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🧠 UPCOMING TESTING

PSAT Testing Opportunities
For 8th grade students
College Board PSAT
Aug 19Student/parent info sent home
Aug 24Info due back to school
Oct 7Tentative test day at Sterling CTC
PSAT: Helpful Links
PSAT/NMSQT – College Board South Carolina Junior Scholars Program
CogAT / Iowa Testing
All 2nd grade students · Oct 6–9, 2026
Oct 6CogAT: Picture Analogies, Sentence Completion, Picture Classification, Number Analogies, Number Puzzles
Oct 7CogAT: Number Series, Figure Matrices, Paper Folding, Figure Classification
Oct 8Iowa Reading
Oct 9Iowa Math
Part of SC's Gifted and Talented Program, used to identify students for Challenge and CTC.
Learn more about the Gifted & Talented Program → District/School Electronic Device Policy SCDE's Parent Resources Page
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How you can help
Ensure your child gets a good night's sleep
Avoid scheduling appointments, vacations, or other planned absences during testing
Make sure your child eats a healthy breakfast
Arrive at school on time every day
Encourage your child to do their best
Keep a positive attitude — you've got this!


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Student Clubs

16 clubs and counting — every Griffin finds their thing.

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