Counseling Staff | Counseling Center Calendar | Transcripts | SAT & ACT/College Planning Information | College Representatives I Scholarship for Academic Excellence
Counseling Staff 2025-26
Grade 9
- A – Ce: Joe Colligan
- Ch – Ha: Serena Wadsworth
- He – Ma: Kristin Butler
- Mc – Sa: Denise Becher
- Sc – Z: Theresa Goad
Grade 10
- A – Br: Joe Colligan
- Bu – GL: Serena Wadsworth
- Go – K: Kristin Butler
- L – Sa: Denise Becher
- Sc – Z: Theresa Goad
Grade 11
- A – Cam: Joe Colligan
- Car – F: Serena Wadsworth
- G – Le: Kristin Butler
- Li – Sak: Denise Becher
- San – Z: Theresa Goad
Grade 12
- A – Cl: Joe Colligan
- Co – Ho: Serena Wadsworth
- Hu – Mc: Kristin Butler
- Me – Re: Denise Becher
- Ri – Z: Theresa Goad
Social Worker
Will Hartley
School Psychologist
Elaine Howe
Secretarial Support Staff
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Amber Schmitt, Counseling Center Typist II
2025-26 Counseling Center Calendar
All dates are subject to change.
September 2025
- Sept. 2: First day of school
- Sept. 6: ACT Exam, 7:45 a.m. at area schools
- Sept. 12: Registration deadline for Oct.
- Sept 13: SAT Exam, 7:45 a.m. at area high schools
- Sept. 17/18: Senior College Planning Workshops in Senior Social Studies Classes
- Sept. 18: Financial Aid and College Planning Night for parents of seniors, 6:30 p.m
- Sept. 19: Registration deadline for October SAT
- Sept. 24: 2nd period, Counselors meet with all Juniors (PSAT’s)
- Sept. 25: Open House 6:30 p.m.
October 2025
- Oct. 3: PSAT Registration fee due from Juniors, first Mid-Marking Period ends
- Oct. 4: SAT, 7:45 a.m. at J-DHS
- Oct. 6: East Side College Fair at J-DHS, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
- Oct. 10: First Mid-Marking Reports available on Schooltool
- Oct. 11: PSAT at JDHS, 7:45 a.m.
- Oct. 18: ACT Exam, 7:45 a.m. at area high schools
- Oct. 20: Deadline to turn in College Application Processing Forms for colleges with a Nov. 1 deadline
- Oct. 24: Registration deadline for November SAT
November 2025
- Nov. 3: Deadline to turn in College Application Processing Forms for colleges with a Nov. 15 deadline
- Nov. 7: Registration deadline for December ACT, First Quarter Marking Period Ends
- Nov. 8: SAT, 7:45 a.m. at J-DHS
- Nov. 14: First Quarter Report Cards available on SchoolTool
- Nov. 17: Deadline to turn in College Application Processing Forms for colleges with a Dec. 1 deadline
- Nov. 21: Registration deadline for December SAT
December 2025
- Dec. 1: Deadline to turn in College Application Processing Forms for colleges with Dec. 15 deadlines
- Dec. 6: SAT, 7:45 a.m. at area high schools
- Dec. 8: Deadline to turn in College Application Processing Form for colleges with Jan. 1 deadline
- Dec. 12: Second Mid Marking Period ends
- Dec. 13: ACT Exam, 7:45 a.m. at area high schools
- Dec. 19: Second Mid Marking Period Reports available on Schooltool
January 2026
- Jan. 7: Registration deadline for February ACT
- TBA: Student Scheduling for 2025-2026 begins, Course Recommendation Days
- Jan. 12: Curriculum meeting for parents of 8th grade students at 7 p.m.
- Jan. 23: Second Quarter Marking Period ends
- Jan. 30: Second Quarter Report Cards available on SchoolTool
February 2026
- Feb. 6: Second Quarter Report Cards available on Schooltool
- Feb. 9/10: Sophomore Career Planning in English 10 classes
- Feb. 14: ACT, 7:45 a.m. at area high schools
- Feb. 27: Registration deadline for March SAT
March 2026
- March 3/4: Counselor Presentations to Juniors, College Planning Workshops in English 11 classes
- March 5: College Planning Night for parents of Juniors at 6:30 p.m.
- March 6: Registration deadline for April ACT
- March 6: Third Mid-marking period ends
- March 13: Mid-Marking Reports available on Schooltool
- March 14: SAT, 7:45 a.m. at area high schools
April 2026
- TBA: National Honor Society Induction (Class of 2025), 7 p.m.
