Dear Parents and Students,
The Counseling Department would like to make you aware of the counselor assignments for this school year.
Students have been divided alphabetically as follows:
Students whose last names begin with: Counselor
A - C
D - Ko
Kr – Ro
Ru – S
T–Z
9th Grade Special Education
10th Grade Special Education
Mr. Kiggins
Mrs. Feliciani
Mrs. Mayhew
Mrs. McCormick
Mrs. Liebenguth
Mrs. Liebenguth
Mrs. McCormick
Telephone
(412) 369-5467
(412) 369-5843
(412) 369-5485
(412) 369-5465
(412) 369-5480
(412) 369-5480
(412) 369-5465
The task of assisting students in career and college exploration at the high school level has always presented
a number of challenges. How do you introduce the idea of career exploration and college or career school
investigation to a ninth grader? As adults, we recognize the significance of planning for the future and using
the high school curriculum as a means of attaining future goals. The School Counseling Department at North
Allegheny has developed a tool to help facilitate the career and college planning appropriate to the various
high school levels. Through the use of the online career and college program, CHOICES, students will create
personal online career and college portfolios.
The CHOICES high school career and education solution has been designed to empower students through
engaging and easy to use resources. These resources will provide students with valuable insight and greater
knowledge about their personal aptitudes, personality types, and learning styles. Each of these elements is
valuable in building the self-awareness needed to connect students to relevant occupations.
The combination of CHOICES’ research-based assessments, comprehensive network of schools, programs
and career profiles enables students to discover how their interests and skills relate to particular career fields.
Focusing on five areas, CHOICES directs students, teachers, and parents on a sequential career and
education exploration. The information will be maintained in an electronic portfolio utilized from year to year.
Below, you can find instructions to log onto this program. You may wish to preview the program or explore on
your own. Either way, we feel confident that you will be pleased with the CHOICES program and
its capabilities.
1. Go to www.bridges.com
2. Click on Create a new portfolio
3. Enter your required information including your Site ID and Password.
Site ID: 1222825
Password: P7j8v3X9
4. Select CHOICES Planner in the Your Tools box
Portfolio Name:__________
Password:___________
To further assist our students in their college and career exploration process, we have accepted the invitation
of the American College Testing (ACT) to offer their new assessment, the ACT Aspire College and Career
Readiness Assessment, to sophomores only, on Saturday, October 4, 2014. The ACT Aspire replaces the
ACT Plan test this year. By assessing students in English, math, reading, science, and writing, the ACT Aspire
will allow our 10th graders to determine if they are on target for college readiness as they prepare to take the
ACT test (in grade 11) and engage in college and career planning. More information will be provided to
students during our Counseling Orientation at the beginning of the school year, and on the NAI website.
In addition, the Counseling Office will offer support groups throughout the year. Support groups are voluntary
and cover a variety of topics. Among these topics are bereavement, stress, anger management and coping
skills. Please complete the box below if you do not want your child to participate in the above activities.
If you do not want your child to participate in the support groups, please complete the box below, sign
and return it to the Counseling Office.
Thank you for your cooperation. We look forward to working with you and your children this year.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Diane Feliciani
Mr. Bryan Kiggins
Mrs. Rianna Liebenguth
Mrs. Marion McCormick
Miss Meghan Mayhew
Please complete the following only if you do not wish to have your child participate in any of the
Support Groups and return it to the NAI Counseling Department.
I, We do not want our child (name)_______________________________ to participate in Support
Groups.
Date:________________
Parent’s Signature___________________________________