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Grade 10 Student/Parent Information Night

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Manhasset High School Counseling Department

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February 5, 2026

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Our Aim for This Evening…

Purpose:

Provide a comprehensive overview of our 10th grade school counseling program and share information specific to the post-secondary planning process, especially as it pertains to standardized testing.

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Goal:

Increase understanding of the resources and options available to your child so that you will be better prepared to decipher the post-secondary planning process.

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How to Raise Successful Kids -- Without Over-Parenting | Julie Lythcott-Haims | TED

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Kim Cosenza

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Mental Fitness and Wellness in Our Children�

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“That which cannot be talked about can never be laid to rest.”

Anonymous

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Feelings to Consider…

    • School
      • Keeping up with work load, getting into the right courses
      • Overscheduling
      • Future concerns about college application outcomes
    • Home
      • Fear of not living up to expectations
      • Arguing with parents/siblings
      • Lack of privacy
    • Social/Emotional
      • Personal relationships
      • Peer pressure
      • Social Media

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What to Look For

Physical

Abdominal issues

Headache/Problems Sleeping

Emotional

Feeling out of control or depressed

Forgetting things, Feeling irritable

Behavioral

Avoiding activities/isolating oneself

Unwilling to admit the need for help

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Some Suggestions�

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  • Don’t overlook obvious signs of stress
  • Acknowledge the reality of stress in everyone’s life
  • Make time for down-time
  • Balance school and personal schedules
  • Learn coping strategies
  • Remember that your Wellness Team is here for you!

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Academic and Personal Monitoring�~Ongoing~

Purpose:

  • To get a sense of the student’s self-evaluation with regard to academic and personal progress

  • To encourage the student to set goals, get/remain involved in activities that will help develop interests

  • To gauge the student’s social and emotional well-being and learn more about them personally

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*The Manhasset Counseling Department’s central focus is to educate the whole child: Mind, Heart and Body

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Individual Student Conferences�~On-Going~

**Review and Discuss**

  • Academic progress
  • Academic issues/concerns
  • Personal interests
  • Extracurricular/community activities
  • Career inventory results/career interests
  • PSAT (Oct) and Pre-ACT(No longer being offered this spring)
  • Standardized Testing

Some standardized testing requirements have changed. We will discuss later in the presentation.

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���Scheduling 2026-2027

January

    • Elective courses have been entered by the counselors

February

    • Teachers made initial course recommendations for core classes and informed students.

April

    • Teachers review initial recommendations and make changes, if necessary (end of quarter 3) At that time information will be provided regarding the override policy.

May

    • Override submissions are due to school counselors promptly by May 1st.
    • Counselors will work on schedules conflicts and meet with students and/or parents as needed (May and June)

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Lori Margulies

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Career & College Awareness:�Exploring Naviance�December 2025

Purpose of the Program:

  • Introduce students to career and college resources available through Naviance.

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Goal:

  • Encourage students to ponder personal and career interests
  • Encourage consideration of summer/volunteer

activities

  • Gain awareness of resources to help in the

post-secondary planning process

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What is Naviance CCR?

Manhasset’s Career & College Readiness Platform�

  • A way to record and track college applications
  • Transmittal tool for college application material(s)
  • Advanced College Search tool to display college outcomes in various formats
  • Tool for web based career/college exploration

programs

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  • Every student in MHS has his/her own account
    • Access through Classlink
  • Parents access through their children’s account

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https://student.naviance.com/manhasset

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�Career Awareness

  • Students completed the Career Interest Profiler, which is based on John Holland’s Six Personality Types
    • Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, Conventional

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  • Students were provided with a summary of their top personality traits and recommended careers

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Other Naviance Career Resources

  • Career Interest Surveys:

Cluster Finder

Interest Inventory

  • Explore Individual Careers
  • Road Trip Nation (Interviews with hundreds

of people in varying professions)

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Naviance College Resources

  • College Search
    • Conduct a multi-step search using specific criteria

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  • College Match
    • Once test scores are entered, identify schools that match your academic profile

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  • Scattergrams
    • Review admission data presented graphically

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Naviance Reminder

Naviance is a closed system and the data contained within is ONLY accessible to the student/parent and school counseling staff.

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Data contained within, GPA and test scores, are either uploaded from eSchool or input by the counseling clerical staff. Scores are not uploaded via the College Board or ACT.

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Colleges do not have access to student data.

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NCAA ELIGIBILITY

Refer to the 9th Grade Student Guide, our web page, or the NCAA website for information related to Recruited Athletes and the requirements for students entering college after June 2016.

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Sign in to the Eligibility Center to create an account and to view approved Manhasset courses.

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https://web3.ncaa.org/ecwr3/

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Jennifer Landman

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�Register for Exams

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SAT

Students register through their online account at:

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www.collegeboard.org

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Students ARE NOT guaranteed a seat in Manhasset High School. We are a National Testing Center so any student may register to test here. Register early.

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ACT

www.act.org

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Students with Disabilities�

College Board: Parent submits consent to the high school counselor requesting testing accommodations Consent should be submitted as early as 9th grade, but well in advance of any test administration date.

www.collegeboard.org

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ACT: Student registers for the exam and indicates that you will be requesting accommodations. Follow ACT instructions to alert Mr. Grabelsky at the school to submit required documentation.

www.act.org

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PSAT Reminders

  • These scores are not reported to anyone other than the student and the HS

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  • Colleges do not ask for or receive PSAT Scores

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  • Athletic recruiters might ask students for PSAT scores to use as an early indicator of future official scores

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  • PSAT Scores will be uploaded into your Naviance account

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National Merit Scholarship Programs

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Participation in the National Merit Scholarship program is determined by the Selection Index.

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PSAT scores received in 10th grade are not used to participate in this program. Only scores from the PSAT in 11th grade.

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Free Test Prep Resources

Methodize

Manhasset Schools partners with Method Learning to provide free test prep to all HS student through the Castle Learning app on Classlink.

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Khan Academy

has partnered with the College Board to provide test prep.

khanacademy.org/sat

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Kaplan

has partnered with ACT to provide test prep.

Available at www.act.org

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Manhasset Feb 2026.pptx

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Welcome to

Tom Ehlers

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