FAQs

What do Guidance Counselors do?

What we do in the guidance office is a bigger question. Actually, we do a little bit of a lot of things, such as:

• Meet with parents

• Help out with scheduling issues or concerns

• Support students when they are going through a hard time

• Celebrate the steps toward academic and personal achievement

• Hold lunch groups

• Simply be there for our students, their families, and teachers

How do I know if I need to see my Guidance Counselor?

• Am I overwhelmed? 

• Something is happening at home and I need to talk to an adult confidentially.

• I'm lost...where is the lunchroom?

• I'm having issues with friends and/or classmates.

• I can't open my locker.

• I don't understand my schedule or something is wrong.

• I can't wait to show my guidance counselor my science project!
  All are great reasons to see your guidance counselor. There are many more instances and reasons to come visit us, and we look forward to meeting each and every one of you.

4. What are some of the most common things students and counselors talk about?

Wow, good question...what do we talk about? Counselors meet regularly with students via individual appointments, group sessions, and classroom-based activities and workshops. Here are a few things we help with:

• Academic planning, progress, and course selection

• High school options

• Personal strengths, interests, and abilities

• Social or personal concerns