Brennan Counseling Connection
Welcome Brennan Students
About us...
Office Hours:
Monday-Friday from 8:15-4:30
Email: lisa.townsend@nisd.net
Website: https://www.nisd.net/brennan/services/counseling-department
Location: 2400 Cottonwood Way, San Antonio, TX 78253, USA
Phone: 210-398-1250
Twitter: @CounselingBFND
William J. Brennan Guidance & Counseling Department
Welcome Brennan students and community to our counseling newsletter. Our goal is to provide you with helpful information and resources to help you navigate through high school.
Request to See a Counselor
Click here to fill out a self-referral form to see your counselor.
Need a transcript? Click here.
All transcripts have to be ordered through the NISD district website.
988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
988 is now active across the United States. 1-800-273-TALK will continue to function indefinitely. Available 24 hours in English, Spanish, and 250 other languages.
Northside ISD Course Catalog
This course catalog contains information about the courses offered at NISD high schools. Courses are grouped by content area.
Lisa Townsend
Jenny Hernandez
Bethany Ward
Verlyn Gonzales Hernandez
Alan Alanis
Alyssa Aviles
Laura Bowling
Monica Laleman
Shary Cardona-Metlich
Counseling Support Staff
College Career Military Advisor
Cathy Gonzalez
210-398-1384
Counselor's Secretary
Rosa Esparza
210-398-1282
Registrar
Veronica Saldana
210-398-1297
Grade Reporting Secretary
Eri Clark
210-398-1279
Building Testing Coordinator:
Denise Pina
210-398-1267
Brennan Guidance Lessons: Click on a lesson
Guidance Lesson - Positive Self Talk
Northside - Resources for Military Families
More than 7,000 military connected children attend schools in the Northside Independent School District.
COVID-19 Resource Links for Parents
Please visit the following website for COVID-19 Resources.
NISD Distance Learning Tech Support
Please contact our Tech support if you are having issues with any devices or Wifi.
Food Distribution Information
Please visit the following website for information on Food Distribution.
City of San Antonio
Find the latest updates from the city here.
Apart We Stand Together
The Texas Education Agency has launched a Stay Well, Texas campaign encouraging healthy habits to ensure lives are saved.
Home Access Center (HAC) Help
This video will show you how to access HAC for returning student registration, viewing student's grades, and the schedule students have requested for next year.
ACADEMIC RESOURCES
Outreach Resources
NISD Safeline - 210-397-SAFE (7233)
Safeline is a proactive telephone hotline used to increase safety at Northside schools. Please visit this website for more safety information.
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
If you are feeling alone and having thoughts of suicide—whether or not you are in crisis—or know someone who is, don’t remain silent. Talk to someone you can trust through the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. Call or text 988 or chat the Lifeline.
Texas DFPS
The Department of Family and Protective Services provides this secure website for reporting suspicions of abuse, neglect, and exploitation of children, adults with disabilities, or
elderly people.
Love is Respect
Love is Respect strives to engage, educate, and empower young people to prevent and end abusive relationships.
Stop Bullying
Stopbullying.gov provides information from various government agencies on what bullying is, what cyberbullying is, who is at risk, and how you can prevent and respond to bullying.
Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic
The Steven A. Cohen Family Clinic at Endeavors, provides high quality, accessible, and integrated mental health care to Veterans and their families regardless of role and discharge status.
San Antonio Food Bank
The San Antonio Food Bank actively fights hunger and feeds hope in San Antonio and Southwest Texas. Learn more about their work here.
Children's Bereavement Center of South Texas
The Children's Bereavement Center of South Texas was established to help children and families grieving the death of a loved one. Find more information on this link.
Military Families
Welcome Military Families to NISD. Visit our district webpage for information.