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| Date: From: Subject: | 5/17/2006 3:12:30 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Virginia--Act Now for PSAT Registration |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== May 17, 2006 Virginia--Act Now for PSAT Registration Dear HSLDA members and friends: Call your local public high school immediately if you want your student to take the PSAT through the public school system this fall. Under a law that goes into effect July 1, public school systems are required to allow homeschool students to take the PSAT test. Local registration policies may vary, however, especially as they adjust to the new law this year. Your student should not be charged a higher fee than a local public school student in any event. Some schools may require that you contact them as early as May so they can order the appropriate number of tests. Others may allow you to contact them as late as September. Find out your local school system's policy to avoid disappointment. Some private schools will allow homeschool students to take the test along with their own students. In addition to giving students a foretaste of the SAT college admission test, the PSAT is the gateway to the National Merit Scholar program. Some colleges offer very generous scholarships to students who become "finalists" (about the top 2%). A student's PSAT score is never sent to colleges, however. The PSAT will be administered this year on October 18 and October 21. Eleventh-graders who take the test are eligible to be considered in the National Merit Scholar program. Younger students sometimes take the test for diagnostic purposes to help the parents evaluate the student's progress. AP tests in various subjects are administered in May of each year. Contact your local public or private school no later than March 1 to register. Many colleges offer full or partial college credit for students who score high enough on the rigorous, three-hour test. Because the AP tests are demanding and uniform across the nation, many colleges esteem them as evidence of a student's ability to do college-level work. Students typically take a full year AP subject course (many are available online) to prepare for the test. Sincerely Yours, Scott A. Woodruff ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> What's the shortest distance between two homeschoolers? HSLDA's elert service! When threats to homeschool freedoms arise, you want to be able to respond. We make it possible. More reasons to join HSLDA... http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=1101 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ====================================================================== The HSLDA E-lert Service is a service of: Home School Legal Defense Association P.O. Box 3000 Purcellville, Virginia 20134 Phone: (540) 338-5600 Fax: (540) 338-2733 Email: info@hslda.org Web: http://www.hslda.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- How To Subscribe: - Subscribe to the HSLDA E-lert Service at our website: https://secure.hslda.org/hslda/elert/account.asp?Process=Subscribe - Or send an email with name and complete mailing address to: subscribe@hslda.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscription Information: - You subscribed to the HSLDA E-lert Service as: ##ToAddress## - To unsubscribe from the HSLDA E-lert Service send an email from the email address you want to unsubscribe to: unsubscribe@hslda.org - To change your email address or make other changes to your subscription, visit the HSLDA E-lert Service account web page at: https://secure.hslda.org/hslda/elert/account.asp ---------------------------------------------------------------------- POSTMASTERS: This message is being sent to the most recent address we have for our subscribers. If this is an invalid email address or you have other problems, please reply to webmaster@hslda.org. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER: This is considered a private and confidential message from HSLDA to its bonafide HSLDA E-lert Service subscribers. HSLDA cannot attest to the authenticity of copies posted, forwarded, or sent by any party other than HSLDA. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: Please do not reply or otherwise use this email address; hslda@hslda.org is for broadcast purposes only and is not intended to receive incoming messages. We cannot reply to any email sent to this address. If you have comments or questions, please send email to info@hslda.org or call HSLDA at 540-338-5600. HSLDA members can also email staff directly through the Members website at http://members.hslda.org/contact.asp. Thank you for your cooperation. ====================================================================== | |
