The purpose of the guidance department is to provide a program designed to facilitate the educational, career and social/emotional needs of students that will help them reach their potential. This approach focuses on the prevention of problems by providing all students with appropriate age skills and guidance information.
Counselors strive to meet the developmental needs of all students and respond to the special cultural and social needs and interests of individual students. Counseling students, consulting with staff, parents and community members and integrating the school's guidance program into the instructional program are among the primary responsibilities of the guidance counselor. Counselors do not make decisions for students, but help them acquire facts and ideas to make decisions. The guidance program insures that the skills of the counselor are used to optimum advantage. The guidance program works in conjunction with other school personnel, programs and community resources.
