Supportive Student Programs
COUNSELING AND GUIDANCE
Helping students to know themselves and realize their potential is the focus of the Counseling Department. Counselors work with students individually and in groups to help them identify their strengths, weaknesses, values, and interests.
In addition, counselors assist students in their post-secondary plans as follows: identifying and selecting colleges, applying for scholarships, completing financial aid forms, and in placements for vocational and technical training. Counselors also serve as liaisons between students, parents, school, and the community by assisting, monitoring, and/or making referrals regarding academic, social, and vocational needs.
As a part of that vision, counselors foster in students the desire and ability to succeed academically and socially and to become contributing members of their community.
HEALTH SERVICES
Through its student health services the school shall seek:
1. To help students maintain good health through referrals to parents when results of required screening tests or observations by school personnel indicate illness or need for medical attention/correction.
2. To provide emergency care when staff/students become ill or are injured at school.
3. To protect students from contagion through carrying out policies relating to immunizations, physical examinations, and the return of students to school after illness or injury.
School health services shall not include treatment, except emergency treatment and/or first aid. In each school, the school health office shall keep and maintain all cumulative health records of students and an up-to-date file giving the name of each student’s family physician and other persons to call in the event his/her parent cannot be reached in case of emergency. No school personnel, including the school nurse, shall dispense medications, including Tylenol, except under conditions set forth in the Board-approved regulations on the administration of medicines by school personnel.
Additional health services are available at the School-Based Health Clinic run by Yale New Haven Hospital. Enrollment information and permission forms are available at the beginning of the school year or by contacting the clinic directly.
MEDIA CENTER
The Library/Media Center provides a wide variety of print and non-print materials, equipment, and services primarily to support the curriculum, but also to serve the personal needs of the students and staff. Resources include an extensive book collection, which is accessed by a computerized card catalog, a large number of periodicals, and audiovisual materials. Online database search capability and access to our local library network afford students the opportunity to locate and gather information from outside sources. The Library/Media Center is open for extended hours during most of the school year. Career High School staff members supervise the library/media center during these extended hours. Note: The Library/Media Center has become an important curricular hub in our school, and is often used by full classes to do research or access information on computer terminals. As we anticipate this to increase, we similarly expect that all students who utilize the Library/Media Center to respect the rights of their fellow students regarding an appropriate academic atmosphere and behavior. Students who fail to abide by this may be asked to leave the Library/Media Center until their behavior indicates they will act appropriately.