New Kent High School Counseling Department
2014-2015 Calendar
Ongoing Activities/Responsibilities
504 Management
Child Study Management
Scholarship Management
Homebound Management
AP/DE Testing Coordination Consultation
Chesapeake Bay Governor’s
School Admissions &
Management
Student Support Committee
SAT/PSAT Testing
Adult/Continuing Education
Point of Contact
Leadership Development
Management
Virtual Virginia Management Intervention Plans
Management
Webpage Management
BCTC Management
Individual Counseling
Foreign Exchange Student
Management
All Master Schedule DutiesScheduling Current and Next
School Year
Facilitate Group Counseling
Coordinate Special Events;
eg. Fin. Aid. Night, Alumni Brunch,
SAT Prep Class, Info. Nights
At-Risk Student Tracking
ASVAB Testing
Liaison to Gifted Program
SOL & On-Time Graduation
Tracking
Assessment of Goals Tied
to School Improvement
8th Grade & 12th Grade
Transition Planning
August 2014
Date
Aug. 18
Aug. 28
August
September 2014
Date
SeptemberNovember
Sept.
Sept. 19
Sept. 22-26
Coordination of Academic &
Career Plan Development
Planning & Implementation
of Academic & Career Plans
SOL Remediation Lists
RAMP Alignment Preparation
& Assessment
Early College Scholars
Coordination
College Application Process
Time
1-6:00 pm
8-12:30 pm
Ongoing
Activity
Registration
Freshmen Orientation
Review/Adjust Schedules
Audience
All current students
Freshmen
Counselors
Time
Ongoing
Activity
Senior Conferences- Counselors meet individually with each senior
to discuss post high school plans.
Counselor Corner-roughly every other Wed. (see schedule)
School Counseling Dept. Meeting
Early College Scholars – students complete paperwork, enter data
in PowerSchool
Audience
Seniors
All lunch waves
9:00-10:30 am
All students
Counselors
Counselors (Nixon)
SeptemberNovember
September
October 2014
Date
SeptemberNovember
Oct. 3
Oct. 11
Complete all 504 updates
Ongoing
Time
Ongoing
Plan for and advertise PSAT
Student with 504,
Parents, Faculty, &
Admin.
All students
Audience
Seniors
9-10:30 am
7:30 am-12:45 pm
Activity
Senior Conferences- Counselors meet individually with each
senior to discuss post high school plans.
School Counseling Dept. Meeting
SAT-NKHS
Late October
October
TBD
Rotating Block
RCC Visit
Group
Oct. 1-Nov. 5
6:30-8:30 pm
SAT Prep Class, B205
October
Oct.15
Oct. 22
Oct. 21
Oct. 29
OctoberNovember
All lunch waves
8 am-11 am
VA/US Classes
3:00 pm
English 10 Classes
Ongoing
Counselor Corner-roughly every other Wed. (see schedule)
PSAT
Junior Classroom Guidance – “Timeline Activity”
School Counseling Advisory Council Mtg.
Sophomore Classroom Guidance- “Minute to Win It-Choices”
Complete all 504 updates
Sophomores
Counselors, Group
Members
Students taking the
November SAT
All students
Sophomores/Juniors
Juniors
Committee Members
Sophomores
Student with 504,
Parents, Faculty, &
Admin.
Sophomores
Schedule visits to BCTC for current 10th
Late Oct/Early
Nov.
November 2014
Date
SeptemberNovember
November 12
November 12
November 24-25
Oct. 1-Nov.5
Nov. 3
Nov. 8
Nov. 7
Time
Ongoing
7 pm
Hlth/PE 9 Classes
TBD
6:30-8:30 pm
7:30 am-12:45 pm
9:00-10:30 am
Activity
Senior Conferences- Counselors meet individually with each
senior to discuss post high school plans.
Rising 9th Scheduling Night
Freshman Classroom Guidance- All GPA’s Not Same
Interested Freshmen & Sophomores Visit BCTC
SAT Prep Class, B205
“Transition Ambition Days”
SAT-NKHS
School Counseling Dept. Meeting
Counselors
Juniors/Seniors
Audience
Seniors
Current 8th
Freshmen/Sophomores
All students/Staff
11th/12th
Counselors
November
Rotating Block
November 23
November
November
All lunch waves
8:30-10:30 am
Nov. 26th
December 2014
Date
December 2-3
December 5
December
December 9 or
10
Week of Dec.
15
December
December
January 2015
Date
January
Jan. 5-9
Must be completed
by this date
Group
Instant Alert about Scheduling Dec. 2-3
Counselor Corner-roughly every other Wed. (see schedule)
Warning Letters to At Risk Seniors during Student Support
Committee Mtg.
Complete all 504 updates
Counselors, Group
Members
Freshmen-Juniors
All students
Seniors
Student with 504,
Parents, Faculty, &
Admin.
Time
Bl 1,2, 4
9:00-10:30 am
Ongoing
Activity
Take current 9-11 HR’s into Labs for scheduling for ’15-’16
School Counseling Dept. Meeting
Course Registration Follow Up (those who didn’t register online)
7-8 pm
Chesapeake Bay Governor’s School (CBGS) Interest Meeting
Audience
Current Fresh.-Juniors
Counselors
Students who did not
register or register fully
Eighth & Freshmen
9:30-11:30 am
Alumni Brunch & Panel for Seniors
Alumni & Seniors
Ongoing
All lunch waves
Students who did not submit course requests via PowerSchool
Counselor Corner-roughly every other Wed. (see schedule)
Eighth-Juniors
All students
Time
All lunch waves
Ongoing
Activity
Counselor Corner-roughly every other Wed. (see schedule)
Wrap up meeting with those unregistered and address scheduling
issues for sem. 2
School Counseling Dept. Mtg.
