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Welcome to Culver City High School Counseling Office!
The CCHS Guidance Office offers comprehensive counseling and services including team approaches to serve all students who need help in academic learning, college/career and social/emotional development. All of our counselors provide educational and mental health counseling, referrals, and act as liaisons between students and parents, teachers, administrators, law enforcement, and the larger community.
Counselors are available to all students either by appointment or through dropping in before school, after school, or during lunch or nutrition. Parents/families can set up an appointment through emailing their student's counselor.
Culver City High School Counseling Department Vision
The community of Culver City High School cultivates compassionate, innovative, and responsible students by providing opportunities for students to meet the challenges of the 21st century to become productive, contributing members of society.
Culver City High School Counseling Department Mission
This mission of Culver City High School’s Counseling Department is to provide all students with a strong foundation in the academic, social-emotional, and career domains of development.
Counselors provide social-emotional supports that address the needs of students while encouraging them to become lifelong learners and productive members of society through a Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) approach. Counselors use data to create college and career readiness programs that prepare students to compete in the global market. Counselors create opportunities for academic rigor whether students will be entering a university, community college, vocational school, military, or the workforce.
Professional School Counseling
Professional school counselors are trained in both education and counseling, allowing them to function as a facilitator between parents, teachers, and students in matters concerning the student's goals, abilities and any area needing improvement. School Counselors are professional educators with a mental health perspective who understand and respond to the challenges presented by today's diverse student population.
- Individual and small group counseling (short term interventions)
- Crisis intervention counseling
- Conflict resolution and peer facilitation
- Consultation/collaboration
- Referrals to outside services (including mental and physical health)
- Student Advocacy
- Advocate for individual students
- Advocate for positive change in the school and the district
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MEET YOUR COUNSELORS!
See below for exact counselor last name alpha breakdown:
11th - 12th Graders:
Mr. Smith: A - Crow
Ms. Laase: Cruz - Henley and NCAA
Ms. Gonzalez: Henock - Man
Ms. Lenke: Mao - O and AVID
Ms. Bourget: P - Santana and ELD
Ms Thompson: Santiago - Z
9th - 10th Graders:
Mr. Smith: A - Col
Ms. Laase: Coh - G and NCAA
Ms. Gonzalez: H - L
Ms. Lenke: M - O and AVID
Ms. Bourget: P - Sc and ELD
Ms. Thompson: Se - Z
Please check Aeries if you are unsure who your counselor is
All Students:
Ms. Valverde: College Counselor
Ms. Madrid: Career/Culver Closet Counselor
**Please allow 24-48 business hours for your counselor to get back to you**
Academic Advisement
The Guidance Office works with students, parents, teachers, and staff to facilitate an appropriate course of study for every student. It is our goal to develop a plan for each student to provide a challenging program that will best equip students for life after high school. We promote a college-going culture at Culver City High School, and we provide every student with an opportunity to pursue coursework that will help them meet that goal. At the same time, we encourage students to evaluate all options for post-high school career preparation to find the most suitable plan to prepare them to enter the workforce. Counselors provide information to students and parents through classroom presentations, individual meetings, parent information nights, and communications home. Parents and students are encouraged to read the Parent-Student Handbook and the Course Description Manual to become familiar with opportunities for students.
Intervention and Support Services
Counselors monitor students at grading periods to identify students that may need additional support. Counselors meet with students individually to develop support plans for students whose grades fall below a C. Support plans may consist of reviewing class placement, referrals to tutoring, student-teacher-parent meetings, and plans for credit recovery. Students that continue to need support may be referred for a Student Study Team (SST) meeting.