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Request a Transcript
To request a high school transcript, please fill out the Transcript Request Form and return it to the school counselor’s office. You may do this by hand delivering it, taking a picture or scanning it and emailing it to Mrs. Goetsch, or faxing it to Mrs. Goetsch. Her information is as follows:
Danielle Goetsch
School Counselor
daniellegoetsch@piercebluejays.org
Fax: 402-329-4678
Selective Service Registration
If you are a man living within the United States, you are required by law to register with the Selective Service within 30 days of your 18th birthday. You can register by mail or online. You can pick up a registration card at the post office or you can visit this website: Selective Service Registration
Thesis
Pierce High School Counseling -
A Partnership in Possibilities
Counseling Program Components
School counseling is an integral part of the total educational program. It is developmental by design and includes sequential activities organized and implemented by certified school counselors with the support of teachers, administrators, students, and parents. A school counseling program shall include:1. Counseling Curriculum2. Individual Student Planning3. Responsive Services4. System SupportThe program addresses the needs of all students by helping them to : a) acquire knowledge of self and relating to others, b) develop competencies in career / vocational planning and exploration, and c) achieve educational success.
Program Philosophy
"Counseling in the school setting has evolved through recognition that individuals living in a dynamic, complex society benefit most from a broad range of learning experiences. Such experiences prepare them to lead productive lives characterized by feelings of self worth. Individual acquisition of knowledge and skills has been, and will continue to be, a major goal of public education. In addition, parallel efforts to assist students to grow socially and emotionally as well as intellectually and physically are essential. Guidance Processes are designed to assist individuals with total development on a K-12 basis. The school counseling program is preventative rather than remedial in nature. It complements the core instructional offerings and involves a cooperative effort among counselors, administrators, and classroom teachers." (NEBRASKA CAREER GUIDANCE PROGRAM HANDBOOK)
Benefits of the School Counseling Program
Benefits for Students1. Promotes knowledge and assistance in career exploration and development.2. Develops decision-making skills.3. Assist in acquiring knowledge of self and relating effectively to others.4. Broadens knowledge of our changing world.Benefits for Parents1. Provides support for parents regarding their child's educational development.2. Develops a system for a child's long-range planning.3. Enables parents to obtain resources when needed.Benefits for Teachers1. Encourages positive, supportive working relationships.2. Provides a team effort to address competencies.Benefits for Administrators1. Provides program structure with specific content.2. Provides a means of evaluating counseling program efforts.Benefits for local Boards of Education1. Provides a rationale for including a comprehensive counseling program in the school system2. Provides program information to the community.3. Provides a basis for determining funding allocations.4. Provides ongoing data relative to the attainment of student competencies through counseling program efforts.Benefits for Business, Industry, and Labor1. Provides increased opportunity for collaboration among counselors and business, industry, and labor communities.2. Enhances the role of the counselor as a resource person.3. Increases opportunities for business, industry, and labor to participate actively in the total school program.4. Provides a potential work force with decision-making skills, pre-employment skills, and increased worker maturity.All material is quoted from the NEBRASKA CAREER GUIDANCE PROGRAM HANDBOOK