Announcements & Updates:

SCHEDULE CHANGE INFO FOR FALL 2026

Course schedules will be visible in ParentVue/StudentVue beginning Tuesday, August 11, 2026, at 12:00 p.m. Students with a hole in their schedule have a ‘See your Counselor’ note and will need to report to the MPR during that period. Any other schedule change requests will need to be made during the schedule change window. The Fall 2026 Schedule Change Request form will open on Monday, August 17, 2026, at 8:00 a.m. and close on Friday, August 21, 2026, at 4:00 p.m. Each student may submit the schedule change request form once. Please note that requests are not guaranteed and depend on space, section availability, and program needs. Students must attend the classes listed on their current schedule until notified of an approved change in StudentVUE. If you have additional questions about schedule changes, please review the 2026-2027 Schedule Change Process document.

For TA Requests, Juniors and Seniors pick up the form from the counseling office starting Monday, August 17th, and return it to the counseling office. Deadline is Friday, August 21st at 4pm.

For Seniors requesting a 5-period day, they can submit the Reduced Day form here starting Monday, August 17th. Deadline is Friday, August 21st at 4 pm. After the reduced day Google form is submitted, they will receive an email with a PDF of the form to print out and have the parent/guardian sign. The signed form should be returned to the counseling office.

PE Requirement for Seniors

For any rising seniors missing their PE requirement and have reported their plan to take it outside PUSD, the outside course official transcript and Application to Add document must be submitted to student’s counselor by end of schedule change window, August 21st at 4pm or the student will be automatically added into a PE class at AVHS to ensure PUSD graduation requirements are being met.

CREDIT RECOVERY OPPORTUNITY:

Who Qualifies?

Credit recovery is for students who have earned a D or F in a course required for graduation or college eligibility. If you believe you might need to recover credit, we encourage you to use the self-referral process for each of the programs in which you are interested.

Self-Referral Process

Self-assessment – Review your transcript and current grades. Confirm you have grades that need to be recovered.
Submit a self-referral form – Fill out the credit recovery self-referral form for each program you are interested in now:
1. PUSD Saturday Academy: https://tinyurl.com/PUSD-Sat-Academy-Interest

The deadline to self-refer for Saturday Academy is Thursday, August 20.

CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT FORMS OVER THE SUMMER:

If the community college you are planning on attending requires a signature from the principal or designee, please have the document sent to your assigned counselor's email address. Their email addresses can be found here.

UPCOMING FREE WEBINAR ON AUG. 25TH FOR PARENTS/GUARDIANS

The Alan Hu Foundation is hosting a free webinar for PUSD parents/guardians on August 25th from 5-6pm about "Motivational Interviewing with Adolescents and Young Adults". Dr. Sylvie Naar, is the Distinguished Endowed Professor in the College of Medicine’s Department of Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine at Florida State University, where she is the founding director of the Center for Translational Behavioral Science. She has had several federally funded projects utilizing Motivational Interviewing to improve health behaviors in adolescents. Register here for Zoom link.

COUNSELING OFFICE FUTURE FUND

Please donate to our Counseling Office Future Fund here. It helps support our counseling department with wellness efforts.

WELLNESS CENTER FUTURE FUND

Please donate to our Wellness Center Future Fund here. It funds our wellness programs and wellness week events.

WANT TO HELP A STUDENT IN NEED?

AVHS counseling is accepting donations from the AVHS community to help support students whose families don't have the means to purchase a yearbook (Senior students only) or pay for a dance ticket for their child. We don't want students missing out on these special memories because of a financial need. Donate here.

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