What We Do

Following the American School Counseling Association's National Model, counselors at Poolesville High School provide the following services to students, families, and our school as a whole:

• Individual Counseling

• Mediations (to alleviate conflict, resolve concerns with peers and teachers)

• Crisis Management

• Community Resource Referrals

• Collaboration with teachers and other staff members

• Consultation and coordination with parents & families

• Classroom Lessons (on suicide prevention, mental health awareness, college/career readiness with Naviance software, personal body safety)

• College & Career Readiness - including advising students throughout the college application process and writing recommendation letters for all of our seniors.

Additional Responsibilities of PHS Counselors:

• Monitoring academic progress of students

• Facilitating conferences with students and their teachers

• Articulating within our feeder middle school

• Scheduling

• Case Managing Section 504 Plans and supporting the IEP teams within our role

• Working collaboratively with teachers, administrators, PPW, & Social Worker