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The Warrensburg-Latham High School Counseling Program is built upon two goals:
- To offer personal support, counseling, and guidance to meet individual student needs
- To work with students to explore careers and college opportunities and to assist students in their selection of courses to fit their future goals
Counseling Services Offered To All Students:
- Career interest inventories/Career exploration- utilizing www.careercruising.com
- Introduction to post-secondary opportunities
- Scheduling classes
- Registration for courses
- Transcript review
- PSAT testing (Optional junior year test)
- ACT/SAT guidance
- ACT/SAT interpretation
- SAT testing (Junior year)
- Scheduling college, technical school, and military representatives for lunch visits
- College application assistance
- Sending high school transcripts to colleges
- Financial aid workshops
- Scholarship searches
Counseling Services Available Upon Request:
- Individual or personal counseling
- Individual post-secondary planning
- Computer assisted interest assessments, career exploration, college/trade school searches, military information, financial aid assistance/referrals
- Educational planningAcademic counseling
- Student schedule conflict resolution
- Referral to outside agencies for mental health assessments
Warrensburg-Latham Graduation Requirements:
Students need 28 credits to graduate from WLHS. The following courses must be part of those credits:
- English- 4 credits
- Mathematics- 3 credits
- Science- 3 credits
- Social Science- 3 credits including World Geography (9th), US History (11th),
- Consumer Economics/Government (12th)
- Art, Foreign Language, Music, or Vocational- 1 credit
- PE- 4 credits
- Health- .5 credits
College Bound Curriculum:
The Illinois Board of Higher Education recommends that students who plan to enter a state supported college or university complete the following high school subject pattern:
- English- 4 credits
- Mathematics- 3 credits (4 recommended)
- Science- 3 credits of Lab Science
- Social Science- 3 credits
- Foreign Language- 2 years of the same foreign language recommended but that can be met by 2 years of fine arts or vocational at some schools. However, even if a school does not require the foreign language to get in, taking three or more years in high school can sometimes exempt a student from taking it in college. It is always a good idea to check a school’s website for specifics.
** Generally, a student who meets the above course requirements, receives an SAT/ACT score in the school’s required range, and has a grade point average within the school’s requirements will be eligible for admission. To be sure, always check the college or university’s website for more details.
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Mrs. Shelli Billingsley, School Counselor billingsleys@wl.k12.il.us
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