Academic Domain: The counselors assist students and their parents with high school educational planning and programming to ensure that students have an appropriate secondary education and graduate from Santa Barbara High School in a timely manner. In addition, counselors help students in selecting coursework that supports their post-secondary choices, educational and vocational.
Counselors:
- Advise students with regard to course selection and planning
- Recommend students to summer school for remediation or enrichment
- Monitor graduation status
- Provide options for on campus tutoring services
- Provide individual academic counseling to students and parents
- Identify and refer students to intervention programs
- Provide high school orientation to incoming 9th grade students
- Provide parent and family informational meetings
- Do in class presentations on Academic information
Personal Social Domain: The counselors assist students by providing support and guidance to improve school performance. Counselors are available on a daily basis to discuss personal concerns with students. Counseling interns, school psychologists, therapists, and the school nurse are also available to assist students.
Counselors:
- Identify and refer students for outside and in school counseling services
- Provide crisis intervention and appropriate mental health referrals
- Provide assistance and guidance via individual parent meetings
- Provide personal counseling and guidance
- Do in class presentations on Social Emotional information including Stress and Social Media as well as Signs of Suicide
College & Career Domain: The counselors also assist students by providing information and guidance pertaining to college admissions, college entrance requirements, testing, scholarships, financial aid, the completion of college applications, NCAA Collegiate Sports, Military Careers, and Gap Year information. Career planning for all students is emphasized by means of presentations in classrooms as well as by our College and Career Center staff.
Counselors:
- Conduct grade level college/career search programs and presentations
- Provide college letters of recommendation, secondary school reports and mid-year reports
- Provide GPA verification for college scholarships and financial aid
- Monitor and assist students with NCAA eligibility and registration
- Assist students with college applications
- Provide information regarding SAT/ACT/Subject Test/AP registration
- Interpret PSAT and Pre-ACT test results
- Provide college and career information
