November 2015 Summary
HHS School Counseling Department
489 Students Total
*Total number of Sign-in's from Nov. 2- Nov. 30th
% by grade level
14.3%- 9th graders
10.4%- 10th graders
25.2%- 11th graders
50.1%- 12th graders
Why students came in:
28.2%- Schedule changes or concerns
29.7%- Personal reasons
42.1%- College and Career Help
ACT profile info to juniors and Heinz's Business class
Mrs. Jackson and Mrs. Spaeth talked to this class about career prep and set them up on the ACT profile database.
Junior Appointments
Counselors met with 223 Juniors in small groups to start discussions on college/career planning.
We also set up a google classroom to utilize technology to break down steps.
Junior Appointment- Post-test
223 juniors were given a post test in English 3 classes to help counselors determine effectivness of junior appointments. After data was collected and compared, there was a definite overall increase in knowledge of our junior class.
78.5% of juniors knew the 3 steps to follow to achieve their college/career goal after junior appointments. This is a 44.6% increase from the pre-test.
Financial aid night
ISAC corps member presented on financial aid overview. Over 70 parents and students were present. To see the powerpoint click: https://drive.google.com/a/highlandcusd5.org/file/d/0BzfxW7IVEdpkWmJjS2dMa2hUNlU/view
Compass testing- SWIC
A SWIC representative came in and spoke with the 3 sections of Basic English IV. On Nov. 30th she came back and worked with us to offer the COMPASS placement test to students who are interested in attending SWIC but otherwise would not have had the opportunity to test. 18 students completed the test.
Class of 2017 Senior registration
The week of November 30, Counselors visited US History Courses to discuss registration. Students started working on their requests during class. After discussion with teachers, parents and college admission research students turned in their request forms by Friday Dec. 4th.
Grief group- Blue Out Day
4 students, 1 counselor,1 social worker and 1 Hospice representative spoke to students in 10 different classes about Child Grief Awareness and "Blue out" Day to be held on Nov. 19th.
Multiple students and staff participated in the Blue Out day. Money was raised for Heartlinks Hospice and multiple butterflies were written on in honor of loved ones.