Our wide-breadth of resources encompass individual counseling for all grade levels, academic counseling, along with group and individual college counseling programs for juniors and seniors — run by highly qualified, distinguished school counselors in both the high school and Arrupe Division. Experts in their fields, our counselors serve to ignite curiosity, build strengths, and set students up for long-term success.
The whole person approach at BC High shines, perhaps most brightly, in these support systems. We are here, both to lend a hand and to lean on, as often as you need.
In the Arrupe Division, students are championed by advisors and guidance counselors who ensure they are connected and thriving in their new community.
Throughout your time at BC High, our counseling team supports your day-to-day decisions and helps you navigate life’s challenges including one of your first major decisions – Finding The Right College.
Explaining the course selection process
Connecting students to academic support resources
Advising students on student/teacher relationships
Counseling students on peer relationships
Supporting students and families through challenging situations and decisions
Guiding students through the college selection process
Providing career information
We also realize that as students, you have the ability to act as support systems for one another – whether you know it yet or not.
The Group Guidance program provides social, personal, and academic guidance in a group setting alongside your peers. With groups organized by class, topics are naturally relevant, designed overall to meet you exactly where you are in your journey.
Arrupe Advisory provides nurturing support for your transition to middle school and the BC High community. We help you develop the skills necessary for academic and social growth, while creating a foundation for high school and beyond through frequent lessons on adolescent topics.
Arrupe school counselors provide additional support in the following areas:
Your Junior group sessions begin the process of looking ahead to college. Here, we focus on finding potential good matches for your individual motivations and the college application process in general. Specific topics include:
Junior group meetings take place once per cycle during the second semester, and are led by a school counselor.
Your Senior group sessions are wholly dedicated to helping you manage the college search and application process. Specific topics include:
Senior group meetings take place during the first semester, and are led by a school counselor. In addition to small group discussions, seniors meet individually with their counselor to talk about their individual college plans.
In addition to the stellar services available through BC High’s School & College Counseling Department, we offer our students even more help designed to complement the support that you already receive from nurturing teachers and guidance counselors. And why not? Occasionally, we all need some extra help.
As educators, our mission is to foster those qualities that support your success within all the spheres of BC High—academic, spiritual, and co-curricular.
Swing by the Academic Resource Center, and let us help you reach your mark, both by challenging and supporting you.
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