Counseling

Farmington Counselor Mission Statement

Farmington counselors believe that a quality comprehensive guidance and counseling program is a flexible, integral component of the total education program. Counselors will provide a quality program to include guidance curriculum, individual planning, responsive services, and systems support to empower students to make responsible academic and career choices, to gain self knowledge and understand others. Guidance and counseling ensures students the opportunity to learn to live, learn, and work throughout their lifetime.

Student Assistance is Available. Contact either your counselor or Mr. Danziger

SCHEDULE CHANGE PROCESS

Questions regarding schedule changes must be made no later than the 3rd day of the new trimester. Requests for schedule changes are for the following reasons:

• Course on schedule has already been completed and credit has been granted
• Credit Recovery*
• Not completing a prerequisite for a currently scheduled class
• Incomplete schedule/computer error+
• Level change (i.e. Honors English 9 to English 9, Chemistry to Honors Chemistry) will be made within the first 10 days of the trimester after discussion with current teacher and student and based upon availability
• Inappropriate class placement due to assessment scores
• Dual Enrollment if student qualifies

*If a required course is failed, then the student can request to be placed back into the same course the next available term.

+You should have 5 classes each term. A computer error is defined as classes taken out of sequence.   For example, Law 2 scheduled before Law 1 or classes scheduled during the same trimester such as Spanish 1A and Spanish 1B.

If you meet the following criteria, PRINT your name on this sheet, your grade, circle the bullet point that applies to you and provide a brief explanation for what needs to be changed. Place the form in your counselor’s mailbox and listen for your name announced over the PA system to come to the Counseling Office. If you do not meet these criteria, the student must make their request for a change in writing and submit the request to Mrs. Kaminski.

The Policy for Adding/Dropping Classes are outlined in detail on the FPS District Site in the Course Description Book .

CREDIT POLICY

Class of 2011 and beyond:

Students have the opportunity to earn a total of 30 credits.  If a student should fail a class, he/she is encouraged to make up that credit.

On occasion, a student fails multiple classes.  If they should fail four courses (two credits), their graduation from Farmington High School is very much in jeopardy.  The Farmington District allows a student to earn up to four credits through classes outside the district.  This includes accredited virtual learning programs, summer school at other districts, and correspondence classes. All outside credits to be used for make up credit must have prior approval from the student’s counselor. Students have four years of traditional public high school, after that time and they have not received their diploma by August 31st of their last year of high school, they will need to contact Farmington Central High School (248.489.3333) about a graduation plan.

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• Help your child start thinking about a career: Review and Sign their electronic EDP.
• Frequently discuss your child's school work and reflection statements to stimulatethinking. Self-reflection is the key to visualizing a tentative career goal.
• Encourage volunteer experiences, mentoring, job-shadowing, internships and/or school-to-work opportunities

• Join and help lead the parent organization.
• Attend parent-teacher conferences and other school events.
• Contact teachers with specific questions and concerns.
• Motivate your child to do homework by emphasizing effort; discuss what is studied.
• Encourage reading.
• Talk with your child about alcohol and other drugs as well as the school code of conduct.
• Teach goal setting and help the student take responsibility for their learning and behavior.