Week of 9/14

Updates:

The PSAT will be administered at Westford Academy on Saturday, October 13 from 7:30 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. The cost is $25. Deadline for registration is Friday, October 5.
We are recommending that juniors register for the PSAT on that day.  The 11^th grade PSAT is the only score that may qualify a student for the National Merit Scholarship program.  The exam is also open to interested sophomores who have completed Geometry.

WA PSAT Information:  For the 2018 PSAT, students at Westford Academy will be registering online. This registration will take a few minutes and can be completed from any computer with internet access.  Online Exam registration will begin on Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 2:00 PM and end on Tue, Oct 9, 2018 at 2:00 PM.

In order to register, students should click on the link provided on the school website or visit www.TotalRegistration.net/PSAT/222335 to register. To complete registration, students must answer all of the required questions. Registration is not complete until students have printed the pdf of the confirmation page that is provided at the end. 

WA Guidance and Massachusetts Educational Financial Authority (MEFA) College Financial Aid Night for Parents

Tuesday, October 9, 2018 at 6:30pm in the WA Performing Arts Center (PAC)

College visits:

Open Houses/Information Sessions:

University of New Hampshire

Fall Open House

Durham Campus on Saturday, September 22, 2018

15 Gables Way, Durham, NH 03824

https://admissions.unh.edu/fall-2018-open-house

Manchester Campus on Saturday, October 20, 2018

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Fall Open House Saturday, October 13 and Sunday, November 4 / 9:00am-1:00pm

179 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115

RSVP at www.mcphs.edu/FallOH

Champlain College

Fall Open House Saturday, October 13 & October 27

163 South Willard Street, Burlington, VT 05402

Register at champlain.edu/fallopenhouse18

Saint Anselm College

Fall Open House Saturday, October 27

100 Saint Anselm Drive, Manchester, NH 03102

Register: www.anselm.edu/FallOpenHouse

Rutgers School of Engineering

Fall Open House dates from 11am at the Visitor Center

With a school specific portion at 1pm for:

Biomedical & Chemical

Civil & Materials Science or Environmental & Materials Science

Electrical/Computer & Industrial Systems,

Mechanical & Packaging or Aerospace & Packaging

Friday, October 5, Monday, October 8 (Columbus Day),

Friday, October 26, Friday, November 2,

Thursday, November 8 (NJEA Conference)

Friday, November 9 (NJEA Conference)

Friday, November 16

Register at https://soe.rutgers.edu/tours

UMass Boston

Fall Open House Saturday, October 13

100 William T. Morrissey Blvd. Boston, MA 02125

Register at https://www.umb.edu/news_events_media/events/open_house

Special programs:

Navigating the College Search Process for Students with Learning Difference, AD/HD & Executive Function Challenges:  A workshop for HS students and their families

Curry College Tuesday, October 2, 2018 7:00pm-8:30pm

1071 Blue Hill Avenue, Milton, MA

Register with Michelle Bracken, Associate Director of Admission at mbracken@curry.edu or 617-333-2106

Seton Hall’s Pirates Pitch Competition

Submit an original business idea that in 350 words or less, describes an innovative product or service that you would like to create or have already created.

To enter visit www.shu.edu/go/HSPitch

1^st and 2^nd Place Winners get a cash prize money

plus scholarship money to Seton Hall University,

Other finalists also get scholarship money to attend Seton Hall University

All submissions must be received by Wednesday, October 17 by midnight