Booking an Appointment with a School Counsellor
PARENTS - If you are a parent/guardian, you need to email the school counsellor directly to book an appointment and wait for their response. When you arrive for your appointment, you must check in at the main office and wait for the counsellor to come get you.
Lori Dawn Swimm - Surnames A-D
Riccardo Cordi - Surnames E-La
Amy Mahoney - Surnames Le-P
Tara Aucoin - Surnames Q-Z
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STUDENTS - This is for students only.
Appointments are only available when school is open.
Students can book their appointment online by clicking their counsellor below. Please make sure you show up for your appointment on time.
EMERGENCY SUPPORTS
Kids Help Phone: www.kidshelpphone.ca , text CONNECT to 686868 or call 1-800-668-6868.
Mental Health Mobile Crisis Team: 902-429-8167.
Suicide Crisis Help Line: Call or text 988 (website)
Cobequid Youth Health Centre (website)
IWK Mental Health: 902-464-4110 and press 1 to book an appointment.
Black Youth Help Line (1-833-294-8650 or http://www.blackyouth.ca)
Hope for Wellness help line for Indigenous peoples (1-855-242-3310)
The Trevor Project crisis service for LGBTQ++ youth (www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help/)
HRCE SchoolsPlus offers families and students: Confidential services, Support to ensure student success, Help finding the right services & programs. Contact Meg Tobin at meg.tobin@hrce.ca.
THE FOOD BOX PROGRAM If your family is in need of food, please dial 2-1-1 on Monday-Friday between 8am-8pm. A 211 navigator will take your information and arrange for
a food box to be delivered to your home free of charge by Feed Nova Scotia.
Virtual Bulletin Board
Scholarships
Check out the 2025 Scholarship Book for available scholarships as well as Google Classroom. We will frequently post scholarships in the Google Classroom as we receive information on them.
The Den Youth Centre
The Den Youth Centre is a safe and inclusive space for youth located in the lower level of the Acadia Centre at 636 Sackville Drive (Library Bldg). If you live and hang out in Sackville, Beaver Bank, Lucasville, Fall River, Bedford, and surrounding areas and are between 13-18, drop in on your own or bring some friends along.
HRM Affordable Access Rec Programs
Registration for summer programing through HRM Recreation is coming up quickly at the end of April, and our SchoolsPlus team wanted to share some information with you about HRM’s Affordable Access Program for low-income families.
What is the Affordable Access Program?
This program provides either partial or full financial coverage for recreation programs for low-income children and youth. There are two ways to apply:
1. You can apply yourself! You will need a HRM Recreation account, your 2021 CRA Notice of Assessment, and current proof that you are receiving the Canada Child Tax Benefit. The application can be found linked here and can be submitted directly to affordableaccess@halifax.com.
2. You can contact your SchoolsPlus Assistant Lead Sherry Battiste by phone or text at 902 471 2445 or by email at sherry.battiste@hrce.ca, if you need help completing the application, creating an HRM Rec account, or if you do not have your CRA Notice of Assessment or proof of Child Tax Benefit. Our SchoolsPlus team can help you to complete and submit your application by asking you a few simple questions.
Transcripts for Nova Scotia Universities and NSCC
Students applying to a Nova Scotia University or NSCC no longer need to request their printed high school transcript. When you apply online and give them your student number, they will automatically be able to access your high school in progress transcript and your final transcript upon graduation.
Current students applying outside of Nova Scotia will still need to sign up in guidance for a paper copy of their transcript. Transcripts are printed Tuesdays and Thursdays during the school year.
