School Counseling

ACT Testing

Register for the ACT test online at www.myact.org. You must have a credit card or debit card to register online and use the Northwest school code 173214. If your student is a junior, please encourage him/her to take the ACT at least twice before the end of the junior year. Students on free or reduced lunch can take the ACT free four times. See Ms. Jones in the CCC (A24)

NCAA Clearinghouse

Athletes hoping to be recruited for Division 1 or Division 2 athletics must register with the NCAA Clearinghouse. The NCAA requires students to take specific core classes in high school and to have their ACT scores sent directly to the Clearinghouse. Register for the ACT at www.actstudent.org and send scores to the NCAA Clearinghouse using code: 9999. All interested students should register at https://web3.ncaa.org/ecwr3/  and see Mrs. Tibbetts or Ms. Kiser for specific details

Sending an Official Transcript

Xello Instructions – Free Until July 31^st

1. From the Northwest High homepage, go to your Class Links log in (under “Students”).

https://www.usd259.org/northwest

2. Open the “Xello” app.
3. Go to “College Planning” under Quick Links
4. Click “Create a New Application.”
5. Search for the college you want to send your transcript to, select that college, and then click “Next.”
6. Select “Direct Application” (used by most students) unless using Common App
7. Select “Rolling Admission” put in the date that you need the transcript sent, and then click “Create.”
   1. You will need additional transcripts sent (for example: After 1st-semester grades have been posted (change the date to January 5^th and then After final grades at the end of the school year change the date again to June 1st) 
   2.  Go back to your original application click the three dots on the right-hand side of the screen, and then select edit application.  Then select the new date to send your transcript out and click save at the bottom.
8. Request the transcript for the school if listed – Click “Request.”
   1. A window will pop up – Choose Initial Request. (For Transcripts in January you will choose “Midway”, for Final Transcripts in May, you will choose “Final”.)
9. If select a transcript is not listed, then click “add task” and choose transcript.  You will then need to click “Request.”
10. This process is free. 
11. SENIORS ONLY -  You must complete your transcript request before July 31^st, which is when your access to Class Links ends.  Starting August 1^st, you will have to request transcripts through Parchment.com or call Student Records at 316-973-4498.  Both Parchment and Student Records will charge fees to send transcripts.

*****ACT scores – Make sure you log onto your ACT account and send your ACT score directly from ACT to the college as ACT scores are not guaranteed to be on your high school transcript.