Good afternoon Chieftain Families,
Last Friday was the 5 week mark and brings us to progress
report time. As you know, we’ve worked hard to reduce waste and cost over the
past few years at Utica High. This year,
we will not be sending Progress Reports home unless specifically
requested. Then, we will send them home
with your student. Power School gives
parents the ability to check progress at any time. The PowerSchool login page and information
can be found at:
Teachers have until Tuesday morning to place final work into
their Power School gradebooks. If you
don’t have a Power School Parent Portal login, you can come into UHS between 6:45
am and 3:30 pm and the office staff will be happy to help you retrieve
that. If you would like a paper copy,
please have your student stop at the main office or our office in counseling,
and they can pick up a copy!
This Wednesday, October 14, all of our Juniors will be
taking the PSAT, or Practice SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test). Starting in 2016, the SAT will be the new
test that all Michigan Public School students take for college entrance and as
an assessment of learning in 11th grade. This is a new version of the PSAT and will be
the first practice test students have for the redesigned SAT. Parents can find more on that redesign here.
Though we offer practice assessments on the new Naviance system, the best place
for practice assessment is Khan
Academy. Khan Academy is working directly with the College Board to design
preparation that is more up-to-date than any other sources, and is completely
free. Once students take their PSAT,
results will be transferred via their College Board account login to the Khan
Academy partner site to give them personalized instruction to prepare for the
SAT in April.
While the Juniors are testing, the Seniors and Sophomores
will be engaged in presentations and Team Building activities. For seniors, they will here speakers on
Dressing for Success and Interviewing, Drug Prevention and Positive Decision
making, and a panel of recent graduates discussing what they wish they knew
before heading to college. For sophomores,
they will have a morning of Team Building activities led by teachers, and will
hear a similar talk about positive decision making and drug prevention.
We’re excited about a great program on Wednesday. We look forward to all of our students being there and getting the most out of it!
We’re excited about a great program on Wednesday. We look forward to all of our students being there and getting the most out of it!
