Hightower High School
3333 Hurricane Lane | Missouri City | TX | 77459
Phone: 281-634-5240 | Fax: 281-634-5333
 
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Weekly Bulletin _November 2nd

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PLAN Test Registration

9, 10,& 11th Graders: PLAN Test Registration will be from Nov 30th to Dec 4th in the College Room during all lunches.
 
PLAN is a great way to prepare for the ACT, know if you are on track for college, find out academic strengths and areas of improvement, find career matches, and connects you with colleges of interest.
 
The fee is $20.
Test Date = Saturday, December 12th, 2009
(See counselor Ms. Gless for details.)

Underclassman Counselor Visits Coming Soon:

The counselors will be meeting with 9th, 10th & 11th grade students during their English classes in mid-November. Topics to be discussed include: credits, graduation plan, college prep, testing and career assessments. A letter will be mailed to parents\guardians inviting them to attend. 9th grade students will meet on November 16 & 17, 2009; 10th grade students will meet on November 18th & 19th; and 11th grade students will meet on November 20th & 23rd. Meeting times on those dates will be determined by the student’s English class period.

Academy Applications Available for 2010-2011

Applications are now available on the FBISD Academy web page. Visit http://www.fortbend.k12.tx.us/academies/ to download the application.
 
Also, please visit our campus web page for more information regarding our academy programs.

Click here to visit our Campus Academy web page

COIN - Information & How To Use

COIN is a free tool for students and parents to use for career and college exploration. Please see the related document for details on this great resource available to you.
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Upcoming College Visits to HHS Campus:

November 13th – Mini College Fair
Sign up in the counselors' office to attend.

Fort Bend ISD Opens the Parent Portal

The FBISD Parent Portal will be available to FBISD middle school and high school parents beginning Thursday, October 1st. The Portal will open just in time for the second progress report for the 2009-2010 school year. Click Here to Login to the Portal

District School Calendar 2009-2010

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News from the Counseling Office

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Information from the Registrar's Office

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HHS Late Work Policy

Student work is to be turned in at the appropriate class time on the day it is due. Students who do not turn in class work in the core classes, as assigned by the teacher, will be assigned to ZAP to complete work. Failure to attend will result in parent / assistant principal conference and possible disciplinary action. Student work turned in after the designated time is considered late. Late work that is turned in by the next time the class meets may receive a maximum grade of 80%. Student work turned in any subsequent day after the next class meeting may receive a maximum grade of a 50%. No late work will be accepted after three (3) days before any grading cycle: progress report, or nine-week cycle grade.

ATTN: Athletes & NCAA Transcript Information

EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY
SAT \ ACT \AP Test Results
Please make sure that when you sign up for your SAT \ ACT \AP Test to include your college(s) on your form for your scores to be sent directly to them. NCAA will NO LONGER accept scores from the back of your transcript as in the past. Also, due to our new computerized transcript system, colleges will not accept scanned items.
Therefore, you MUST request that your scores be sent directly to your college of choice.

Parent E-Newsletter

If you would like to receive our parent e-newsletter please send an email to CanesCourier@fortbend.k12.tx.us

so that we can add you to our distribution list. This email address will be used to send information to you from Hightower High School.

Attention: HHS Alumni

A group of HHS Alumni have created a website to provide former HHS students a central location to stay in touch and plan reunions, etc.
Click here to access website