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WELCOME TO THE WHITE PLAINS HIGH SCHOOL GUIDANCE DEPARTMENT
 
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Click to view the monthly Guidance Bulletin.  Please check back periodically for updates and information received after the Bulletin is published.
To see which which colleges are visiting the high school this month


IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR SENIORS AND THEIR PARENTS
      All college applications are processed electronically through our guidance software suite, Naviance.  We began using Naviance for this purpose last year.  It proved to be very efficient and effective, and allowed us the ability to track the progress of applications from the moment we sent them until the the college had processed them.  This was never possible with traditional, hard copy mailed applications.
 
      All seniors must have a log in code in order to access Naviance.  Students who have not yet accessed this system can see their counselors or house guidance office clerical staff for their codes.  Codes are also available for parents so that they, too, can take advantage of the Naviance Family Connection.
 
If you have questions, please see your counselor who will help you with the process. 
 Naviance is available to all students and their families!
We don't want students and their families to wait until they are applying to college to log on.  There is so much for you to do and explore through Naviance.  Please take advantage of this wonderful resource!!  If you have questions, please call us.
 
 
For information about college scholarships and financial aid, please view the fastweb bulletins by clicking on that topic in the menu on the left.  You can also go directly to their website - which has useful links to FAFSA and other financial aid and scholarship pages and information specifically for parents as well as students - by clicking on this link: http://www.fastweb.com  Another new and very valuable resource is StartHereGetThere.org , which features FAFSA tutorials, calendars and other information on financial aid.
 
 
Guidance is a comprehensive and integral part of the student's educational process. It is designed to help students with their educational, vocational and social development.
 
The Guidance Department at White Plains High School provides guidance and counseling services to all students from the time that they enter the high school until graduation. Guidance is a service function, which includes a series of, planned and informal activities designed to assist students to understand themselves better, to cope with the normal problems associated with growing up, and to become contributing citizens. The goal of our program is to meet the individual needs of each student and to help achieve a successful high school experience.
 
Guidance and counseling is, however, is more than a program of activities. It is also a relationship that exists between a student and a guidance counselor, the one adult at school who will play a continued and key role during the duration of the student's high school life. From grades nine through twelve, the guidance counselor advises and counsels students about the selection of courses, relationships with teachers and other significant adults, relationships with peers, extra-curricular involvement, career and post-high school planning, coping with pressures, tensions and the day-to-day problems of growing up in a complex, multi-faceted society. 
 

The mission of the White Plains City School District is to educate and inspire all students, while nurturing their dreams, so they learn continually, think critically, pursue their aspirations and contribute to a diverse and dynamic world.