The Bellflower Counseling Office includes a professional staff of experienced counselors dedicated to the college, career, and personal needs of our students. Counselors work closely with administration, faculty, and parents to provide a supportive environment for all students.
It is our goal to provide a "one-stop" comprehensive resource to help our students develop and acquire skills, abilities, and knowledge and attitudes necessary to plan for their futures. In our ever-changing world, it is critical to be well-informed of the latest requirements, resources, and opportunities for all of our students.
From the moment freshman year begins, meetings between students and counselors take place in small/classroom settings, as well as, one-to-one settings. This active involvement continues through your student's four years at Bellflower High School.
Bellflower High School is proud to offer curriculum that helps students investigate broad educational spectrum. Bellflower High School is a community dedicated to working with student to provide the finest academic, physical, social, and personal programs possible, and we encourage our students to have a positive sense of self-worth, self-discipline, and personal responsibility.
The high school guidance counselors are committed to providing students in grades nine through twelve with guidance, support, and assistance through the academic programs, extra-curricular activities, work-based learning, counseling, and health services.
The change from middle school to high school can be difficult for students and to further assist our students transition well, students in the 9th grade will have the same counselor, and she will be focused on the specific academic needs of 9th grade students. Students in grades ten through twelve will have a counselor assigned to them by the alphabetical letter of their last name to create a seamless relationship for the students' remaining years in high school.
The middle school guidance counselors provide services in the following ways:
Classroom guidance presentations
Small group counseling
Individual counseling
Assistance in crisis situations
Act as a consultant and referral source between school, parents, and community
Conducts orientation for new families to the school
Scheduling and program adjustments
Assistance with specific problems including attendance, behavior, academics, or conflict resolution