Role of the Counseling Department  |  College Counseling Information
College Visit Opportunities  |  College Scholarships/Financial Aid
Additional College Information  |  Explore/Plan/PSAT Tests
Career Information  |  Summer Opportunities

Counseling Department:

Role of the Counseling Department

The role of the Counseling Department at Saint Viator High School is to provide services that will facilitate an educational and developmental process for all students. The counselors serve the school community through personal, social and academic counseling. The counselors organize and administer a guidance program that disseminates information to support students in planning occupational, vocational and college goals.

As student advocates, counselors strive to encourage each student to explore and evaluate choices that will expand his/her unique opportunities, while avoiding decisions that may hinder or limit future options.

The program includes personal development, basic life skills and supportive programs. Some of the services provided by the counselors include academic planning, college and career planning and supervision, administration, and interpretation of various educational tests. Counselors meet with parent(s)/guardian(s) during informational meetings, staffings and for academic advising. Counselors serve as advocates for students at Disciplinary Board hearings and as facilitators for administrators, teachers, parents/guardians and students.

The counselors coordinate and facilitate various school groups throughout the school community. Orientation for new students and parent(s)/guardian(s) is also a function of the counselors. The counselors publish the Freshman/Sophomore and Junior/Senior Counseling Clips Newsletter, college resource calendar and informational booklets. 

The Counseling Department’s focus, through mutual respect and consideration, is to help students attain individual goals, as well as, fostering their commitments to the general good of society in our diverse and evolving global community.

College Counseling Information

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Below you will find information and links regarding important dates, events and resources for students. 

 ACT/SAT Testing Information

Saint Viator High School Code: 140-098

To view a PowerPoint document explaining Saint Viator’s college application process, click here.
 

College Visit Opportunities

College Representative Visits at Saint Viator: Throughout the year during lunch periods, many college representatives visit our campus so students can gather college information.  Click here to visit the College Counselor's Web page. The calendar of lunchtime visits is located at the bottom of the page under "Calendar Events."

College Campus Visits: The College Counseling Office provides a list of college campus visit opportunities.  Click here to view visit dates.

College Scholarship/Financial Aid Information

As scholarship and financial aid information becomes available, it will be posted on the website.  Click these links for the most recent information.

Additional College Information

We have compiled a list of helpful links to college resources.  Below are a few of our most popular sites (click on links below):

Explore/Plan/PSAT Tests

Explore, Plan and PSAT are pre-college tests to prepare students for the ACT and SAT college admission tests.  These tests are given to freshman, sophomore and junior students at Saint Viator High School in October during a nationwide testing day.  Click these links for more information.

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Career Information

The online DISCOVER program provides guidance and information to help students make important career and educational decisions. The system offers complete, current databases of occupations, college majors, schools and financial aid/scholarship information. During sophomore or junior year, all students are introduced to the program, given instruction on how to use DISCOVER and are assigned passwords to access the program both at school and at home. Click here to view the DISCOVER site.

 For more career information and links, click here.

Summer Opportunities

Information on summer academic programs offered by colleges and universities and various internships will be listed on the website as it is received. Click this link to view a current list of summer opportunities.