Counseling Corner

As we start a new school year, here are some reminders to be successful and begin the school year on a fresh slate.

1. Daily Attendance (Not just logging in and walking away)

2. Complete assignments in a timely manner

3. Ask for help (if you get stuck academically or with tech issues)

4. Workspace (Develop a space where you feel comfortable and most productive in your house)

5. Schedule (Create a daily one and stick to it)

6. School Email (Check Daily)

Ms. Chandanais

jchandanais@wivcs.org

She has great resources for students and is a great support system for students and staff at WIVA!

School Counselors hosted two sessions on Early College Credit and Start College Now on September 12th and 19th during homeroom. All 10th-12th graders were invited as optional if they were interested in learning more about these two opportunities at the high school. If you are interested and not able to attend, please check out the video link.

https://stride5.engageli.com/stride/recorder/eccp-scn-information-session(2c551)/1726161250163-uuid-42a752b5-e4b3-47c6-b7a6-7634b1fbd18a/recording/MP4/recording.mp4

In addition, if students are interested in earning work credit while in high school, check out the form below and reach out to your assigned school counselor.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oBXdatTra805UfKXRf9a24cG49wq9eZM/view

School Counselors are setting up various College and Career Speakers throughout the year being held on Thursdays during homeroom time. Students will be invited, and it will always be optional to attend, but such a great opportunity to learn about various careers and educational offerings. They will always have access to these videos through Engageli.

Upcoming Speakers at a glance:

October 3rd- Financial Aid

October 17- UW Help Speaker: UW Journey Demonstration

November 14th- UW Help Speaker: UW-Application Demo

November 21st- First Round of Career & College Speakers

Students will be given reminders of upcoming speaker opportunities in homeroom each week as well.

We want to thank everyone for patience as we have had a high volume of schedules to tackle with new students and computer errors we needed to clean up. We have been tackling student and staff requests in the order they are received, but also have been prioritizing the more immediate needs. We also transitioned to two wonderful new administrators this School Year (Ms. Cherney, Principal and Ms. Twanow, AP) so again thank you as we appreciate your patience!