Counseling & Mentoring
Agassi Prep provides extensive school guidance counseling for social-emotional, academic and behavioral concerns that may arise for students. Our school guidance counselors are available to assist students to build productive work habits and help in conflict resolutions with behavioral and academic strategies. The goal is to provide students with positive role modeling and experiences that promote individual growth and support in their daily lives. School guidance counselors work with students on a referral basis either from teachers, administration or CST referrals.
Guidance Curriculum
The High School Guidance Counselor delivers a Comprehensive Guidance Program to all students in grades nine through twelve as well as assist with the middle and elementary schools in a manner that meets the developmental needs of the student. This program contributes to the overall academic success, career goal setting, college information and personal/social development from elementary to high school and into the student’s beginning college years. The program is delivered through individual counseling, small and large group counseling, consultation, and coordination. It includes such topics as grades/study skills, individual planning in career exploration, college awareness, decision-making, personal responsibility and personal health/ safety.
How student meet with their counselor: Students may see the school counselor through:
- Student self referral
- Teacher referral
- Parent referral
- Counselor request
- Administrator request
- Nurse Request
Students may see the counselor for many issues including:
- Problem-solving by exploring alternatives to make the appropriate decisions
- Developing positive attitudes to self and others
- Establishing personal goals
- Career Information
- College exploration and selection
- Developing educational plans and selecting the related courses based on individual interests and talents.
- Interpretation of results of standardized tests
- Job Explorations and Career Information and Decisions
Guidance Program
Assists teachers, administrators, parents and counseling interns in:
- Academic support
- Student Interventions
- Career pathways
- Character development
- Decision-making
- Developmental assets
- Goal setting
- Graduation requirements
- Study skills
- Reviewing academic records
- Conflict management
- Implementation of State Testing procedures
- Child Development Issues
- Parent Skills
- Family Issues and Interventions
- Training in school Bullying Mentors
Individual Planning
All students are required to meet with the guidance counselor at least once per year to create and review the student’s four year academic plan. The intent of the four year plan is to ensure students are taking the courses needed for college readiness and high school graduation. The high school guidance counselor provides individual or group assistance with educational planning and career exploration:
- 9th -12th grade pre-registration information such as course selection
- Review graduation requirements
- Included is a review of the number and types of credits needed for graduation. Students meet at least once per year to work on their four year academic plan.
- College and Career days
- High School On Line Programs
- Adult Education Programs
- Dual Credit Programs
- Transition or Individual Education Plans
- Student and parent conferences to address educational and career planning
- Student, teacher and parent conferences regarding student grades/failure
- School Orientation for beginning freshmen
- 10th -12th grade conferences to review student graduation status and to interpret the standardized test scores from High School Proficiencies Examination and review college/post secondary, scholarship, financial aid and career information.
- 9th – 12th grade review Four Year Plans
Responsive Services
The High School Guidance Counselor provides students with counseling services, either individually or in groups. The counselor addresses relevant adolescent issues as a result of the student, teacher, parent, community administrator concerns, or for crisis response.
Student concerns include the following:
- Conflict mediation
- Dropout prevention
- Financial assistance
- Peer relations
- Progress or the lack of toward graduation
- Schedule issues or changes
- Social issues
- Teen pregnancies
- Teen parenting issues
- Violence and drug abuse issues
- Cyber Bullying issues
- Dating abuse issues
- In and out of school bullying issues
- Counselors also provide consultation services to parents and teachers. In additionally, counselors may refer students (and when needed, their families) to other outside programs/agencies for other resources or services such as;
- Safe and Drug Free Programs
- Special Education Services
- Other district and community resources and services
System Support
The High School Guidance Counselor assists and coordinates with school and community to bring together resources for students. The counselor provides information about:
- High School Proficiency Examination
- Advanced Placement Testing Schedule
- Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)
- American College Test (ACT)
- Pre Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT)
- Ninth Grade Orientation
- School Parent Programs
- Financial Aid Night
- Parent Open House
- Partnerships with community businesses
- Teacher/Student Mentoring Programs
- Advisement on Career Exploration
- Communication with military representatives
- Safe and Drug Free School and Communities Program
- AVID Program and Recommendations
- Academic Probation
- Leadership Program
- National Honor Society
- Student Council Program
- Senior France Trip
- Junior and Senior Prom
For questions or concerns regarding parent and student support services provided by the school guidance counselor, please call (702) 316-2367.