Julie Hitchcock Head Counselor [ A - C ]
*CSF Advisor
Araceli Loya
School Counselor [ D - H ]
*Scholarship Coordinator
Sara Huerta
School Counselor [ I - Mo ]
*Community Service Contact
Sarah Delos Reyes
School Counselor [ Mu - Rom ]
Grace Foust
School Counselor [ Ron - Z ]
*College Visit Contact
Pamela Jacoby
School Psychologist
Karen Cassard
Counseling Secretary
Email: Karen.Cassard@sweetwaterschools.org
Rosalia Garcia
Registrar
Monday thru Friday 7:00 am to 3:30 pm
Phone: (619) 656-2420
Fax: (619) 656-2425
As a student at Olympian High, you are assigned to a counselor based on your last name. Your counselor is responsible for helping you with academic, career, educational, personal and social needs. Information that you share with a counselor is by law confidential – the counselor can not share that information without your permission with anyone else.
The only exception to this is if your health, safety or welfare or someone else’s is in danger. Counseling services offered at Olympian High include, but are not limited to, providing:
• All students with a 4-year plan leading to graduation.
• Appropriate referrals to community resources for psychological counseling and substance abuse programs.
• Information regarding tutoring & test preparation courses.
• Support groups on a variety of issues such as dealing with grief, divorce, drugs and alcohol, and sexuality.
• Assistance in selecting courses related to career & college planning.
• Access to financial aid and scholarships for college.
• Career assessments and interest inventories.
• Information on college entrance and placement exams.
• Classroom presentations on college requirements.
• Information on student grades, credits, schedules, and standardized test scores.
• Assistance in facilitating parent/teacher conferences.
• Crisis counseling.
• Assistance in taking concurrent Southwestern College courses.
• Conflict mediation.
• Access to college representatives and information on college presentations and college fairs.
• Safe and confidential atmosphere for students to share personal issues.
• Peer counseling services.
• Study team approach to research appropriate services for at-risk students.
• Information on alternative school programs.
• Assistance in obtaining and completing college applications.
• Lessons on goal-setting, study skills, stress relief, anger management, etc.
Students are welcome to visit the Counseling Center before or after school, at nutrition break or lunch. If you prefer that your counselor call you out of class, you may complete a “Counselor Request Form” found in the Counseling Center.