Sweetwater High Counseling Center

Sweetwater High School Counselors are committed to providing a comprehensive counseling and guidance program as a vehicle to assist students in acquiring and using life-long learning and self-managing skills. We are committed to implementing a proactive and preventative program which employs strategies to enhance student academic success, provide career awareness, develop employment readiness, encourage self-awareness, foster interpersonal communication skills and impart life success skills.

Friday, November 28, 2014

November 2015 Contruction and Engineering Career Speakers

Thank you to our construction and engineering career speakers for sharing their insights with our students today!

The importance of team work, people skills, English skills, and math mastery are MUSTS for the contruction and engineering fields.

Check out this video to learn more about what our career speakers had to share!

Career Speakers:
Chris Caricato - Sheet Metal Workers Apprenticeship and Training Center
William Borinski - BAE Systems
Raul Moreno Field Representative for New School of Architecture
Donatello V. Josue P.E. Senior Civil Engineer
Charles Henkels - AGC Apprenticeship & Training

Thursday, November 20, 2014

Free Drivers Safety Class

The California Highway Patrol's Start Smart program is a free driver safety education class which targets new and future licensed teenage drivers between the ages of 15 - 20 and their parents/guardians.

WHAT: Start Smart Class

WHEN: Tuesday, December 2, 2014

6:00 p.m. to 7:45 p.m.

WHERE: Sweetwater High School Theatre

2900 Highland Ave.

College Application Deadlines are Fast Approaching!!

Get help before Thanksgiving Break!!!

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

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Building a College Going Culture at Sweetwater High!

The parent workshops focused on building a college going culture are in full swing at Sweetwater High School!

There is still time join us on December 3rd and December 10th! We hope to see you then!

In case you missed the presentations so far, you can access the presentations here:

Guiding Your Student to Success
High School Graduation and A-G Requirements
Myths about College

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Adelante Mujer Scholarship

Once again, the Adelante Mujer Conference Committee, will be offering a $500.00 dollar scholarship to a female senior student from the SUHSD. See your counselor if you have any questions!

Access the application here.

Monday, November 17, 2014

SUHi Counselors Present at the California Association of School Counselors Conference

Thank you to the California Association of School Counselors Conference for allowing us to present our work in regards to counselor roles in Local Control Funding Formula and the district's Local Control Accountability Plan. We hope that the information we shared will encourage our fellow school counselors across the state of California to advocate for the work they do!