FAQs
FAQs:
-What is a school counseling program?
The goal of a comprehensive school counseling program is student success. The program design, delivery system, and content are dedicated to enhancing the ability of all students to fully utilize the educational opportunities available to them. The program is delivered through the school counseling curriculum, individual student planning, responsive services, and system support. The three domains of academic development, personal/social growth, and career development are addressed in the program as it focuses on what all students should know, understand, and be able to do within these domains in order to develop into contributing members of their communities.
The school counselor serves as a school leader, student advocate, and team collaborator who works to remove systemic barriers to student success. School counselors plan the comprehensive school counseling program, and facilitate its delivery. Working together with school administrators, teachers, parents, and community members, their collaborative approach produces measurable results that are shared and used to inform program improvement.
-How do students arrange to see their counselor?
Students have two options for seeing the counselor:
- Students can ask their classroom or homeroom teacher to excuse them to see the counselor or
- Students can fill out a self-referral form and drop it into one of the three counseling drop boxes (located on each floor of HIMS).
-How do families arrange to talk with their child’s counselor?
Families can either call, e-mail, or set up an appointment to meet with their student’s counselor. Ms. Keith works with students whose last name starts A-K. Mr. Yeda works with students whose last name starts L-Z.
-How do families find out how their child is progressing?
Families can access their students grades and progress online through The Source. This can be done by going to https://source.seattleschools.org/pub/login/index.html and logging in.
Families are also welcome to call or email the counseling office to speak with Mr. Yeda or Ms. Keith.
-What should families do if their child is not progressing satisfactorily in school?
If students are not progressing satisfactorily in school, families are encouraged to actively engage in their student’s progress by contacting the students’ teacher(s) and/or counselor. By contacting teachers and counselors, lines of communication are opened to collaborate and strategically plan for ways to best help individual students succeed.
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