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Home Study Students and Assessment (SB63)

Senate Bill 63 requires local school systems to offer select standardized assessments to home study students in grades six through twelve who reside within the district. 

Available Assessments: 

  • PSAT/NMSQT
  • ASVAB
  • Advanced Placement Exams – Offered to home study students enrolled in an Advanced Placement course through an authorized provider.

PSAT

The PSAT is offered to all Gr10 students at no cost to families.  It is offered to Gr11 students for a fee.  Information about Home Study students’ participation in the PSAT can be found on the College Board website.  If interested in participating after reviewing the College Board’s information, please reach out to the PSAT contact person (see chart below) for the school in whose attendance zone you reside.  Please note that both the high school and the College Board require a minimum of 4 weeks’ notice prior to the testing date.

School ASVAB Dates 2025-26

School
PSAT School Contact Person
PSAT Date (Oct. 2025)
Cherokee Bluff High SchoolShannon ReedOctober 21, 2025
Chestatee High SchoolJonathan WileyOctober 29, 2025
East Hall High SchoolWhitney RyleeOctober 28, 2025
Flowery Branch High SchoolJulie CrouchOctober 21, 2025
Johnson High SchoolMegan MiddletonOctober 22, 2025
Lanier College & Career AcademyLaren ChandlerOctober 2, 2025
North Hall High SchoolKimberly BoydOctober 22, 2025
West Hall High SchoolKatie EberhardtOctober 22, 2025

ASVAB

The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) is a multiple-aptitude battery that measures developed abilities and helps predict future academic and occupational success in the military. It is administered annually at our high schools by the US Armed Forces at no cost to our students. More information on the ASVAB including study information can be found at the ASVAB Website.   If interested in participating after reviewing the ASVAB information, please reach out to the ASVAB contact person (see chart below) for the school in whose attendance zone you reside.  Please note that the high school requires a minimum of 4 weeks’ notice prior to the testing date.

School
School Counselors/ASVAB Contact Persons
School Counselors/ASVAB Contact Persons
ASVAB Date (SY26)

Cherokee Bluff High SchoolSarah Ware
Sarah Walling
Not offered
Chestatee High SchoolAlan Griffin
Mary Smith
March 17, 2026
East Hall High SchoolKim Browning
McKenzie Cagle
March 12, 2026
Flowery Branch High SchoolHeather Shull
Lisa Winter
Not offered
Johnson High SchoolStacey Cothren
Heather Roth
Not offered at this time
North Hall High SchoolMakensey Brown
Joshua Hale
January 14, 2026
West Hall High SchoolJennifer Taylor
Amy McNeilly
Not offered

Advanced Placement Exams

The Advanced Placement (AP) curriculum is a college-level curriculum defined by the College Board and designed to prepare students for AP exams held each May. The May 2026 AP exam dates set by the College Board are available at this link. 

Any AP student for whom testing materials were ordered and who fails to appear for scheduled testing will be charged an unused exam fee. The AP Exam fee is $40 per unused AP exam.

If interested in participating after reviewing the AP exam information, please reach out to the AP Coordinator (see chart below) for the school in whose attendance zone you reside. Please note that high schools require a minimum of 4 weeks’ notice before the AP exam registration deadline (November 14) set by the College Board.

School
AP Coordinator
Deadline to Contact AP Coordinator
Cherokee Bluff High SchoolSarah KentOctober 17, 2025
Chestatee High SchoolKate LandrumOctober 17, 2025
East Hall High SchoolWhitney RyleeOctober 17, 2025
Flowery Branch High SchoolJulie CrouchOctober 17, 2025
Johnson High SchoolMegan MiddletonOctober 17, 2025
Lanier College & Career AcademyLaren ChandlerOctober 17, 2025
North Hall High SchoolKimberly BoydOctober 17, 2025
West Hall High SchoolKatie EberhardtOctober 17, 2025

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