La Quinta High School Counseling Department
Welcome Blackhawks!
Welcome back to school! We are extremely excited to be working with you all this school year. Please understand that we aare working diligently to answer all emails, phone calls, and QR code requests regarding schedules. Please see notes below:
At this time priority will be responding to those missing a core class or a period in their schedule.
Please understand we cannot accommodate classes in certain periods (times of day) or teacher request changes (unless you have previously failed a class with that teacher in the past in which case we will do our best to accommodate changes). We are a large school and simply cannot entertain these requests.
There will be no elective changes as electives are full. We apologize if you did not get your first or second choice. We simply could not accommodate the large number of kids requesting certain courses (i.e. Ceramics, Photo, IB Psychology & Intro to Criminal Justice).
9th grade Academies including AVID, Culinary, and ICTA are FULL. If you would like to be added to an existing waitlist please fill out this form signed into Chrome using your student credentials - CTE Waitlist 2023-2024
Thank you so much Blackhawks!
Important Counselor Links
The LQHS Counseling Department welcomes our Blackhawk families to the 2023-24 school year!! We are excited to serve our community and support our students this academic school year.
FAFSA or CADAA Completion - Graduation Requirement
La Quinta High School Scholarship Bulletin
Counselors
A - Ch Giselle Chavero giselle.chavero2@desertsands.us
Ci - Garcia Maribel Beltran maribel.beltran@desertsands.us
Garcz - Long Michele Morales michele.morales@desertsands.us
Lopez - Ortega Elva Peña elva.pena@desertsands.us
Ortiz - Sand Alfonso Olachea alfonso.olachea@desertsands.us
Sant - Z Antonio Rodriguez antonio.rodriguez@desertsands.us
College/Career Julissa Gil julissa.gil2@desertsands.us
LQHS Mission Statement
The mission of La Quinta High School’s culturally diverse community is to provide, through a wide range of programs and opportunities, an academic, creative, social, and co-curricular environment that develops well-rounded lifelong learners who are productive, ethical, and global citizens.