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Student Services Department
"Your Path, Your Future, Our Guidance"
Welcome to Lakeshore Catholic’s Student Services Department where our motto is: "Your Path, Your Future, Our Guidance".
The Student Services Department at LCHS is a key component of the secondary school program. Through the Student Services department, students will acquire the knowledge and skills that they need in order to learn effectively, to live and work co-operatively and productively with a wide range of people, to set and pursue education and career goals, and to carry out their social responsibilities. The Student Services department delivers this program through various means; including classroom visits, individual counselling, transition activities, orientation and exit programs, post-secondary exploration activities, career exploration and academic support through tutoring.
It is important for you to become familiar with the role of your guidance counselor. Guidance Counselors provide:
- Academic Counselling - course selection and planning, post-secondary program planning and requirements
- Career Counselling - information on the career development process, career search and course planning
- Personal Counselling - personal counselling referrals are made to Student Services Staff or outside agencies when appropriate
- Attendance Counselling - referrals from teachers, parents and school administration
Members of the Department:
Mrs. P. Griepsma - Program Chair of Student Services
Mrs. J. Capretta - Guidance Counsellor
Mrs. M. Benko - Co-op Teacher
Mrs. T. Lenahan - Student Success/Guidance
Mrs. W. Shinners - Child and Youth Worker
Mrs. M. Seca - Program Chair of Resource and Special Education
Mr. Oort - Special Education Teacher
Mrs. Sonya Marques - Guidance Secretary
Orientation And Exit Programs
Individual Pathways Plan
As you move through school and in life, you will make many choices about your education and career plans. Beginning in Grade 7, you will create an Individual Pathways Plan (IPP) and start recording:
- What you have learned about yourself
- Opportunities available to you
- Your goals
- Plans to achieve your goals
The IPP is based on four questions to help you plan your initial post-secondary destination.