List of Catholic High Schools
Bourgade Catholic High School
4602 North 31st Avenue
Phoenix, Arizona 85017
Tel: (602) 973-4000
Fax: (602) 973-5854
Brophy College Preparatory
4701 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85012
Tel: (602) 264-5291
Fax: (602) 266-3642
Notre Dame College Preparatory
9701 East Bell Road
Scottsdale, Arizona 85260
Phone: (480) 634-8200
FAX: (480) 634-8299
Saint Mary’s High School
2525 North Third Street
Phoenix, AZ 85004
Tel: (602) 251-2500
Fax: (602) 251-2595
Seton Catholic High School
1150 N Dobson Road
Chandler, Arizona 85224
phone: 480-963-1900
fax: 480-963-1974
Xavier College Preparatory
4710 N. 5th St.
PHOENIX AZ 85012
Tel: (602) 277-3772
Fax: (602)-279-1346
Catholic High School Placement Testing
(Scroll down for Public High School information)
All High Schools test on the same days:
January 9, 2010 with a make-up test on January 23, 2010
Check with the high school for the time of the test. Take the test at the first choice school. The student will be given the option to send the results to two additional schools.
Testing Tips
The test you will take is the HSPT, the High School Placement Test. Visit the high school websites to see if you need to register for the tests.
The reason for the test is to verify that you have a solid eighth grade education, and if not, they may ask that you take summer school. A high score on the placement test does not guarantee your admission, neither does a low score guarantee you won’t be accepted for admission to a Catholic high school.
The best preparation for the test includes the following:
- Be well rested and fed on the day of the test.
- Arrive 10 minutes before the exam begins (each school is different, check their websites)
- Bring at least 2 #2 pencils.
- Bring a sweater, the rooms are cold at first, and being nervous might make you a little cold.
- Have the test fee ready
There are a number of study guides available at the library or bookstores if you choose to use them. The tests are timed. If you are going to take the practice tests, do at least one of them timed. You need to know when to skip a question so that you don’t run out of time. Questions not answered at the end of a section will hurt you more than one or two that you spent extra time on at the beginning.
Here are the time allocations for each section:
|
Section |
Total time |
Number of questions |
|
Verbal Skills |
16 minutes |
60 |
|
Quantitative |
30 minutes |
52 |
|
Reading Comprehension |
25 minutes |
62 |
|
Mathematics |
45 minutes |
64 |
|
Language |
25 minutes |
60 |
In order to have the test show your knowledge, you will want to be familiar with the types of questions that will be on the test. This is where practice tests and test preparation guides are useful. Read carefully how the questions are structured.
Devise a strategy so that you bubble your answers correctly, especially when you skip a question. Check often that you are on the right line.
Know how to guess. If you can quickly eliminate one or more of the answers, you increase the odds of making an accurate guess. Wrong answers do not help your score, but you are not penalized extra for guessing.
Good Luck and God Bless You.
The High Schools have their application windows open (through the end of January). Please check with the High Schools for details on their process. Every school is different, and the process may change slightly each year.
The student distributes the recommendations to whoever is indicated. We will give you our “Release of Test Scores” for the school where you are taking the test.
Please check to see if you need to sign the recommendation form before submitting it. Our policy is not to complete a recommendation for a student until the parent has waived the right to see it.
When a recommendation is received at the front office, the student has a routing slip assigned.
Each teacher returns the completed recommendation to the office. The transcript is the last piece and is done in January. A copy of the permanent record card made and all is sent together in a packet to each school the student is applying to.
When everything is delivered to the respective school, the school gives the student the routing slip to indicate the materials have been sent.
Please note that we do everything we can to make sure that every student is accepted at the school of their choice. There is a limit on the number of seats at each school, and sometimes a student is placed on a waitlist. We recognize that this is a hard place for the student and the parents, but St. John Bosco has no control over the decisions of the high schools. We will help as much as we can.
High School Information Night
Catholic High School Information Night
October 21, 7:00 - Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, 2117 South Rural Road
Tempe, AZ 85282 - McCready Hall (north side0
Tel: (480) 967-5567
November 5, 6:15 - 4510 North 24th Street
Phoenix, AZ 85016-5298
Tel: (602) 954-9088
Open House
Each school has an open house in the fall. The dates are posted here as they become available. Check each school's website for more information
Brophy College Preparatory - Sunday, November 1, 2009 (12:30 PM to 3:00 PM.)
Bourgade - November 15, 2009 (12:00 - 3p.m.)
Notre Dame Preparatory - November 7, 2009 (9a.m. - 1 p.m.)
Saint Mary's Catholic High School - November 15, 2009 (12:00 - 3:00 p.m.)
Seton Catholic High School - November 7, 2009 (9a.m. - Noon.)
Xavier College Preparatory - November 1, 2009 (12:30 - 2:30 p.m.)
8th Grade Days/Shadowing
Bourgade Shadow Days - September 23, 2009 and October 23, 2009
Brophy Shadow Days - Shadow Request Form
Notre Dame Shadow Days - October 2, 2009
Saint Mary’s Eighth Grade Days - October 23, 2009 and October 30, 2009
Seton Shadow Days - By appointment
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- Sep. 29
- Oct. 6, 8, 15, 19, 28
- Nov. 3, 17
- Dec. 1
Xavier 8th Grade Day - October 30, 2009
Visit individual school websites for details on how to participate in shadow or 8th grade days.
Public High School Information
Advanced Placement Testing (approximately 3 hours)
Location:
McClintock High School
1830 E. Del Rio Dr.
Tempe, AZ 85282
Arrive by 9:00 a.m.
September 26, 2009
October 3, 2009
October 24, 2009
Arrive by 3:00
October 29, 2009
November 4, 2009
November 7, 2009
Chandler Unified School District
Test Dates not available until January.
