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Muth Family Learning Center
Juniors: You should take SAT Reasoning test in the months of March, May, or June of 2010.
You should be taking the ACT test in the months of February, April, or June of 2010.
There are two ways to look at the meaning
Mater Dei will be a testing center for ALL seven of the SAT tests and six ACT tests. You may register
of organization. Getting organized for
for the SAT Tests at www.collegeboard.com, and register for the ACT Tests at www.act.org. The
school work is a major concern of high
SAT Subject: Language with Listening Tests is offered ONLY in November. You can take only one
school students. When asked how they
listening test per test date. Tests are in Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish.
remember and plan their work, a group
of students, grades 9-12, responded:
• Mater Dei planner is my bible,
including highlighting in colors.
• Daily/weekly to do lists! (Checking
off what is done!)
COLLEGE AND CAREER RESOURCE CENTER
• Meditating on a mental picture of
the day/ week, and going over it
College Lunch Visits
• several times a day in my head.
• Listing of hour increments in a full
Junior and senior students are visited during upper lunch by colleges from across the United States and
day with blanks including lunchtime.
around the world. All interested students are strongly encouraged to meet with these reps when they
• Everything I need to remember is in
are here. Colleges look highly upon students who take the initiative to meet with them when they are
the glove compartment in the car.
visiting high schools. Some reps will even waive your application fee if you speak to them and can do
• Parent nagging and edline.
on-the-spot admissions during these lunch sessions. Come by the College and Career Center to sign up
for reminder notices.
The point to personal organization and
taking responsibility for one’s life is highly
For additional info, please visit Ms. Castro in the College and Career Center. She can also be reached at
individual. The power to self-regulate
(714) 850-9561.
is in one’s own hands. A student who
is having difficulty getting assignments
done on time or at all may need help to
devise a plan. Practice makes perfect.
In the end, getting organized is non-
negotiable if one wants success in life.
Invest in your personal growth, come
discover all that the Muth Family Learning
Mater Dei Choral Department
Center has to offer you. For more info,
please call (714) 641-3694.
Fall Concert
Marilyn Wilson, Director
JoAnn McCune, Teacher
Sunday, October 25, 2009
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church
9 Hillgate, Irvine, CA
6:30 p.m. Dinner
8:00 p.m. Concert
WEB CALENDAR LINKS
School Calendar
Dinner is $12 for adults and
$6 for students under 10.
SPORTS SCHEDULE LINKS
Football
Admission to the concert is free. Cross Country
Girls Golf
Girls Tennis
Girls Volleyball
Boys Waterpolo
The Lumen is a publication of Mater Dei High School‘s
Advancement & Alumni Office. For front page
advertisement space (school events only), please contact
Lisa Mendiaz ‘86, Director of Special Events & Publications
at lmendiaz@materdei.org or (714) 850-9527.
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