a relatively new branch of geometry, Fractals. For more information or to reserve a spot, call Audrey Pittinos at The Pathfinder School at 995-3829 or e-mail apittinos@thepathfinderschool.org.
'Test Out' option for high school students
Under Michigan legislation, high school students may request the opportunity to "test out" of any high school class they select, with the exception of American Government. A student who successfully tests out of a course will receive credit towards graduation for the course. In order to pass, the legislation requires students to achieve a C+ (78 percent) or better. The test out grade will simply be a "pass" and will not be included in the calculation of the student's grade point average.
Students need to declare their intent to test out by obtaining an application from their counselor. Applications can also be downloaded by visiting, www.tcaps.net/highschools. This application must be completed and returned to the student's counselor by April 25.
The option to test out will be offered from 7 to 9 p.m., Thursday, May 15; 9 to 11 a.m or 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Saturday, May 17 at Traverse City West Senior High School.
Student results will be available in the appropriate secondary school office by June 2. For some classes, in addition to the final exam, students may be required to complete extended projects and/or research papers. This additional work must be completed by June 19.
Silver Lake corals reading partners
As part of the Wild West Reading Month, Silver Lake Elementary School is corralling all dads or dudes (grandpas, uncles, adult brothers) that are important in the lives of their children to come to school with their little partners in the school library. Dads/Dudes can bring a blanket or towel to sit on, a favorite book, and curl up with their child to read by the simulated campfire.
The scheduled dates and times are as follows: Student's last name beginning A-L, 7:30 to 7:50 a.m., Thursday, March 13; last name M-Z, 7:30 to 7:50 a.m., Thursday, March 20. For more information, call Silver Lake Elementary School principal Angela Sides at 933-5762.
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