School Counseling Department

The School Counseling Department serves every student at Lakeview High School. From the moment students arrive at Lakeview, school counselors guide them toward academic achievement, personal and social growth, and success in career and college planning, including preparation for admission to selective colleges and universities. Counselors meet with students individually and in group settings throughout their high school career, and every student keeps the same counselor from freshman year through graduation, assigned alphabetically by last name.

Below is a detailed description of our school counseling practices:

School Counseling Curriculum
Every student receives a structured, developmentally sequenced curriculum built around three core domains: academic development, career development, and personal/social development.

Individual Planning
Counselors work directly with students to assess their abilities, interests, and goals, and to build a rigorous, well-rounded course of study aligned with their Individualized Graduation Plan (IGP). Counselors guide students through the development of competitive post-secondary plans and hold them to a standard of thorough, informed decision-making about college and career pathways.

Responsive Services
Counselors respond to the immediate needs and concerns of individual students, providing individual or group counseling, information dissemination, crisis intervention, consultation, or referral as needed. Counselors act with professional judgment: they inform parents/guardians or appropriate authorities when a student's condition indicates serious or foreseeable harm to the student or others, and they make this determination only after careful deliberation and, where possible, consultation with other professionals. Counselors also connect students with in-school and outside agencies as appropriate, in consultation with other student support personnel and school administration.

Systems Support
Counselors take an active role alongside educators, parents, and the community in driving student achievement, participating in student support teams (PPTs, 504s) and building-level committees, and leading family and community events.