FRESHMAN & SOPHOMORE PARENT NIGHT:
MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE WHOLE STUDENT

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MEET THE ADMINS

Who’s Who For the Freshman and Sophomore Class:

Principal:

9th Grade AP:

10th Grade AP:

9th Grade Dean:

Pedro Valdes

Justin O’Neil

Margot Mack

Olivia Betances

10th Grade Dean: Susie Cipriano

THS COUNSELING DEPARTMENT

Secretaries Charles Hollis Kim Dockery

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Director of Guidance, Career Services & Vocational Education Keshia Golding-Cooper

School Counselors Douglas Book Lillian Garcia Kelvin Reese

Beth Fleischer Kharisma Mitchell Jennifer Taylor

Student Assistance Coordinator & Anti Bullying Coordinator Adrienne Williams

THS COUNSELING DEPARTMENT MISSION

The mission of the School Counseling Department is to provide a comprehensive program to address the academic, career, and social-emotional development of all students. Through collaboration with school faculty and administration, as well as family and community partners, School Counselors facilitate, encourage, and promote development in the following areas: social-emotional growth, career exploration, and college readiness.

School Counseling is an essential part of the educational process. Our counselors act as advocates for and liaisons between students and their teachers, parents, and administrators.

The program objectives, activities, and expanded outcomes recognize and support individual uniqueness, celebrate diversity, and promote the maximum development of human potential.

THE SCHOOL COUNSELOR

● Assists and supports students in all phases of academic, personal/social and post-secondary planning
● Provides individual and group counseling ● Advocates for students
● Acts as a resource for teachers, parents, administration ● Collaborates with teachers, parents and administration
to help students

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The FORUM stands for:

F.O.R.U.M.

SERVICES:

Forging Opportunities for Reasoning Understanding and
Maturity

● Individual, Group, Crisis & Family Counseling
● Employment Assistance ● Recreation
● Academic Support ● Referrals
● Presentations &

Workshops

PARENT AVENUES OF COMMUNICATION

How Do I Contact THS Faculty:

● Email: ﬁrstinitiallastname@TeaneckSchools.org

How Do I Receive Information:

● Website www.TeaneckSchools.org ● THS App
● Robocalls

● Email/Naviance THS Counselor Emails ● Bi-Weekly Newsletter
● Skyward - Grades, Attendance, etc.

SKYWARD

● Access students’ grades/report cards ● Sign up for homework alerts
● Check attendance

● Register for courses

● Sign up for parent-teacher conferences

● Parents and students have separate access

● Contact school counselor for login and password
information

NAVIANCE

❖ Naviance is a web-based resource for students and parents that encourages and supports post high school career and college planning

❖ Career Planning

➢ Learning Style Inventory, Interest Inventory, Personality Inventory, Resume Building, Roadtrip Nation

❖ College Planning

➢ College Search, Application Process, College Major Exploration, Scholarship/Financial Aid Resources

❖ Success Planning
➢ Personalized Goals and Tasks, Journal Entries, Student Planner

HOW TO GET IN

❖ On the home page, students and parents will enter an access code provided by the Guidance Department.

❖ The registration process is completed by using a working email address and a password created by the student or parent.

❖ Note: Once registration is completed once, log-in simply requires the email address and password. The log-in page is found at www.student.naviance.com/teaneck, or through a link on the Teaneck High School Counseling page on the district website.

❖ Announcements, e-mails, college representative visits, and other important

information is posted on the Welcome page. Check it often, and pa attention to THS Counselor emails.
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TYPICAL SCHEDULE

English Math Science
Social Studies

Physical Education/Health/Driver’s Ed World Language
Elective(s)

8 classes= 40 credits

Check Skyward *Schedule
*Counselor

*Grades	11 *Attendance

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

12

12:30-3:25
	Student Advisement/Commo n Planning TIme
	
3:25-4:25
	Tutoring

NEW VIRTUAL/CO-HORT SCHEDULE

●	ACADEMIC INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS

●	ACADEMIC INSTITUTE FOR THE FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS ●	ACADEMIC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
●	ACADEMIC INSTITUTE OF LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION ●	ACADEMIC INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

CLUBS

Studio 2B – Grades 9 – 12, Partnership with the Girl Scouts of Bergen County

Animal Appreciation Club - Allows students the opportunity to learn about both domestic and wild animals and the careers associated with their care and preservation.

The Interact Club is a youth service clubs run in cooperation with the Teaneck Rotary for youth ages 14-18.

Connections The Connections Club facilitates programs for students new to Teaneck High School that are designed to help ease the transition to their new learning environment

ACE Mentor Program (Architecture, Construction Management and Engineering), is an after school program that gives students who are interested in those careers an opportunity to interact with ﬁrms in NY and NJ.

Art Club	HEAL Mentoring	Spectrum	Yearbo Asian Student Union	Israel Club	SOLA
Black Youth Organization	Newspaper Club	SOLVE
	
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NEXT STEPS

★Communicate with your School Counselor

★Explore Naviance

★Encourage good grades and great study habits

★Start thinking about post high school plans; it’s never too early

Questions?

College & Career Google Classroom Freshman Join Code: ydbc3eh

Sophomore Join Code: ia3aqne