Announcements & Events
Financial Aid Night : Video Link Posted (If You Missed the Meeting)
-What Sophomore and Junior parents should know and be doing now
-The impact of Test Optional/Blind going forward on the Financial Aid process
-The Federal and State changes to College Financial Aid
-Scholarships Available before Senior year in High School
-The impact of divorce and remarriage on Financial Aid Opportunity
-How to handle Rising College Cost
-How to evaluate colleges on the out of pocket cost
The Local Scholarships are now available!
If you have questions please contact Mrs. Cardell via email at LCardell@hackettstown.org.
The deadline is Friday, April 1st at 3:00 PM!
The deadline is Friday, April 1st at 3:00 PM!
The deadline is Friday, April 1st at 3:00 PM!
NO EXCEPTIONS INCLUDING EXCUSED ABSENCE FROM SCHOOL!
Centenary Fall 2022 Course Information
Centenary Fall of 2022 List of Courses
Monthly Scholarship Bulletin
NJGPA : Mandatory Graduation Assessment for All Juniors (March 15-18)
- This is required.
- This test is computer-based. Please bring your fully charged chromebook to the testing site.
- This test will be given from Tuesday, March 15 through Friday, March 18. (Make-ups are the following week, exact dates and times to be announced.)
- There are four units to the test and students will take one unit each morning from 7:50 to 9:45.
- Grades 9, 10 & 12 will have 115 minutes in their first-period class while Juniors take the NJGPA.
- From 9:50 to 2:48 the entire school will follow the Late Arrival bell schedule.
- There are two units of math which will assess skills in Algebra 1 and Geometry. Please bring a calculator. If you don't bring a calculator you will have to use the online calculator on the testing platform.
- There are two units of ELA which will assess skills from 10th grade English. Please bring headphones / earbuds that work with your chromebook. I'm told that there is a video / audio section on the ELA test
- Score proficient on both sections of the NJGPA test.
- Score proficient on an approved alternative assessment (like the SAT, ACT, ASVAB, etc.). The "cut score" or score you have to get in order to be proficient has not yet been determined by the state.
- Complete the Graduation Portfolio Assessment with us in your senior year.
2021-22 SAT School Day Test Registration is NOW OPEN!
- The SAT will be held on Wednesday, April 13, 2022.
- Because these are "school day" tests, interested students will not register on the Collegeboard website.
- Registration will be done through the guidance office. The registration form can be found to the right and the fee charged by CollegeBoard is $55.
- Alternatively, students can take the SAT at other schools on a Saturday test date. Please go to www.collegeboard.com to check local availability and to register/pay for these tests. The guidance office cannot register you for a Saturday test at a different school. Guidance counselors can, however, answer your questions if you have any difficulties with the process.
Scheduling for 2022-23 Has Been COMPLETED!
- Guidance counselors are meeting with students in virtual presentations beginning on 1/18/22.
- Students & Parents may make course requests on the student and parent portals until the deadline of Sunday, February13th.
- Guidance counselors will meet with students individually to check prerequisites and finalize course requests sometime between Monday, February 14 and Friday, February 25.
ASVAB (Armed Service Vocational Assessment Battery) March 16th at 7:50 am- Sign up in Guidance
The ASVAB (Armed Services Assessment Battery) test can help all of you!
County College of Morris - Instant Decision Day Information
Schedules & Student/Parent Portal Access
Centenary University Applications/Instant Decision Day and Full-Tuition Partnership Scholarship Information
2021-22 Financial Aid Night *** Link to Presentation Posted Here ***
- New Changes to the Fafsa form
- Changes to the Federal loans
- Loan Forgiveness
- Care Act Updates
- State Financial Aid Changes
- The Impact of Early Decision and Early Action on Financial Aid
- New Deadlines for the College Process
West Point Virtual Information Session- Oct. 5, 2021- All grade levels
Visit Colleges Virtually & Meet College Representatives
- Through Naviance, college representatives are scheduling times to meet specifically with Hackettstown students. This is a great opportunity to ask questions and learn information in a small group, virtual meeting.
- Also through Naviance, colleges are posting information about rep meetings, virtual tours, help sessions and more that any high school student can attend.
On the day of the visit, you will log into Naviance and the link for the session will be available in the same section.
Please reference the registration example below this announcement.
2021-22 College Fairs & Open Houses (Mostly Virtual)
- Sunday, August 29
- Sunday, September 12
- Tuesday, September 28
- Sunday, October 3
- Sunday, October 24
- Tuesday, November 2
- Sunday, November 14
- http://virtualcollegefairs.
org/
- New Jersey College Open Houses https://www.njsca.org/college-open-houses/
- Pennsylvania College Open Houses https://www.njsca.org/pa-open-houses
- NY, DE, DC, MD & VA College Open Houses https://www.njsca.org/de-dc-md-ny-va-open-houses
Schedule Change Requests ***Deadline Passed***
- Students must begin the school year attending the classes listed on their schedules.
- A drop/add form must be downloaded (available on the upper right of this webpage), completed and signed by a parent/guardian.
- Email the completed form back to your guidance counselor.
- Because of safe social distancing protocols and class caps, opportunities to change classes are extremely restricted this year.
- Students will be called down for an in-person meeting only if necessary.
- Counselors will consider every request and do their best to accommodate students.
The Guidance Office will be hosting an Instant Decision Day for Warren County College on March 14, 2022. If you are interested please sign up in the Guidance Office. Instant Decision is not early decision nor is it binding. You will be scheduled to meet with a WCCC representation in which they will make an immediate decision on your application and provide you with scheduling options, discuss any credits you are being awarded for Dual Enrollment, and given a student ID. Please ensure you sign up in guidance no later than Thursday, March 10th and complete the application online prior to your meeting.
Here is the link to the application: https://mywarren.warren.edu/ICS/Admissions/
Importance of high school academic choices
To take the ACT/SAT, or not
Applying to colleges
Essays and letters of recommendation
Campus visits: in-person and virtual
Your online presence
SAT Registration Form - Wed, Apr. 13
County College of Morris- Instant Decision Day
College Visit - Naviance Instructions