Guidance Department Goals

•  Encouraging students to obtain their maximum personal and intellectual growth
   
• Supporting students in responsibly addressing academic, personal, and interpersonal challenges
  
  
• Guiding students in the decision making process as it relates to academics, future planning, personal wellness, and other important aspects of their lives
  
  
• Leading students to discover, develop, and evaluate their interests and goals
  
  
• Assisting students to make the best college and career choices according to their needs, skills, abilities, and interests
  
  
• Partnering with parents in the preparation of their daughters . . . "to lead extraordinary lives"

Academic Counseling

• Four year academic planning and annual course selection for high school graduation and college preparation
   
• Study and organizational skills
   
  
• Academic progress monitoring
   
  
• Summer school and tutorial services information
   
  
• Tutor resource referral lists
   
  
• Academic Probation follow up
   
  
• Home study arrangements for students with prolonged absence/illness
   
  
• Facilitation of Parent/Teacher/Student communication
   
  
• Parent education meetings

Personal Counseling

• Individual or group counseling upon request to discuss issues of a personal or interpersonal nature
  
  
• Adjustment and development issues
   
  
• Conflict resolution
   
  
• Crisis intervention
   
  
• Parent conferences and referrals to outside resources and services
   
  
• Resources for parents with questions about adolescent development issues
   
  
• Parent education meetings

College Counseling

Guidance Counselors work with students to ensure that they are informed about all aspects of the college search and application process.  The college planning process is introduced in the freshman year, increasing in detail each year, and culminating in assisting students in completing application and making their college decisions in their senior year.

College counseling services include:

• Individual career and college counseling sessions
  
  
• Large and small group career and college information sessions
  
  
• Campus visits by representatives from colleges, universities, and training and technical schools
  
  
• College Application Workshops
  
  
• Promotion of college preview days, summer enrichment programs and scholarship opportunities
  
  
• Financial Aid Workshop for parents
  
  
• College Admissions Test (SAT & ACT) Information Presentations
  
  
• College Information Night for parents and students
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Specific Grade Level

Freshmen

• Administration of the ACT/Explore
• Student effectiveness and adjustment to the high school setting
• Course selection with the future in mind
• Exploration of personal and career interests
• Introduction to the college planning process 

Sophomores

• Administration of PSAT and the ACT/Plan
• Course selection with the future in mind
• College planning education
• Career education

Juniors

• Administration of PSAT/NMSQT
• Introduction to college application process
• College Information Night
• Preparation of college application resumes
• "Making College Count" 11th grade presentation

Seniors

• Individual advisement regarding college and career plans
• Distribution of UC, CSU and Common Applications
• UC, CSU and Common Application Workshops
• Distribution of financial aid forms (FAFSA and PROFILE)
• Assistance in obtaining letters of recommendation
• Financial Aid Workshop
• Strategies for college selection upon admittance
• "Making College Count" 12th grade presentation
• Official Transcripts
• Preparation for transition from high school to college