Student Services

GUIDANCE SERVICES

The primary functions of the Guidance Department are to assist students with their educational development, career and personal concerns, and to offer assistance in the decision-making concerning educational goals. With teacher recommendations as guidelines, the counselor helps students select appropriate courses of study. The counselor provides career, college and technical school information to allow students to relate their courses of study to future plans. Small group and individual conferences are scheduled by the guidance counselor. In addition, students may make an appointment with their counselor at any time by contacting the guidance secretary.

SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES

All school districts are required to provide “a free and appropriate public education” for all handicapped students. These services are guaranteed under federal law IDEIA 2004 (Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act) and state law 603 section 28. Consistent with these regulations, North Attleboro High School offers a full range of special educational programs and required treatment services.

For those students who are receiving special educational services at the time of enrollment in the high school, a new Individualized Educational Program (IEP) will be developed by the Team that has been providing services to the student. This plan will be reviewed by the high school administration prior to the student’s enrollment to insure that the student’s schedule provides services appropriate with his/her IEP.

Students transferring into the high school from another school district with an IEP will be placed in local programs that most closely match the services previously provided.

For those students currently enrolled in the high school seen in need of, but not receiving, special educational services, a referral to the Secondary IEP Chairperson or the student’s guidance counselor is the first step of the evaluation process. Referrals may be made by:

• A school official, including a teacher

• A parent of such student

• A judicial officer

• A social worker

• A family physician for the family of such student

• A person having custody of the student

• A student who wishes to be referred for an evaluation

Program possibilities following evaluation include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Regular day program

• Regular day program with support service

• Special day programs

• Programs especially designed to meet the student’s needs, when approved by the Regional Office of the Department of Education.

Individualized Educational Programs of all students are reviewed annually and at such other times as required by the regulations.