JCHS School Counseling Department

The JCHS Guidance Department provides many resources for students and families.These tools include individual academic planning, student guidance counseling, consultation for educators, and career, social, and emotional development.School counselor caseloads are divided alphabetically by last name.

Students and Families can access school counselors via email, or by calling (618) 498-5521, or by stopping by the Counseling Office to make an appointment.

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Educational Guidance

Helps students plan a path while in high school to develop post-secondary goals such as choice of college, technical school, military or workforce.

Scholarship searches and financial aid information as well as state mandated standardized testing are also included in this phase.

Vocational Guidance

Includes aiding students to make choices concerning careers by helping them gather information to analyze career options in which they show interest and aptitude.

Social/Emotional Guidance

Is available to students who voluntarily visit school support personnel for the purpose of individual counseling. This is not an attempt to take over the duties or prerogatives of the parent or other adults close to students. It is the offering of an attitude of acceptance and understanding to students who wish to discuss their problems with school support personnel.