At Glendora High School, you are assigned a professional counselor who will be of great assistance to you through your four years. Your counselor can assist you in educational planning, such as your four-year plan of courses for high school graduation and preparation after high school, including career selection, college, vocational training and job training. Also, your counselor can help you in areas of personal adjustment to the high school setting.

To make an appointment with your counselor, go to the Guidance/Career Center before school, at nutrition, lunch, or after school, and fill out an appointment request form. Counselors are available to handle emergency appointments as needed.

The counselors produce a Counselor Connection which is mailed home several times during the year. The Counselor Connection provides students and parents with college, career, testing, and GHS guidance information.

Our Guidance/Career Center (GCC) offers activities and materials to explore college and career interests. These are available at no cost to the student and many may be checked out overnight. The GCC is open during school from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Students are encouraged to use the EUREKA computer program for comprehensive information on colleges, careers, and financial aid. There is also a collection of college/university catalogs, video tapes and career materials. SAT and ACT testing information is available as well as practice booklets. The GCC contains updated scholarship and financial aid information. College and military representatives visit for presentations; check for an updated list in the GCC. Students may use the GCC during nutrition, lunch, or before and after school to study or to explore career and college information.

The counseling load is divided among our counselors according to the last name of your student as follows:

Senior Services

1. Counselors check each senior's schedule both semesters to make certain all classes needed for graduation are being taken.
2. A graduation status report including credits earned, and credits and classes required for graduation, is prepared for each senior and mailed home.
3. Counselors hold guidance sessions to discuss the senior calendar, college and financial aid information.
4. Small groups will meet in the Guidance/Career Center to hear college/university representatives, vocational/technical school representatives, and other college/career presentations.
5. After school workshops are held to assist seniors in filling out Cal State and UC applications.
6. A financial aid workshop will be held for interested seniors and their parents. Scholarship and financial aid information is posted in the Guidance/Career Center. Also, a computer search program, the Guidance Information System, is available for student and parent use.
7. Seniors who will not graduate are presented options for alternative programs for completion of diploma requirements by their counselor.

Seniors you can now apply on-line to the UC or CSUcampus of your choice.

Junior Services

1. Counselors hold guidance sessions to discuss college planning, information on PSAT/SAT/ACT testing, and resources available in the guidance/career center.
2. Counselors will meet with juniors on needs for graduation, course planning for senior year, colleges, vocational/technical schools, Guidance/ Career Center use and scholarship information.
3. A guidance session for eleventh graders will be held prior to pre-registration for the senior year on registration procedures, graduation requirements, and other pertinent information.
4. Juniors who will lack credits for graduation will be counseled concerning appropriate summer education programs and alternative opportunities for earning credit.
5. College Night for students and their parents is held annually.

Sophomores Services

1. A guidance session for tenth graders will be held prior to pre-registration for the junior year on registration procedures, graduation requirements, and other pertinent information.
2. A special sophomore-counseling program allows the counselor, at a specified appointment, to discuss with each sophomore student his progress toward graduation, any existing problems, and plan post-high school education/career goals. Parents are invited to participate in this review and discussion.
3. College Night for students and their parents is held annually.

Freshman Services

1. Information regarding registration of incoming ninth graders will be provided by counselors at meetings held during the spring at each middle school.
2. An evening orientation meeting will be held in the spring for parents of incoming ninth graders.
3. School to Work class orientation sessions will be held so students can use Guidance/Career Center resources and an interest inventory as a basis for job searches.
4. Counselors hold guidance sessions to discuss with freshman graduation requirements, grades, study guidelines, and resources available to help them make the transition to high school.
5. A guidance session for ninth graders will be held prior to pre-registration for the sophomore year on registration procedures, graduation requirements, and other pertinent information.

The student should:

Read the 2007-2008 Student Registration Handbook carefully.

Make certain your needs are clearly communicated to the counselor.

Attend and listen to all special sessions provided by the counselors.

Know the number of credits earned by saving semester report cards. Know how you stand with the graduation requirements in credits and required courses.

Know the requirements for entrance to training institutions you wish to attend after graduation.

Give counselors and teachers at least three weeks to complete forms or letters of recommendation.

The parent should:

Read the 2007-2008 Student Registration Handbook and assist your student in course selections.

Alert the counselor when home conditions, health conditions, or emergencies are impeding a student's progress.

Talk with your student and student's teachers concerning failure notices, poor grades, and unsatisfactory progress comments. The school believes that follow up is the act of a responsible parent.

Talk with your student about career and college choices and assist him/her in making a selection.

Read the literature mailed home and discuss relevant sections with your student.

Be aware of report card dates and discuss the report card with your student.