Owens Elementary – ACT/SAT Preparatory Strategies

Apr 2026 · 2nd Semester

This one-semester elective course is open to eleventh- grade students and fall semester twelfth-grade students who are college- bound and have successfully completed Algebra II or be concurrently enrolled in Algebra II. The course is designed to provide students with strategies to meet the academic requirements and demands of post-high school studies and to prepare students to successfully take college entrance exams. Units of study include preparation for college entrance exams (ACT and SAT), vocabulary expansion, objective test-taking skills, research and critical thinking, attitudes, goal setting, and time management. Strategies necessary for successfully reading, comprehending, and studying advanced-level content textbooks both in high school and in college will also be addressed.