Guidance

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The goal of the guidance program is to help each student strive to realize her/his potential as a student and as a person. Counselors help individual students manage the challenges and pressures of their adolescent years by individual and/or group counseling and guidance.

Guidance programs include Peer Mediation, Peer Helpers, The Lookout (a guidance newsletter), coordination of visits by college admissions personnel, coordination of visits by military recruiters, college planning nights for parents, PSAT, SAT, ACT, Advanced Placement Testing, a financial aid night for parents, computer-assisted college and career search programs, a Career Day, local college fairs, and a biweekly scholarship program.

Peer Helpers are trained students who work with the Guidance Office to help students with personal and social concerns. Peer Helpers are available to visit middle schools and do classroom presentations on a variety of topics of interest to Loch Raven students.

Peer Mediators are well-trained students who help other students work out their conflicts. Peer mediators receive referrals from teachers, counselors, and assistant principals. They work in the guidance office in close proximity to their moderator in case of emergency.

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