Our Program
Class Load
As a general rule, all JBS students are to take at least six (6) classes each semester. The JBS Guidance Counselor will arrange the schedule on a semester basis. The Guidance Counselor may pre-register selected JBS juniors and seniors for Alice Lloyd College courses. College courses may apply toward meeting the student class load requirement if necessary. Any other exceptions to the normal class load must be initiated by the Guidance Counselor and approved by the JBS Dean and Alice Lloyd College Academic Dean (depending upon availability of classes following ALC student placement). The college courses successfully completed count as both high school and college credit.
JBS Standardized Testing Program
The June Buchanan School is a college preparatory school and provides opportunities for students to take a series of standardized tests. The Guidance Counselor maintains materials designed to help students improve their performance on standardized tests. Standardized test results are important indicators for college and university admission officials, and JBS uses test scores as a tool to evaluate curriculum performance.
College Entrance Examinations--Materials for registering for college entrance exams (American College Test – ACT, and the Scholastic Aptitude Test - SAT), registration deadlines, and exam dates are available from the Guidance Counselor. JBS encourages students to take these standardized exams and the Guidance Counselor will help advise students in this regard. Announcements concerning the exams are posted on bulletin boards in CAC and the Guidance Counselor will send parents a listing of standardized testing dates with other pertinent information.
PSAT/NMSQT-- this test is a preliminary test for the SAT administered by the Guidance Counselor, and is the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. The test is designed for juniors.
ACT PLAN-- The Guidance Counselor will administer this test for sophomores in October. The test is a preliminary to the ACT.
Standardized Achievement Testing--JBS administers the CTBS test in April each year to students in Kindergarten through Ninth grade.
ASVAB- All JBS juniors and seniors are encouraged to take the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (usually given in November).