Please contact Parrish Larkin at parrish.larkin@d11.org or 719-328-3609 for:

  • Information regarding new student enrollment

  • Work Permits

If you are in an emergency, please come directly to the counseling office or find the nearest adult.

Academic Resources

Social/Emotional Resources

College/Career Resources

Logins & Instructions

(Schoology, D11 Email, PowerSchool)

Counseling Schoology Pages

Counseling Team Contact Information

Attendance Interventions

Tier 1:

  • Encourage students to come to school everyday

  • Attendance awareness posters

  • Attendance is taken daily

  • Follow the IEP/504 accommodations and modifications

  • Parents are notified of student absences daily

  • Parents are given support in reporting absences

  • Parents are instructed on how to set up PowerSchool account

  • Resources/supports are made available to parents

  • Parent Academies

  • Monthly perfect attendance rewards

  • Built in snack time

  • 20 Days Starting Strong

  • Teachers greet students at the door by name

  • CHS extracurricular activities

  • 3-week reflection with Champion

  • Semester attendance reward

  • Celebrate the "WINS" everyday

  • Student voice panel

  • Weekly data review of attendance

  • Parent contact

  • Transportation support

Tier 2:

  • Continue Tier 1 Interventions

  • EWI/MTSS Mtg with student, parents, and admin

  • Conduct root cause assessment

  • Create SMART Goals to improve attendance

  • Maintain family contact

  • Individual student progress monitoring (EWI/MTSS)

  • Attendance restorative circles or connection circles

  • Make referrals for any needed supports/services

  • Specialized supports offered (tutoring, human resources, housing, etc.)

  • Provide information regarding transportation

  • Check in and connect with TBD adult

  • Attendance contract

  • Prioritize assignments

  • Referral to New Horizons

Tier 3:

  • Continue Tier 1 and Tier 2 interventions

  • Revisit EWI/MTSS plan

  • Revisit root causes

  • Explicitly explain to student and family academic and legal consequences of poor attendance

  • Family conference to coordinate community resources/services

  • Ensure positive, consistent contact with family

  • Wake-up calls

  • Pre-drop letter

  • Home visit

  • Initiate truancy process

Behavior Interventions

Tier 1:

  • Encourage students to come to school every day

  • Foster positive student/teacher relationships

  • Follow the IEP/504 accommodations and modifications

  • Restorative practices and connection circles

  • 3-week check-ins with Student Champion

  • Resources/supports are made available to parents

  • 20 Days Starting Strong

  • Social emotional learning activities

  • Positive phone calls home

  • Creating equity in the classroom

  • School-wide expectations

  • Clear classroom expectations and procedures

  • Peer partner in classroom

  • AVOID power struggles

  • Positive redirection

  • Built in snack time

  • CHS extracurricular activities

  • Student voice panel

  • 6-week data review of behavior referrals

  • Parent contact

  • Active listening

  • Affective (”I”) statements/questions

  • Provide positive and specific feedback

  • Utilize prompts and reminders

  • Provide timed brain breaks

Tier 2:

  • Continue Tier 1 interventions

  • EWI/MTSS mtg with student, parents, and admin

  • Conduct root cause assessment

  • Create SMART goals to improve behavior

  • Maintain family contact

  • Individual student progress monitoring (EWI/MTSS)

  • Establish a cool down or refocus area in the class

  • Establish a break time and time to move

  • Physical arrangement in classroom

  • Schedule change

  • Set clearly defined limits

  • Positive reinforcement plan with TBD adult

  • Restorative circles or connection circles

  • Make referrals for any needed supports/services

  • Specialized supports offered (tutoring, human resources, housing, etc.)

  • Check-in and Connect with TBD adult

  • Detention (lunch/after school)

  • Connect students to mentors

  • Mediation/conflict resolution

  • Meet with admin

  • Behavior contract

  • Support group referral

Tier 3:

  • Continue Tier 1 and Tier 2 interventions

  • Revisit EWI/MTSS plan

  • Revisit root causes

  • Detention (lunch/after school)

  • Administrative referrals

  • No pass list

  • Referral to mental health care

  • IEP referral

  • SRO welfare check

  • Referral to district behavior interventionist

Coursework Interventions

Tier 1:

  • Encourage students to come to school everyday

  • Follow the IEP/504 accommodations and modifications

  • Enrollment in more challenging courses

  • Tutoring and academic support

  • Resources/supports are made available to parents

  • Parent Academies

  • 20 Days Starting Strong

  • Creating equity

  • Identify timelines, due dates, start and finish times, etc. for students

  • Built in snack time

  • Built-in catch-up/enrichment days in content areas

  • Edge Advisory weekly grade check

  • 3-week reflection for success with Champion

  • Champion calls home to discuss grades and missing assignments

  • Classroom expectations and procedures posted

  • Extra-curricular activities

  • Student voice panel

  • 6-week data review and comparison of grades

  • Parents are instructed on how to set up PowerSchool

  • Enroll in study hall

  • Learning lab referral

  • Help Center referral

  • Writing lab referral

  • Parent contact

Tier 2:

  • Continue Tier 1 Interventions

  • EWI/MTSS Mtg with student and parents

  • Conduct root cause assessment

  • Create SMART Goals to improve course performance

  • Set specific, personal coursework goals

  • Differentiated instruction strategies

  • Extended time/small group testing

  • Check-in and connect with TBD adult

  • Make referrals for any needed supports/services

  • Specialized supports offered (tutoring, human resources, housing, etc.)

  • Opportunity to make-up or re-do work

  • Opportunity to test for mastery

  • No Zero policy

  • Establish due dates and timelines for assignments

  • Frequent checks on long-term assignments/projects (chunking)

  • Accommodations to assignments

  • Accommodations to lesson presentation

  • Testing accommodations

  • Enroll in Gradpoint

  • Enroll in summer school

  • Preferential seating in classroom

  • Schedule change

Tier 3:

  • Continue Tier 1 and Tier 2 Interventions

  • Revisit EWI/MTSS Plan

  • Revisit root causes

  • IEP referral

  • 504 referral

  • Student tutor