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COLLEGE BOUND OR NOT? MNTC OFFERS OPTIONS FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
School is back in session which means it’s time for high school students in Moore to start making plans to apply to Moore Norman Technology Center. As an MNTC Rep in Moore Public Schools, what do you want families to know about this fall’s recruitment season?
Brenda Grant As the MNTC Technology Representative for Moore Public Schools, Brenda Grant serves as the primary liaison between MPS parents/guardians, faculty, staff, and administrators, and Moore Norman Technology Center.
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real-world skills. All students are expected to maintain passing grades at MNTC and at their sending school. If a student is struggling in any class, whether it’s at Moore Norman or their sending high school, MNTC’s Student Success coaches provide tutoring support to get them back on track. They also learn professional skills that help them be more successful in school and at work. Learning at MNTC prepares stuWe will be recruiting for the 2027-28 school dents for a real career and it will take your hard year starting with presentations to sopho- work, responsibility, and commitment. mores. After the presentations, students will How can a student involved in extracurhave one week to sign up for the Sophomore Showcase which gives them an opportunity ricular activities fit Moore Norman into to visit two programs on the MNTC campus. their schedule? Applications will open in October and will Many MNTC students successfully particionly be open for a month, so it’s important pate in athletics, concurrent enrollment, band, for students to pay attention to dates and deadlines! Fall recruitment is focused on high clubs, and other extracurricular activities at school sophomores, but it’s not too late for their home high school. Because MNTC offers both morning and afternoon sessions, students juniors or seniors to apply. often have the flexibility to fit career training into their schedule while remaining involved in If a student plans to attend college school activities. Keeping their grades up and after high school, is there a place for a working closely with their high school counselor and MNTC Rep, will help them set up their college-bound student at MNTC? class schedule in a way that allows them to fit Yes! MNTC can be a pathway to college, a everything in before graduation. career, or both. With hands-on experience, You mentioned academic rigor. Do stuindustry certifications, and technical skills, Moore Norman programs can help students dents have to have a high GPA to be constand out to colleges and employers, and sidered for admission? complement a college education. Many Perfect grades are not mandatory. Admission MNTC students go on to college, and some even take concurrent college courses to MNTC is based on a combination of factors, while enrolled. Moore Norman is a great including academic performance (grades and/ option no matter what your plans are after or qualifying test scores), and things like interest in the program and experience level. We graduation. don’t expect high school applicants to have proWe know that students get job fessional experience, but working on their car, skills at MNTC, but what do they re- caring for a sick relative, or designing t-shirts for their band count as experience. What matally learn? ters most is good attendance and successfully Moore Norman career programs are completing high school classes, especially their academically rigorous and technical. core academic courses. Our goal is to get the Students apply high-level math, writ- right student, in the right program, for the right ing, problem solving and critical think- reasons! ing while mastering industry-specific,