Guidance Sessions


9th Grade

Transition & Standardized Tests
• Academic counseling
• Personal counseling
• Job board
• Standardized testing:  Explore
• Group counseling
• Conflict resolution conferences
• Assessing interests and abilities-career game
• Encourage service and cocurricular activities
• Skills for assimilation into high school
• Presentations in freshman seminar
• College counselor presentation
• Students autobiography
• Individual meetings
• Resource/referrals
• Discussion of 4 year academic plan


10th Grade

Leadership and ACT Testing
• Academic counseling
• Personal counseling
• Job board
•  Standardized testing: PLAN and PSAT
•  College readiness preparing for the ACT
•  Using test data for test preparation
• Mini-college fairs
• Conflict resolution conferences
• Encourage service and cocurricular activities
• Introduction to FastWeb
• Familiarization with test prep concept
• Intro to career counseling and world of work map
• Use of test data for career component
• Self evaluation profile for academics, college selection, and career options


11th Grade

Leadership, College Planning
• Academic counseling
• Personal counseling
• Job board
• Programming
• Testing: PSAT, PACT – Fall
ACT – Spring
SAT – Spring
• Group counseling
• College fairs
• Mini-college fairs
• FastWeb – College/Scholarship Search
• Test prep program info distributed and participation encouraged
• College representatives visit at NDHS
• College campus visit (1 Day)
• Library resources
• Guidance resources for college search, scholarships, and careers
• Junior/Senior bulletin
• College search
• Spring college night program for students and parents
• Mock ACT given and results sent home
• College view software in library
• College videos and CD-Roms


12th Grade

College Applications and Scholarships
• Academic counseling
• Personal counseling
• Job board
• Group counseling
• Testing: SAT II’s, SAT I & ACT
• College fair
• Mini-college fairs
• Junior/Senior bulletin
• College representative visit at NDHS
• College campus visits  
• Library resources
• Guidance resources for college search
• College application process
• Financial aid night
• Senior/Parent evening conferences
• College transition program
• Recommendation meeting
• Applications available from state articulation meetings and conferences
• Registrar availability
• Recent grad/alumni program