Hayes High School Counseling
Dept
Meet the School Counselors
 Mr. Brown (Last names A - D)
 Mrs. Pollard (Last names E - K)
 Miss Darcy (Last names L - R)
 Ms. Stewart (Last names S - Z)
Our School Counseling
Administrative Assistants
 Mrs. Estes & Mrs. Ashworth
 What can our administrative assistants help
students with?
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Work permit applications
ACT/SAT registration materials
Copies of report cards, schedules & transcripts
PowerSchool, Google email, & computer login
information
 DACC, course, college, scholarship, & special
program applications
 PE Waivers
 Scheduling appointments
What Do School Counselors Do?
We are YOUR advocates!
We do:
Academic Counseling
Career Counseling
Personal/Social Counseling
What Do School Counselors Do?
 Academic Counseling
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Verify credits and transcripts
Create graduation plans
Schedule courses
Monitor your grades
Standardized test interpretation
Provide information on credit flex & early college
opportunities
 Help you advocate for yourself
What Do School Counselors Do?
Career Counseling
 Provide resources for career exploration &
planning
 Provide college counseling, which includes:
 College admissions, financial aid, & scholarship
information
 Assist with resume writing & career
portfolios
What Do School Counselors Do?
Personal/Social Counseling
 Help you with any personal problems that
you may be experiencing at school or home
or with your friends.
 Arrange Peer Mediation
 Provide information for additional
community resources when needed.
Confidentiality
We keep your conversations with us
confidential. However, we are required
by law to report:
 Child Abuse
 Harm to Self
 Harm to Others
 Unlawful Activity
How Can You Communicate with
Us?
 Email us! If you have a quick question, it is
easiest for us to send you a response via
email.
 Leave us a voicemail.
 Visit us in the Commons during Lunches on
Wednesdays.
 Two Counselors will be on duty during all the
lunches each Wednesday to answer Academic or
Career questions. *Personal/Social Concerns &
conversations that are confidential should be
discussed in our offices.
How Can You Communicate with
Us?
 Arrange an appointment with us online.
 Here’s how:
 Login to your school Google email.
 Go to the Hayes Website and click on Guidance.
 Click on your counselor’s name & enter your
name in an open appt slot (preferably during your
lunch or study hall). Provide a brief description of
why you’re coming to see us & then come see us
during that time.
How Can You Communicate with
Us?
If you have an urgent matter that needs
to be discussed right away, our office is
ALWAYS open!
How Do We Communicate with
You?
 Check your school Google email frequently.
We will be sending you information (typically
college, scholarship, or other special program
information) often.
 Sign up for the Hayes Listserv. Biweekly
information and announcements will be sent to
you about upcoming events at Hayes.
How Do We Communicate with
You?
 Check the Announcements on the TVs & look
at the Guidance website.
 If we need to speak to you, we will call you
down. However, we really try to avoid you
missing class time. We will call you down
during your study hall or at the end of a class
period.
 Throughout the year, we will have special
presentations to provide you with information.
Please attend!
What are you responsible for?
We are the keepers of lots of information
and we do our best to get that
information to you, however,
It is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to obtain
information through the various means in
which we communicate it or seek the
information from your counselor.
Questions?
Remember,
We are YOUR advocates and
we are here to help!
We look forward to working with you!