Student Weekly Update
Dec.9th, 2024
Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
Thursday, December 12th is senior FAFSA parent night. The library will be open from 3PM to 8PM with professionals who can assist families with completing the FAFSA. Senior students should have received an email with required documents for completing the FAFSA (i.e. tax return documents, FSA ID, social security number). Here is a link to the Federal Student Aid website that contains more information regarding the FAFSA and requirements.
Questions? Please email your school counselor (emails at the bottom of the newsletter).
On Friday, December 13th, DCHS Early Graduate Seniors will be given the ASVAB test. This test will be given to the other seniors in March. This will enable all of you to earn EPSOs (Early Post-Secondary Opportunities) and move you towards being a Ready Graduate. It also provides a bunch of career advice.
ASVAB is an acronym for Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery which is a world-recognized multiple aptitude test battery. It is an aptitude that measures students’ strengths, weaknesses, and knowledge to be successful in the future. This test is given at more than 14,000 schools and Military Entrance Processing Stations (MEPS) across the nation. It also provides students with career information and also indicates how successful they will become in their career. The military uses it as a tool within their organization to determine what job each person is best suited for. You are not entering into the military just by taking this test.
Timing:
Test time for this exam is 134 minutes
The administrative time for the test (demographics) is 46 minutes
The total time allocated for this test is 180 minutes
Total number of items is 200.
- Testing:
- This test will be given on a Chromebook. Please bring your charged Chromebook with you on Friday, 12/13.
- The math portion is taken without a calculator. Remember this test will assess your strengths and weaknesses.
- A passing score is considered to be 31/100 or 31%.
- You will receive information back about your strengths and weaknesses that can help you in your future endeavors.
- Other Info:
- Breakfast will be provided.
Dear Pioneers,
Thank you so much for your participation and support of the 2024 Karaoke Contest. You all make it fun! Karaoke is a long standing school tradition that helps us provide for many students/families in need at the Holidays. You all are kind and generous. Our DJ comments every year about how impressed he is with our school spirit. We are proud to be Pioneers!
The Student Services Department
Applications are opening soon for current 11th and 12th grade students to apply to join the Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE) Student Engagement Council. TDOE Engagement councils provide the with input, feedback, and recommendations on the implementation of strategic initiatives and programs. The councils have no legislative, administrative, or programmatic authority.
The Student Engagement Council meets virtually once a month to collaborate with the department to move our state and its students forward. Students will serve for a five-month term from January 2025 to May 2025. The first meeting will be held on January 30, 2025. All subsequent meetings will take place from 3:30-4:30 p.m. CT on the Thursdays of the second full week each month.
Current 11th-grade and 12th-grade students who are passionate about K-12 education in Tennessee are encouraged to apply.
Click here to access the application beginning November 18, 2024. Applications will close at 5:00 p.m. CT on December 20, 2024. Late or incomplete applications will not be accepted.
A GREAT PICK FOR: ADVENTURE AND MYSTERY
LOCATED IN OUR LIBRARY: FICTION SECTION UNDER 'F ROL'
An alliance embarks on a dangerous journey to uncover the secrets of the distant past and save their world in this captivating, deeply visionary adventure from #1 New York Times bestselling thriller-master James Rollins.
A gifted student foretells an apocalypse. Her reward is a sentence of death.
Fleeing into the unknown she is drawn into a team of
A broken soldier, who once again takes up the weapons he’s forbidden to wield and carves a trail back home.
A drunken prince, who steps out from his beloved brother's shadow and claims a purpose of his own.
An imprisoned thief, who escapes the crushing dark and discovers a gleaming artifact - one that will ignite a power struggle across the globe.
On the run, hunted by enemies old and new, they must learn to trust each other in order to survive in a world evolved in strange, beautiful, and deadly ways, and uncover ancient secrets that hold the key to their salvation.
But with each passing moment, doom draws closer.
WHO WILL CLAIM THE STARLESS CROWN?
The Moonfall
The Starless Crown
The Cradle of Ice
From Pioneer Wrestling (Facebook):
Pioneers come out on top in the Border Duals! Results are as follows:
Round 1: Crockett 76 vs. Boone 4
Round 2: Crockett 58 vs. John Battle 23
Round 3: Crockett 77 vs. Elizabethton 6
Round 4: Crockett 65 vs. Sullivan East 15
Championship: Crockett 41 vs Tennessee HS 38
This moves the team to 7-0 on the year!
Next up we head to Chuckey Doak High school for a tri-dual against Chuckey Doak and Cocke County on Tuesday Dec. 10th.
Ms. McCorkle
(A-F)
Mrs. Gentry
(G-M)
Mrs. Robinson
(N-Z)
Ms. Bonham
Frontier Health Therapist
Ms. Geis
Frontier Health Therapist
Mrs. White
School Social Worker
Mrs. Bradley
Administrative Assistant
Parents must complete this parental consent before students can talk to our Frontier Health Therapists (Nicole and Madi). Please complete the form. A PDF version is below.
Frontier Healthcare has two school based therapists, Nicole Bonham & Madison M. Geis, available to assist DCHS students. Before students can see the Frontier Health Therapists, parents must give permission. To give permission, fill out the online form (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc4mSnB7-c-Va3Grl2rtxShVK7NnZBXaevTU50qT_r9SnE5Wg/viewform) or download the paper form (https://5il.co/2tn67), fill it out and return it to the student services office.
Dr. Case
Mr. Conner
Mrs. Sweeney