PTSO presentation – Financial Aid Night
“Transition Ambition Days”
SAT Prep Class (for March 14th test)
Audience
All students
Students who did not
register or register fully
Counselors
All grades/parents
All students/Staff
Students taking the
March 8th SAT
All students
All students
Current 9th
Jan. 9
January
January 15
Jan. TBD
9:00-10:30 am
7 pm
Late Jan.
Late Jan.
Late Jan.
Ongoing
6:30-8:30pm
Assess sem. 1 failures and make schedule adjustments
Enter fall SOL data into spreadsheet
Deadline for CBGS admissions consideration
February 2015
Date
Time
February
All week
Feb. 2-6
February
All lunch waves
Early Feb.
Early Feb.
TBD
February
At change of semester
Early Feb.
Ongoing
Activity
School Counseling Week
Audience
Everyone
Counselor Corner-roughly every other Wed. (see schedule)
All students
Freshmen
9:00-10:30 am
VA/US Classes
Ongoing
CBGS Interviews & Testing Scheduled
Transcripts to all colleges seniors applied to
Mail letters and meet with seniors who are graduation risks/possible
Diploma changes assessed
Assess SOL progress and help determine SOL writing re-takes
“Transition Ambition Days”
School Counseling Dept. Mtg.
Junior Classroom Guidance – “Timeline Activity”
See all Juniors for Academic Advising
March 2015
Date
Early March
March
Time
TBD
6:30-8:30pm
Activity
Take Sophomores to Visit RCC
SAT Prep Class
Mar. 2
Mar. 3
Mar. 6
Mar. 10
Mar. 12
Mar. 14
March TBD
March
March
March 1-31
English 10 Classes
9-10:30 am
Hlth/PE 9 Classes
8-11 am
7:45 am-12:45 pm
TBD
All lunch waves
7:30 am-12:45 pm
Ongoing
“Transition Ambition Days”
Sophomore Classroom Guidance – “Minute to Win It-Choices”
School Counseling Dept. Mtg.
Freshman Classroom Guidance- All GPA’s Not Same
ASVAB Test Administration
SAT-NKHS
CBGS Testing
Counselor Corner-roughly every other Wed. (see schedule)
SAT @ NKHS
Finish seeing all Juniors for Academic Advising
Audience
Sophomores
Students taking the
March 8 SAT
All students/Staff
Sophomores
Counselors
Freshmen
Sophomores-Seniors
Any student
Freshmen
All students
Juniors
Juniors
March-June
Ongoing
BCTC Application Process-finalizing those admitted
Sophomores-Juniors
Early Feb.
Feb. 2
Feb. 13
Feb. 24
Feb.-March
TBD
Seniors
Juniors-Seniors
All students/Staff
Counselors
Juniors
Juniors
April 2015
Date
April 3
April 17
April
April 6-10
April TBD
April
May 2015
Date
May
May 1
May 1
May TBD
Time
9 am
Activity
ASVAB Test Interpretation
9:00-10:30 am
All lunch waves
School Counseling Dept. Mtg.
Counselor Corner-roughly every other Wed. (see schedule)
Spring Break
CBGS Notification of Admission Letter Sent to Applicants
Continue to track at risk seniors & juniors/final plans/meet to order
seals
TBD
Ongoing
Time
All lunch waves
9:00-10:30 am
Morning and Afternoon
May TBD
May TBD
May TBD
May-June
May
June 2015
Date
June 6
June
June 8-12
June 12
May-June
By June 20
Activity
Counselor Corner-one this month
“Transition Ambition Days”
School Counseling Dept. Mtg.
AP Testing
D.E. Placement Testing
Day/Evening
Ongoing
Ongoing
Time
7:45 am-12:45pm
10 am-Noon
Ongoing
TBD
Ongoing
Scholarship Interviews
Scholarship Ceremony
Review 2015-2016 Schedules
Continue to track seniors & juniors progress/final plans
Activity
SAT @ NKHS
School Counseling Dept. Mtg.
Graduation Preparation
Graduation
Review 2015-2016 Schedules
Update Senior Data – PowerSchool (Diploma, Seals, Grad Plans,
etc)
SUMMARY OF OTHER SPECIAL EVENTS/ACTIVITIES:
Orientation
Registration
Organize SAT Prep Class
RCC Visit with 10th Graders
BCRTC Visit with 10th Graders
All Master Schedule Duties
Alumni Panel/Brunch
Audience
Any student took
ASVAB
Counselors
All students
All students
Freshmen
Counselors
Audience
All students
All students/Staff
Counselors
All students taking AP
courses
All students registered
for D.E. classes/BC
Seniors
Seniors and Families
Counselors
Counselors
Audience
Juniors
Counselors
Counselors
Seniors
Counselors
Counselors
PSAT Testing
AP Testing
Scholarship Ceremony
DE Testing
BCTC Testing
ASVAB Test Coordination
CBGS Testing
PTSO/Dept. Sponsored Financial Aid Night
Freshmen Transition Events