Guidance Centre

The Guidance Centre offers a wide range of guidance and counselling services to address the diverse needs of the school community, such as classroom-based education and individual guidance. In order to provide the best possible support, we continually adapt our services and refer onwards in response to ever-changing needs. Although the school guidance counselor provides information and collaborates with many different people, our first professional responsibility is to the needs of our students. The guidance counsellor is a student-advocate.

1. Career / Post-Secondary

Career Counselling — Providing general career guidance and personalized support to students making decisions relating to their future.
Résumés and Cover Letters — Helping students develop résumé and cover letters for job application.
Post-Secondary Education — Provide information, and material about post-secondary options, programs of study, and educational institutions. Work with students and post-secondary schools through information-seeking, the application process, and scholarship opportunities.
Scholarships, Awards, and Financial Aid — Provide information and resources on financial aid and external scholarships. Assist students in the pursuit of community-based scholarships and awards.

2. Education

Classroom-Based Education — Linking guidance education with specific learning outcomes by providing instruction to prevent and intervene upon issues that may affect school success.
Information and Resources — Providing students, parents, and teachers with information, resources, and support.

3. Academics

Academic Accommodations — Supporting students who may be struggling to salvage credits or are requiring academic accommodations.
Academic Counselling — Assisting students with the development of short-term and long-term academic goals.
Special Credits - Supporting students who wish to pursue credits for activities outside of the traditional classroom, including Community Service Credit, Special Language Credit, Private Music Credit and Cadets.
Course Timetabling — Helping students choose their courses based on goals.
Distance Learning — Providing information for students interested in taking courses through distance education and facilitating independent study options.
Graduation Requirements — Ensuring students are on-track for graduation through regular credit checks and counseling.
New Registrations/Transfers — Supporting new and transfer students through the process of changing schools.
Transition Planning — Planning for transitions and assisting students transferring from one education level to another.

4. Counselling (Solution-Focused)

Crisis Counselling — Supporting students when unplanned events and situations arise by helping them to address immediate and urgent issues.
Individual Counselling — Helping students to communicate their issues, understand their concerns, and develop an action-orientated and solution-focused plan.
Mediation — Helping two or more people resolve a dispute.
Referrals — Referring students to school division clinical staff, external agencies, or other professional services.
Small-Group Counselling — Addressing common needs or concerns in a group setting.
Student Advocacy — Advocating for students and teaching self-advocacy, responsibility taking, decision-making and appropriate independence.

Edsby

Several groups have been created on Edsby to provide direct information to students and parent/guardians. These include the following:

Guidance Centre – News, events, and resources.
Post-Secondary – Career and education planning for “life after GHS”.
Scholarships & Awards – Community and external financial opportunities.
Volunteering & Employment – Opportunities for volunteerism and employment.

Getting in Touch

To accommodate the volume of needs, students and parents/guardians are encouraged to make an appointment:

Phone: (204) 642-8546

Message: Main Office (Janique or Wendy)