Guidance Department
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KHS GUIDANCE DEPARTMENT
KHS Guidance Counselors, staff and resources are available to help you with:
Adjustment/transition to high school
Course selection planning for high school years
Achieving academic success in high school
Career awareness and exploration
College/post-high school planning
Scholarships and Financial Aid
Decision-making and coping skills
Personal/interpersonal issues
Call the Guidance Activity Line (213-6100 ext. 1084), updated weekly, for general information and upcoming events. You may also visit our Web Page. A direct call to the Guidance Office (213-6118) is the quickest way to reach a counselor. Debbie Toney, Guidance Secretary, and Cheryl McClure, Guidance Aide, can answer questions, schedule appointments, connect parents with the counselor (or if unavailable, into voicemail), and insure students are connected with a counselor in emergency situations.
Counselors work with students throughout the day by appointment, but are also available for "drop-in" assistance during contact period daily. Students should first stop at the Guidance Office to check counselor availability and/or make an appointment.
The Guidance Activity Center is open to students. It is a career and college lab containing valuable resources such as computerized college and career exploration programs, college catalogs and videos, ACT/SAT prep programs and other college/career and personal development reference materials. It hosts student sessions with career speakers and college reps. These programs are publicized via bulletin boards, Guidance Activity Line and Web Page. Diane Wachter, Guidance Activity Center Secretary, is available to provide assistance and arrange student use of the center. Parents are welcome. For the college planning process, College counselors offer some Tuesday evening hours by appointment to accommodate working parents of senior and 2nd semester junior students.
Peer Helpers is a training and service program to assist teens help their peers through listening and communication skills, conflict resolution and identification of problems requiring professional assistance. Trained peer helpers work with individual students and assist counselors and teachers with special programs throughout the school district. To arrange a meeting with a peer helper, contact Tom Gaither-Ganim.
The Special Services Team strives to identify and obtain support for students experiencing academic difficulty due to learning disabilities or other handicapping conditions, and offers help and support to students and families who might be experiencing difficulty related to problems of depression, drug/alcohol use, eating disorders, physical, emotional or sexual abuse. Counselors, teachers, administrators, the school nurse, and parents refer students to the team. Academic/personal counselors gather and present relevant information and follow up on team recommendations. For more information, contact Deborah Manns or Kim Sweesy.
Support groups are offered for:
► Students striving to be drug/alcohol free (Crossroads) Teen parents (through Parents as Teachers)
► Contact your Guidance Counselor for more information.
