PESH Counseling Monthly Newsletter

Welcome to the 24-25 school year! Your counselor is here to help you with academic success, college & career information, and personal/social growth. Our team is:

• Robin Fletcher, Last Names A - B
• Crystal Levingston, Last Names C - FL
• Jan Hughes, Last Names FJ - H
• Jennifer Whitney, Last Names I - MC
• Lauren Johnson, Last Names MD - PE
• Jessica Godwin, Last Names PF - SL
• Craig Loveland, Last Names SM - Z
• Temie Lehman, IB Counselor for Last Names A - L
• Emily Hoang, IB Counselor for Last Names M - Z
• Haley Blair, College and Career Counselor
• Jennifer Spring, Director of Counseling Department

The window to make level changes from an Honors or AP course to on-level will be September 3rd through September 6th. The request must be initiated with your current teacher.

Important Considerations:

• Requests will be processed in the order received.
• If the request is approved, schedule changes will be subject to course availability.
• Proceeding with this change may disrupt other aspects of the schedule such as the order of classes, lunch period or assigned teachers. Completed changes are final.
• The student's current AP/honors grades will transfer into the course the student enters. Students may be expected to make up assignments in the new course that provide a necessary foundation for future learning.

Mrs. Haley Blair is the Plano East dual credit counseling contact. She will be out of the office on maternity leave until late November. Here is some general information that may be helpful in the meantime:

If you have an immediate dual credit question, please email dualcredit@collin.edu.

1) Technical Issues - If you are having any technological issues with OneLogin, Workday, Canvas, Collin email, etc. you can contact the Help Desk at (972)377-1777 or email them at support@collin.edu.

2) You can find the Dual Credit Orientation Video at this link:https://launch.comevo.com/collin/4730

3) Dual Credit FAQ and Helpful Links: https://www.collin.edu/express/dualcredit/forms.html

4) Collin College Resources (including tutoring services and disability services (ACCESS)): https://www.collin.edu/studentresources/index.html

5) If you want to exit a course, you can drop the course by emailing your PESH counselor and dualcredit@collin.edu. The deadline to drop a course and not have it show on your Collin transcript is September 9, 2024 and the last day to withdraw (you will have a W on your transcript) is November 1, 2024 for full semester 16 week courses.

Come learn about the college application process, financial aid information , the use of SchooLinks in the college application process and more at our College 101 Presentation in the Plano East cafeteria.

College related documents including transcripts and letters of recommendation must be requested through and will be sent via SchooLinks. Every student has access to their SchooLinks account through Webdesk.

View this guide for steps on adding college applications and request letters of recommendation in your SchooLinks account: Getting Started with SchooLinks and College Applications

📢 Please Note: The district has not yet finalized transcripts and counselors will be unable to send them to any colleges/universities until updated transcripts have been uploaded to SchooLinks.

The counselors will hold several help sessions during lunchtime throughout the semester to assist students with their college applications. The first date is set for Thursday, 9/19.

Juniors can get a head start on all things college now by viewing the video below. (And seniors can view as a refresher!)

The Plano East campus testing coordinator is Danielle Martin (danielle.martin@pisd.edu). She has put together a fabulous website with information about all things testing. Link below.

School-day PSAT testing will take place on Wednesday, October 2nd. Must register to participate. The deadline to register and pay is September 13th! See flyers below for details.

Guidance lessons from the counseling department for Juniors and Seniors.

For parents of current dual credit students.

Plano ISD College & Career Night at the Plano Event Center, 6-8 PM

College 101 Presentation at Plano East, 6:00 PM

Get assistance from the counselors with your college application during lunch.