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From the Bellaire Counseling Office:
It has been a fabulous first two weeks of the 2024-2025 school year! It is so great seeing and working with students on campus again!
What do High School Counselors do? Bellaire High School Counselors provide direct and indirect services to students to promote overall student wellbeing and achievement. Services include individual student planning through academic advising, scheduling and goal setting through personal graduation plans, high school 101 classroom guidance to 9th-grade students, and consultation with parents and faculty to provide support for students. Along with our Social Worker, Ms. Aguilar, we also provide responsive services to meet students' immediate needs and concerns. If your student ever has an immediate need, they can visit our offices or submit a SAF (Student Assistance Form) at this link. SAF QR codes are posted all around campus. If you don’t know who your student’s Counselor is, there is a list on Bellaire.org under “Counselors.”
Regarding Schedule Changes: Over the last two weeks, the BHS Counselors received many schedule changes from students and teacher requests for students to be placed in specific class periods due to auditions or tryouts.
Please note that scheduling newly enrolled students and working with students in crisis take precedence, but the BHS Counselors will continue to process the schedule change requests as quickly as possible in the order received. Our teachers know that student schedules are still being adjusted and work with students as they are added to courses.
Things we are noticing that are slowing down the schedule change process are :
- Students submitting multiple requests for the same change.
- Students sending in the requests and also email the Counselor.
- Students coming to the Counseling office during class time regarding a schedule change.
- Requests are being made for specific class periods and specific teachers. It is important for students to keep in mind that students cannot request specific teachers and class periods. Not every class is offered at every period by every teacher.
- Some courses are full. We cannot overfill a course to accommodate a student’s schedule change request.
Course change requests must be processed by the 15th day of school year, which is Friday, August 30th.
Level Changes
The level change window is Sept. 3-27. (For example, a student wants to drop PreAP World Geography and add Academic World Geography.) Level change forms can be downloaded here or picked up in the counselor's office. The student, parent, and teacher must sign the Level Change Request form.
No level changes will occur in the first three weeks of school, with the exceptions listed below. Once the level change window is open, changes can occur until the end of the first six weeks. Also, there will be no level changes on the days teachers verify grades for the first six weeks. Students are still able to turn in the level change form during that time, and it will be applied to the second six weeks once grades are published.
Exceptions:
1. The incorrect level was placed on your schedule. (You did not request the level.)
2. You are a new student to BHS (any grade level) in the 2024-2025 school year.
3. If a student is recommended to move up a level, parent approval is required.
We appreciate your patience during this extremely busy time. The BHS Counselors will continue working hard to process the changes received.
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