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October 2026 Counseling Newsletter.pdfAnnouncements & Updates:
Announcements & Updates:
<--- Check out our latest counseling newsletter with monthly updates, events, and more!
PEER TUTORING AVAILABLE AFTER SCHOOL IN THE LIBRARY
Free peer tutoring is available in the Library Lab B on Mondays to Thursdays from 3:30-4:30pm. Need some extra support with your school work? Come meet our peer tutors! It's a great opportunity to get help, ask questions, and work through concepts with students who excelled in the subject. It's also a great way to connect with other students!
Steps to request a Counselor Evaluation for college apps:
Step 1: Fill out “Counselor Evaluation” Google form here: 2026-27 Counselor Evaluation
Step 2: Waive the FERPA and give us permission to share your transcript with the colleges you are applying to in Common App
Step 3: Add counselor as a recommender on Common App
*Complete steps 1, 2 and 3 at least four weeks before your first college deadline
Class of 2027 College Application Workshops during ACCESS
Dates: 9/30*, 10/1, 10/7*, 10/8, 10/14*, 10/15, 10/21*, 10/22, 10/28*, 10/29, 11/5, 11/12, 11/19
Time & location: MPR during ACCESS. Sign up under Counseling in Minga
*9/30 ACCESS workshop + all October Wednesday ACCESS workshops will include an opportunity to work on your college writing.
FREE WEBINAR NOV. 2ND- "Perfectionism and Mental Health in Adolescents and Young Adults"
Monday, November 2, 2026
6:30-7:30 p.m. PT
Dr. Twohig, Professor in the Department of Psychology at Utah State University, will examine the distinction between healthy striving and clinical perfectionism, highlighting the psychological processes that differ between a desire to do well, and high standards that lead to self-criticism, avoidance, and emotional suffering. Attendees will learn how clinical perfectionism manifests in adolescents and college students, including common warning signs. Attendees will be encouraged to consider practical questions that can help individuals recognize problematic perfectionism within themselves and loved ones, and better understand its impact on mental health, relationships, and functioning. The presentation will then introduce an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) framework for responding to clinical perfectionism. Participants will leave with a practical understanding of how ACT can help adolescents and college students pursue valued goals while reducing the rigid patterns of behavior that maintain clinical perfectionism. The presentation will be followed by 15 minutes of Q&A.
Please register by Sunday, November 1, 2026 to obtain your zoom link. Register for the event here.
COUNSELING OFFICE FUTURE FUND
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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