ACT offered to 11th grade students at no cost

All 11^th grade students (third year of high school) are being offered the opportunity to take the ACT at their high school during the regular school week at no cost, based on action by the S.C. General Assembly. However, students must sign up in advance in order to take the ACT. Horry County high school students will take the ACT at their school on Tuesday, April 19.  

In order to participate in ACT testing, your child must be signed up at the school by March 1, 2016.  To sign up for the test, you may contact your child’s guidance counselor, your child may sign up in the guidance department, or your child may complete a form that will be sent to him/her through his/her school email address. 

The ACT will provide the scores to colleges as their college entrance exam. If your child has an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) requiring accommodations for testing, the high school will assist him/her in applying for accommodations.  Only those accommodations approved by ACT will result in college reportable scores. Accommodations that can be approved for this administration are the same as the accommodations for ACT national administrations.  If your child is under age 18, you, as parent or guardian, must authorize the school to release that information to ACT for the purpose of applying for accommodations.

If you have any questions regarding the ACT and your student, please call the guidance office at your high school. 

Read more about the ACT at ACTstudent.org