SBHS School Counseling Quarterly

Tim Lucas, Director of School Counseling

School Counselors:

Joseph Berry (A-Cas)

Trish Garrett (Casl-Fra)

Eric Demorest (Fre-Jaf)

Lucas Lauer (Jaff-Mas)

Kristen Fulcher (Mass-Pin)

Cynthia McCarthy (Pio-Sr)

Catherine Donovan (St-Z)

Support Staff:

Concetta Marchio, Administrative Assistant

Lori Clairmont, Administrative Assistant

Theresa Lichtman, School Psychologist

Allyne Zappalla, School Social Worker

Kim Hager, Student Assistance Specialist

Michelle Jones, Career & College Specialist

Jennifer Jackson, Parent Liaison

• Email is Best - Email contact information is linked on our page above, you can also click here: https://www.lcps.org/domain/4621.
• Computer-based Phones and Extensions - We are excited to have online-based phones for our use this year. We would be happy to schedule a phone call or Google Meet with families for a more "face-to-face" experience.
  
• Virtual Events coming soon! - Your School Counseling Department and Unified Mental Health Team will hold virtual events based on grade or topic. These will be advertised in-advance of the event, along with links for how to access them.

Over 1.5 million juniors in about 21,000 high schools entered the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2020 PSAT. Approximately 16,000 Semifinalists are expected to advance to the Finalist level. The nationwide pool of Semifinalists, representing less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors, includes the highest-scoring entrants in each state. The number of Semifinalists in a state is proportional to the state's percentage of the national total of graduating seniors.

With a Selection Index of 209 or above, each of these students is among the 50,000 highest scoring participants out of 1.5 million program entrants:

Pranesh Ambokar, Brendan Baron, Andrew Burton, Yiyang Chen, Ian Cowley, Elizabeth DeProspo, Elliott Druga, Matthew Fuerst, Connor Greenwell, Philip Haugh, Hyeyun Jeong, Rebecca Jun, Veronica Kidwell, Arav Patel, Lukas Proeschold, Rishi Saggurti, Yigit Simsek, Shreya Somayajula, & Gavin Wharton.

• The School Counseling Team sent multiple reminders in the spring for students to review their class selections.
• The deadline to finalize course requests was June 12, 2020.
  
• If there is an error in your schedule (missing a course, or enrolled in a class you have already taken) please email your school counselor.
• Requests to change a level, elective, teacher, or specific period are not considered errors.

Did you know SBHS has a NOVA representative who works with our students? Mr. Chalk is a wonderful resource for our anyone who wants to earn an Associate's Degree, or take courses to transfer and earn their Bachelor's Degree. Mr. Chalk helps demystify all things NVCC, and supports our students with their transition from SBHS to NOVA. Reach out to your School Counselor to learn more, and connect with Mr. Chalk!

Click here to view a video created by the team: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tq2ndlVX17Ri0sG8KuYNWKspbaZ_2sOn/view?ts=5ec537fa