Counseling CORNER
NEWS, RESOURCES & REMINDERS
September 2026
Welcome to our September Counseling Newsletter! As we begin a new school year, we look forward to the opportunities ahead for growth, learning, and connection. Your SOTO Counseling Team is here to support students in their academic, social, and emotional success. We are committed to partnering with families and staff to ensure every student feels supported, encouraged, and empowered to thrive throughout the school year!
๐พ๐พMeet Our Counseling Department Staff๐พ๐พ
Please see below for your counselor's contact information.
โญ Counseling Department Staff โญ
MRS. SOLIZ
Head Counselor
Ms. Castro
A - Carn
MRS. NEVAREZ
Caro - Fern
MRS. ANNAYEVA
Fero - Hern
MS. GARCIA
Hero - Mas
MS. TOWNSEND
Mat - PL
MRS. FAVATA
Po - Sil
MS. DUVAL
Sim - Z
MRS. MARTINEZ
Counseling Secretary
TBD
Registrar
(210)398-2737
Mrs. Rios
Grade Reporting Secretary
HOW COUNSELORS SERVE OUR CAMPUS
Our counseling program supports the educational, career, personal, and social development of all students and is designed to include the following components:
Guidance Curriculum
School counselors provide classroom guidance lessons that facilitate student growth and development in the areas of educational, career, personal, and social development in four curricular content areas: Intrapersonal Effectiveness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Post-Secondary Education and Career Readiness, and Personal Health and Safety.
Individual Planning
The individual planning component guides students to plan, monitor, and manage their own educational, career, personal and social development. Each student is provided with necessary steps toward his/her established goals.
Responsive Service
In this component, school counselors intervene with or on behalf of those students in pre-kindergarten through 12th grades whose personal circumstances, concerns, or problems are threatening to interfere with or are interfering with their healthy educational, personal, social, career and/or educational development.
System Support
The System Support component describes management activities which assure the delivery of a high quality school counseling program, and service which indirectly benefit students by supporting other programs.
Mrs. LA Rose - Student Achievement Coordinator
Mrs. La Rose is our Student Achievement Coordinator, she assist students and parents in all grade levels with Advanced Academics, colleges, scholarships, career exploration, military, Alamo Promise, SAT/ACT prep and more! Come visit her in the Career Center, Rm A104!
๐Graduation Requiremnets
Click the button below ๐for access to the requirements for completing a high school diploma.
๐ซถ Lunch Activity ๐ซถ
Individual Planning
Senior Conference with Counselors
Counselors will meet with seniors to review the status of graduation requirements, credits, and their post secondary plans. A copy of the senior conference checklist was sent home with students to review with their parents.
Please contact your student's counselor if you have any questions.
- Decision of Respect
- Blue up Day Oct. 5th