Counselor Corner

Future scheduling will take place in the next few weeks. Students will be choosing classes for next year with the school counselors in the classrooms. If you would like to view what course options your child picks you can have them show you within their Skyward account.

If you have questions/concerns feel free to email Ms. Bourman or Mrs. Romberg. Future schedules will not be finalized until closer to May.

Our school is taking part in the Youth Risk Behavior Survey sponsored by the Department of Public Instruction. The survey will ask about health behaviors that keep young people healthy, as well as behaviors that result in unintentional and intentional injuries, tobacco use, and alcohol and other drug use. It will also ask about bullying, sexual risk behaviors (mostly for high school students), online risk behaviors, stress and anxiety, self-harm, dietary behavior and physical activity. It also focuses on positive things like strong connections to the school and to other people.

Students will be asked to fill out an anonymous, online questionnaire that takes about 25-35 minutes to complete. They will take the survey during regular class time.

An opt-out form will be coming home in the upcoming weeks if you do not want your child to take part in this survey, though the information gathered from this anonymous survey is exceptionally important for the district for future programming and interventions.

When:

Wednesday, February 12th

Where:

Westfield Area Middle & High School

Who:

Grades 8-12 will rotate from 1:00-3:30

Non Local Scholarships: Posted now in Class of 2025 Google Classroom

Local Scholarships: Posted in Class of 2025 Google Classroom on February 1st.

Application, List of Scholarships, and Instructions will be presented in English Classrooms once they are active in Google Classroom on February 1st.

Additional Scholarships: XELLO is a Career Exploration tool that all students have access to. XELLO now has various scholarships listed as well.

• Login to XELLO from the school website (Students- XELLO)
• Click Explore at the top and then click Scholarships
• Click Boost Profile to narrow scholarships to the area of your career interest if you prefer or scroll through all
• Apply for the scholarships by clicking scholarship link which brings you to that website
• These are not local scholarships, but just an additional resource.

Please see HCHY Facebook page for additional resources: https://www.facebook.com/marquettehchy

Please see HCHY Alcohol Risk Fact Sheet:

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