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STUDENT SUPPORT

Counseling
Pat Colin, Department Chair
The Counseling Department supports
students with their four-year journey
through PVPHS. Counselors and staff
work side-by-side with teachers, staff,
and administrators helping students
with their academic, social, and
emotional progress.

While students have a number
of different teachers throughout
high school, they remain with their
counselors all four years. The continuity
and stability of this relationship allows
counselors to get to know their
students in order to individualize an
instructional approach. In the spring,
counselors meet individually with
all students to schedule courses for
the next year. Counselors meet with
individual students throughout the year
when initiated by the student, parent,
teacher, or administrator. planning. Counselors also work closely on Teacher Credentialing. In addition,
with the College and Career Center the counseling staff regularly pursues
PVPHS’s counseling staff maintains a
(CCC) so that students and parents are professional development opportunities,
comprehensive guidance program that
provided with the best resources for including attending annual conferences
meets the American School Counseling
learning about the college application sponsored by the University of California,
Association (ASCA) National Standards
process, scholarship assistance, National Association for College Admission
for School Counseling. The program
financial aid, and career opportunities. Counseling, ASCA, California State
includes annual grade level lessons,
University System, and Regional Admission
examples of which include building solid Each of PVPHS’s counselors holds a
Counselors of California.
academics, healthy decision-making, specialized Pupil Personnel Services
career exploration, and post high school credential with the California Commission

College Career Center - Julie Arico, Director

Thanks to the generosity of the testing, financial aid, and scholarships. representatives in person is beneficial
Peninsula Education Foundation, The CCC is also a resource for other for students. Some of the events hosted
students at PVPHS have the support alternative post-secondary options by the CCC throughout the year are
of the College Career Center (CCC). As including military, technical, and creating the College List, College Night,
an extension of the PVPHS Counseling vocational training. The CCC hosts Financial Aid and Scholarship Night,
Office, the CCC’s job is to show over 150 college representatives FAFSA Workshop, Career Fair,
students the many possibilities that in the fall. This allows students the College Admissions Testing Night,
await them in their post-secondary opportunity to speak directly with Community College Information Night,
lives. The CCC disseminates information members of the admissions’ teams. Military/ROTC Information, and Lunch
regarding college admissions, the Having the opportunity to ask and Learn Workshops. The CCC also
application process, college admissions questions and meet college offers SAT and ACT practice tests.

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