Chester Union Free School District

Chester, New York 10918

Achieving Excellence

Welcome to the Chester Academy Guidance Website

Our Guidance Website is designed to keep parents and students updated on what is happening at the Academy.

Click on the links that are underlined in red and they will bring you to the websites you are interested in viewing.

Click here for contact information for guidance faculty and staff.

SAT and ACT Testing Dates

If you plan to apply to a four year college next year, we recommend that you take either the SAT or ACT college entrance exam at least once in the Spring. The main difference between the exams is that the ACT exam has Science on it, the SAT exam does not. Listed below are the SAT/ACT exam dates and registration deadlines. You can see samples of the exams on their websites along with practice exams.

If you are applying only to community college, SAT/ACT exams are not required.

Register for SAT exam: www.collegeboard.org

SAT Exam May 8, 2021; registration deadline 4/8/21

SAT Exam June 5, 2021; registration deadline 5/6/21

Register for ACT exam: www.act.org

ACT Exam April 17, 2021; registration deadline 3/12/21

ACT Exam June 12, 2021; registration deadline 5/7/21

Free Workshops on Planning & Paying for College

This year CICU produced a series of six workshops for students & their parents/guardians to learn more about applying and paying for college. These free workshops are available to watch on demand at cicu.org/CAF2020Event. They were recorded as part of our annual College Access Fair, which was held virtually this year.

ASVAB EXAM

We will not be offering the ASVAB exam at Chester Academy this year. If you are interested in joining the military, please call the recruiters office and schedule an exam with them. I have several practice booklets to help prepare you for this exam. If you are interested, stop by the Guidance Office and pick up a booklet.

JUNIOR YEAR COLLEGE CALENDAR

All Juniors please click on the Junior Year Calendar link below. This calendar will help give you a timeline of what you need to know for your Junior Year.

Junior Year Calendar

SENIOR YEAR COLLEGE CALENDAR

Please click on the link below to see a monthly calendar of timelines for the college admission process.

Senior Year Calendar

Pre College Programs

Many colleges are offering precollege programs over the summer. I will list what I receive below and please go to that colleges website for more information:

PACE - July 12th - 23rd. In person classes

NYU - July 5th - August 13th. Online classes

College Events

Due to the large amount of colleges that are hosting virtual tours and information sessions. Please go to the website of the colleges you are interested in and register for their virtual sessions. For a list of colleges that have contacted us, please go to the Virtual College Tours page or click here

Guidance

Related Files

REGULATIONS REQUIRING POSTING OF THE CHILD ABUSE HOTLINE TELEPHONE NUMBER AND DIRECTIONS TO ACCESSING THE NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES WEBSITE. School districts and charter schools are now required to post in English and Spanish the toll-free telephone number (1-800-342-3720) operated by the New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) to receive reports of child abuse or neglect, and directions for accessing the OCFS website http://ocfs.ny.gov/main/cps/. Questions may be directed to the Office of Student Support Services at StudentSupportServices@nysed.gov or by calling (518) 486-6090. Notice: If anyone is unable to access pages or content on a webpage, please email Joanne Valastro (Webmaster) at jvalastro@chesterufsd.org, or call her at 845-469-5052 ext. 3401 for alternative means to access the information the requester seeks.