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Guidance Services Overview

The purpose of a high school counseling program is to promote and enhance student development in the academic, career, personal, social, and spiritual realms.

Following, are the identified standards for these areas of development.

1. Academic Development:

Standard A: Students will grow in their knowledge of the Catholic faith, and will acquire the attitudes, knowledge and skills that contribute to effective learning in school and throughout adulthood.

 

Standard B: Students will complete school with the academic preparation essential to choose from a wide range of colleges and additional postsecondary options.

Standard C: Students will understand the relationship of academics to the world of work, and to life at home and in the community.

2. Career Development:

Standard A: Students will acquire the skills to investigate the world of work in relationship to knowledge of self, education and training, in order to make informed career decisions.

 

Standard B: Students will employ strategies to achieve future career success

and satisfaction.

3. Personal/Social Development:

Standard A: Students will acquire the faith-based attitudes, knowledge, and interpersonal skills to help them understand and respect self and others.

 

Standard B: Students will make decisions, set goals, and take necessary action to achieve goals.

 

Standard C: Students will understand safety and survival skills.

Goals for Contact:

Freshman year: Quarterly individual appointments designed to help build student/counselor rapport. Issues such as course placement, adjustment issues, specific concerns, sophomore year courses are all discussed.

Sophomore year:  Emphasis on career exploration. Quarterly individual appointments are scheduled to review courses, standardized testing (PSAT) and specific concerns. Junior year course selections are determined.

Junior year:  College exploration begins! College Planning Guide distributed. All students participate in College Information Day.  Individual appointments are designed to help students develop list of potential colleges to visit/research over the summer. Discussions begin surrounding choices for teacher recommendations.  Senior courses are selected. Junior Class College Parent Information Night is scheduled in the spring.

Senior year: Student and counselor work closely to narrow college list to include schools that are a good fit, a potential reach and a perceived sure bet!  Students complete a “Brag Sheet” and create a resume. Students ask two teachers for recommendations. Senior College Parent Night is scheduled in the fall. A Financial Aid Night and “Making College Count” presentations are given in the winter and spring.  

Other Facts:

• We are a SAT Test Center for the October and June exams.

• We are an ACT Test Center for the April exam.

• Last year over 40 college/universities visited CCHS.

• Over 95% of students pursue post-secondary education.

• We offer 9 Advanced Placement Courses.

• We issue first quarter progress notes in all freshman courses.

• All Freshmen have the same counselor.  After that every effort is made to have each student assigned to the same counselor for the next three years.

Staff:

Brian Dickinson-Guidance Director

Brian Nichols-Admission Director, Guidance Counselor

Judith D’Agostino-Guidance Counselor

Mary Haynes-Guidance Counselor

Louisa McKay-Academic Support Counselor

Cathie Angeley-Guidance/Admission Assistant

SENIORS:

Make sure of ALL your deadlines!  Also please remember that there is a $10 fee per transcript after the first FIVE applications.  Counselors must have all information by the CCHS deadlines listed below: