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During the month of September, Grade 12 students--CLASS OF 2025-- will need to schedule a meeting with Mrs. Jarka. In these meetings, we will review your credits and other graduation requirements to ensure you are not missing anything to graduate on time. Mr. Adams, Duneland's Mental Health Counselor, may join the senior meetings if his schedule allows. Use this link to schedule your meeting. While I have several openings, they will fill up fast. NEW MEETING TIMES HAVE BEEN ADDED.

Thank you,

Mrs. Jarka

Director/Principal of NWIOS

We have reached that point in time in the year where we need to start working on planning for your graduation. The first steps include gathering information from you to order caps & gowns. Our company, Herff Jones gets information from you and then will communicate with you directly.

• Though your diploma will be from the Northwest Indiana Online School, which is a school within the Duneland School Corporation, the administration of Chesterton High School has invited NWIOS seniors to an in-person meeting. (Friday, 9/25/2024 at 10:00 am)

• A Herff-Jones Representative will be in person to explain all things about your cap & gown, apparel, and ordering.

• As a NWIOS student, you will need to check in at the office (Door 1) before going to the auditorium.

Payment is not due at the time of ordering, but it will be due at the time of pick up.

When: September 25, 2024

Time: 10:00 am

Where: Chesterton High School Auditorium, 2125 S 11th Street, Chesterton IN 46304

Please CLICK HERE or below to reserve your spot on Cap & Gown Day.

Indiana Code 20-30-5-7 requires public Indiana high schools to administer the naturalization examination, provided by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), to each student enrolled in a U.S. Government course where credit is awarded for General, Core 40, Core 40 with Academic Honors, or Core 40 with Technical Honors designation.

Test Materials and Process:

General information regarding the naturalization examination can be found here. Students will participate in the naturalization examination, which contains 100 items. Students participating in the naturalization examination complete 20 of the 100 items. A student score of 60% (12/20) is considered passing on the student’s first attempt.

To help NWIOS students get ready for the assessment, Mr. Chris Richardson, DSC teacher, will hold two virtual study sessions:

• Friday, November 15 from 9:15 am - 9:45 am
• Monday, November 25 - 1:15 - 1:45

A link to the study sessions will be added as we get closer to November 15, 2024.

NWIOS Students will take the Naturalization Exam IN-PERSON on December 3, 2024.

If you have any questions regarding the Naturalization Exam, please reach out to me or to Mr. Richardson (crichardson@duneland.k12.in.us)

• NEW. MID-TERM: There will not be a mid-term graduation ceremony. For students who complete their requirements early, have applied for early graduation, and have been approved are invited to participate in the June 2025 ceremony.

• END-OF-SCHOOL-YEAR GRADUATION: June 4, 2025

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