Contact Information

Admissions Office

Phone: (207) 797-3802
ext. 2022

Mailing Address
Catherine McAuley
High School
Att: Admissions Office
631 Stevens Avenue
Portland, ME 04103

Ericka Prefontaine Sanborn
Director of Admissions and Marketing
797-3802 ext. 2022
ericka.sanborn@mcauleyhs.org

Tina Stalker
Admissions Representative
797-3802 ext. 2042
tina.stalker@mcauleyhs.org

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Placement Tests

Placement Exam: The Placement Test is administered at McAuley. Pre-registration is encouraged but not required. This test is used to see where students’ skill levels are for placement purposes. McAuley uses the High School Placement Test (HSPT) by Scholastic Testing Service (STS).

The High School Placement Test provides measures in the major skill areas, as well as in the cognitive skill area. These areas include Verbal Skills, Quantitative Skills, Reading, Mathematics and Language. It is administered in approximately three hours, which includes distribution of test materials and filling in the biographical areas. There are 298 items on the test, 112 of which form the cognitive skills section. It is a standardized test and compares a population of other entering high school students. It is used for placement in our classes once the student has been accepted to Catherine McAuley High School.

Students should come to the main entrance before 8:15a.m. A $20 test fee is payable on the day of testing. Pencils will be provided. The Math Department has requested that calculators not be used on the test. There are three dates that students are able to take the placement exam: October 29 and December 3, 2011, and January 7, 2012 . Please register for an exam date by calling the Office of Admissions.

Students who take the October 29 placement exam receive a $300 tuition break.

The following scholarship is associated with the High School Placement Test:

Academic Excellence Scholarships

Catherine McAuley High School has two(2) $25,000 scholarships to be given to two students over the course of four years. The Academic Excellence Scholarships are for 8th grade students who have shown academic excellence by being the top-ranking student, and second top-ranking student who have taken the HSPT and have ranked in the 97th percentile or higher nationally. These two students will be awarded $25, 000 each over the course of the four years they attend Catherine McAuley High School. Qualification for the first year is based upon your daughter’s scoring on the High School Placement Test (HSPT) by Scholastic Testing Service (STS). Subsequent funding will require the attainment of an annual grade point average (GPA) of 3.8 or better.