Counseling Corner

Mission Statement

The Eaglecrest High School Counseling program, in partnership with other educators, parents/guardians, and community stakeholders, provides intentional, student-centered support to meet the varying academic, postsecondary, and social-emotional needs of all students. We collaborate to identify barriers and implement solutions that promote equitable outcomes for students and engage the entire school community.

Vision Statement

Each and every student will acquire the skills necessary to live a healthy, responsible, and productive life.

GUIDANCE COUNSELOR:

• School counseling is just over 100 years old
• School counseling began as “vocational guidance” served by teachers and administrators.
• Vocational guidance was a way prepare students to obtain a job
• Vocational guidance counselors were viewed as someone who sat in their office all day with nothing to do

SCHOOL COUNSELOR:

• 2001 Federal legislation acknowledged terminology switch from “guidance counselor” to “school counselor”
• A comprehensive program which focuses on the academic, career and social-emotional development of each and every student delivered by school counselors working closely and collaboratively with teachers, parents and administrators.
• Proactive and data-informed practices

Click HERE for more information on the history of school counseling.

Shea Caballero is our new School Counselor Corps Grant Counselor this year! We are excited for her to join our team as she comes with 10 years of School Counseling experience. She has been a great addition to our team as she has brought many American School Counseling Association (ASCA) initiatives to strengthen our school counseling program. Her main role at EHS will be to work with new to EHS students, develop and deliver classroom curriculum, and implement program initiatives throughout the year.

Shea is a Colorado native and enjoys spending time outdoors, watching movies, practicing yoga, and spending time with her husband and two boys.

Fun Facts: Shea is a certified yoga instructor and traveled to Russia on her honeymoon to see Peru play in the World Cup!

Kinder World App - Collect plants and care for plants based on the self-care activities you participate in. You can also connect with friends and grow a friend garden!

Every year, EHS Counselors meet with all 9th graders through Raptor 101 and Raptor Academy classes. It is our goal to meet with all of our 9th grade students by the end of Quarter 1. We were able to meet with 96% of our 9th graders in quarter 1!

We sent out an interest form to all students, staff, and parents to see how many students would be interested in participating in various workshops on mindfulness, depression/sadness, healthy relationships, and social media. We received 1,224 responses as of 10/10. Our first round of Advisory Workshops will begin on 10/30. The social/emotional subjects we will cover are: healthy relationships and mindfulness.

Pomodoro Technique - Need help staying focused on completing assignments while also taking care of you? Tomato Timers are a great way to schedule work time and breaks to help you stay on track!

In addition to the Social/Emotional Workshops, we will also deliver Academic Workshops. The subjects we will cover are: executive functioning and stress management. We will start executive functioning workshops on 10/30. Stress management workshops will be delivered in December leading up to finals week.

Counselors visited all Raptor 101 and Raptor Academy classes in the beginning of October to teach students how to calculate their GPA, read a transcript, and transcribe their own transcript and GPA based on their progress grades. We emphasized the importance of selecting courses that are challenging, getting involved, and developing strong skills their 9th grade year to set them up for success throughout their high school career.

Planning for High School Success Lesson

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• We had 790 students attend over 100 college visits this year so far!
• EHS has 2 Questbridge Scholarship finalists! Woo hoo!

We hosted a College Information Night on September 12th and over 400 families attended! This is the largest attended college night yet! Thank you to all the families who joined us to learn more about how to support your senior through the college application process!

Counselors visited all senior English classes in September to discuss various postsecondary pathway options, as well as review the process to obtain their college/career goals.

Future Ready Seniors Class of 2025 Lesson

Every year, we strongly encourage our seniors to schedule a senior conference meeting with us. This is a chance for counselors to support seniors through the college and career planning process as early as possible. All seniors received a lesson delivered by counselors in English classes in September that discussed the college and career application process where the senior conferences were strongly emphasized. Seniors, if you have not scheduled your senior conference with your counselor, please do so ASAP!

All 9th-11th grade students were invited to take the PSAT or NMSQT exams on 10/9. All students should have received an email from CollegeBoard with instructions on how to access their test results.

Below are links to help you better understand what your test scores mean:

PSAT/NMSQT

PSAT 10

PSAT 8/9

10/21-24 10th Grade Classroom Lessons

10/23 District Counseling Professional Development

10/30 Advisory Workshops begin! Every Wednesday during Advisory

11/6 Financial Aid Night

11/6-22 11th Grade Classroom Lessons

11/18 NCAA Parent Meeting

11/21 Junior Future Planning Night

• 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: Call or text 988 to connect with a trained crisis counselor 24/7. Veterans can press 1 after dialing 988 to connect with the Veterans Crisis Lifeline.

  
  

• Crisis Text Line: Text TALK to 741-741 to text with a trained crisis counselor 24/7.

  
  

• SAMHSA Treatment Referral Hotline: Call 1-800-662-HELP (4357) for substance abuse.

  
  

• RAINN National Sexual Assault Hotline: Call 1-800-656-HOPE (4673).

  
  

• National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline: Call 1-866-331-9474.

  
  

• The Trevor Project: Call 1-866-488-7386.

  
  

• NAMI HelpLine: Connect with a NAMI HelpLine volunteer if you are struggling with your mental health.

• Aurora Mental Health & Recovery: https://www.auroramhr.org/ Offers community mental health and addiction therapy to folks of all ages.

• Hazel Health: hazel.co/.The nation's leading K-12 telehealth provider. Hazel Health partners with schools and families to provide high-quality virtual physical and mental health care that helps students stay engaged in learning.

• IMatter: imattercolorado.org. The I Matter. program can connect you with a therapist for up to 6 free virtual counseling sessions (some in-person appointments available, too).

• Judi's House: https://judishouse.org/. Judi's House offers community mental health services to those who are grieving the loss of a loved one.