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Lake Wales Freedom Fund Banquet
Proposed Increase In Test Scores Will Impact Students
The Lake Wales Branch of the NAACP will hold its Free- dom Fund Banquet on Satur- day, August 19, 2017, at the James P. Austin Community Center in Lake Wales. The re- ception is at 5:30 p. m., fol- lowed by the banquet at 6:30 p. m. The banquet theme is “Our Lives Still Matter, Our Votes Still Count.”
The banquet speaker will be Aramis Ayala, State At- torney for Orange and Osce- ola Counties.
For more information, call Sara at (850) 590-2555,
ARAMIS AYALA ...State Attorney, 9th Judicial Circuit, Orange and Osceola Counties
or Nicara at (863) 521-4586.
BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor
Currently, all high school students are required by law to pass either the SAT test or the ACT test with a passing score. However, there is a proposal to raise the test scores.
Ross Anderson, Pro- gram Manager, Educational Advocacy for Hillsborough County School Districts, is encouraging students to take and pass either or both of the tests as soon as possible.
“Parents need to be made aware of this proposed change and encourage their children to prepare for the test. The students can take the tests as many times as they would like. The State of Florida Department of Edu- cation will accept the highest score. Also, those students who receive free or reduced lunch can take each of the tests twice for free. I have found that students are not
ROSS ANDERSON Program Manager, Educational Advocacy, Hillsborough County School District
taking advantage of this.
“It is extremely important for students that qualify for SAT and ACT fee waivers to take full advantage of them. Parents and students should not let failing one test deter- mine if their child will be- come a graduate or receive a
certificate.
“Taking the tests is not
something they should put off until the last minute. It
would be a shame for them to complete all other require- ments to graduate and then receive a Certificate of Com- pletion because they failed the test,” Anderson said.
The students will have several opportunities in up- coming weeks to register for the examinations. Ander- son is encouraging all high school students, especially those in the 11th grade, to take the tests as soon as possible.
The schedule for the up- coming ACT Registration Deadlines and Test Dates are as follows: test, October 28, deadline, September 22; test, December 9, deadline, November 3; test, Febru- ary 10, 2018; deadline, January 12, 2018; test, April 14, 2018, deadline, March 9, 2018; test, June 9, 2018; deadline, May 4, 2018; test, July 14, 2018; deadline, June 15, 2018.
The schedule for the up- coming SAT Registration Deadlines and Test Dates are as follows: test, October 7, deadline, September 8; test, November 4, deadline, October 5; test, December 2, deadline, November 2; test, March 10, 2018, dead- line, February 9, 2018; test, May 5, 2018; deadline, April 6, 2018; test, June 2, 2018; deadline, May 3, 2018.
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