- April 11: ACT Exam, 7:45 a.m. at area schools
- April 17: Third Quarter marking period ends, registration deadline for May SAT
- April 24: Third Quarter Report Cards available in Schooltool
May 2026
- May 5-15: Advanced Placement Examination Dates
- May 2: SAT, 7:45 a.m. at J-DHS
- May 8: Registration deadline for June ACT
- May 15: Fourth Quarter Mid Marking Period ends
- May 22: Registration deadline for June SAT, fourth Mid Marking Period Reports available on Schooltool
June 2026
- June 5: Registration deadline for July ACT
- June 6: SAT, 7:45 a.m. at area high schools
- June 9: Junior Awards Presentation at J-DHS at 1 p.m.
- June 11: Senior Awards Presentation J-DHS at 6:30 p.m.
- June 13: ACT Exam, 7:45 a.m. at area high schools
- June 9-25: NYS Regents Examinations
- June 21: Noone Commencement (Site TBA)
- June 26: Fourth Quarter Marking Period ends
July 2026
- July 1: Fourth Quarter Report Cards available in schooltool
- July 11: ACT exam, 7:45 a.m. at area high schools
Transcripts
To obtain a high school transcript, please complete and sign the transcript request form and email it to transcriptrequest@jd.cnyric.org. Please note that there may be delays in processing transcripts over the summer.
SAT & ACT/College Planning Information
There are a number of websites that can help students and their families plan for college. Several are listed below along with descriptions of what you will find at each.
ACT
Includes information about the ACT test and the online registration site for the ACT.
Fair Test
Lists colleges that are test-optional. Updated regularly.
SAT/College Board
Includes information about College Board tests, programs, and online registration for the SAT, a Test Question of the Day, sample test questions and a searchable database of colleges and financial aid info. Additionally, Advanced Placement (AP) exam information is available.
College Data
Click on “College Chances” to determine your admissions chances at each college, College Data compares your information with the qualifications of recently enrolled freshmen.
College Results Online
An excellent database showing government data on college retention and graduation rates. www.khanacademy.org – Free online SAT prep approved by the College Board.
Common App
This site is the most popular site for completing and submitting your college application. Over 800 colleges accept the Common Application for admission. Website also includes sample college essay questions.
Fastweb
Provides a free scholarship search.
NCAA Eligibility Center
NCAA Clearinghouse for prospective student-athletes. If you plan to play NCAA college sports, you will need to register here to be evaluated for academic eligibility.
SCOIR
This site provides career and college planning inventories and search engines and is used to request Jamesville-DeWitt teacher recommendation letters to be sent to colleges in your senior year.
U.S News & World Report
If you go to the Education page on this site, you can retrieve the U.S. News & World Report’s free basic college information. For $40/year, you can access very detailed college admissions data.
Higher Education Services Corporation
This site offers comprehensive financial aid information, especially New York state financial aid.
College Representatives
The district uses SCOIR for college representative visits. Please access the J-D calendar at scoir.com.
Scholarship for Academic Excellence
Jamesville-DeWitt High School students who plan to attend college or university in New York State can be nominated for a NYS Scholarship for Academic Excellence.
NYS Scholarships for Academic Excellence provide up to $1,500 per year for up to five years of undergraduate study in New York State.
J-D students will nominated based on the following criteria:
Regents Test Scores
A high school which, prior to its students’ senior year, has offered students seeking Regents credit either a Regents examination or an approved alternative assessment, but not both, in each of the following subjects:
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- Comprehensive English
- Global Studies
- United States History/Government
- Mathematics B
- Two or more of the following four sciences: Earth Science, Living Environment/Biology, Chemistry, and Physics.
The high school shall select their winner(s) by computing a weighted average of the scores on the Regents examinations and/or approved alternative assessments taken by students prior to their senior year, in all of the following subjects:
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- English Language Arts (weight of three)
- Algebra II (weight of three)
- Global studies and Geography (weight of one)
- United States History & Government (weight of one)
- Science: at least two, but up to four courses may be included. (weight of one for each course)
- Individual schools must decide, in the science area, how many sciences to use in the calculation. They must use the same number of science courses for all students in the competition. They do not need to use the same courses.
If the approved alternative assessment is not scored on a one hundred-point scale, the high school must convert the scores on the approved alternative assessment to a one hundred-point scale. If a student elected not to take the Regents examinations listed, or an approved alternative assessment, then that student cannot compete or be selected as a scholarship winner.