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 Welcome to the Broomfield High Counseling Office!

Broomfield High School Counselors provide:

  • Personal and Social Counseling
  • Academic Advisement and Consultation
  • Career Counseling and Post Graduate Planning
  • Crisis Counseling
  • Curriculum and school wide system planning and support

Students see our counselors for:

  • Educational Planning
  • Assistance in resolving academic difficulties
  • Dealing with school pressures
  • Acquiring information about the school and community
  • Career planning
  • Sharing successes with adults

Our Counselors are available to parents for:

  • Consultation about student/parent needs and concerns
  • Post-secondary planning
  • Problem solving
  • Referrals to community agencies
  • Academic advisement

How to see one of our Counselors:

  • A student or a parent can see one of our counselors on a drop-in basis at the Response Desk which is covered daily
  • A student can sign up with our Counseling Secretary, Donna, or with the Response Counselor for a time for an appointment with any of the counselors
  • A parent can call or email a counselor or contact our Counseling Secretary, Donna, for an appointment

 Counselor

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Janice Dempsey
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Reponse to Intervention
Student Support Process
720.561.5374
Gina Malecha
Department Chair                       Department Newsletter
Freshman Seminar
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College Concurrent Enrollment
720.561-5372
Sheila Powers-Wright
Student Leadership
At Risk Liaison
Attendance
TEC
720.561-5386
James Greene
Naviance
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ESL  (Spanish Speakers)
720.561.5387
Heather Trujillo
Registrar
720.561.5388
Counseling Fax Number
720.561.5389
Donna Maestas
Counseling Secretary
720.561.5384

 Process for requesting a transcript

Past Graduate Info:
Send a request with Name at the time of graduation, Year of Graduation, where transcript needs to be mailed, $2 processing fee.  Send to our Counseling Secretary, Donna’s Attention, Broomfield High School, #1 Eagle Way, Broomfield, CO  80020

 

Current Students: 
Come in to Counseling and fill out a blue “Senior Records Request Form”, $4 for the first and final transcript and then $2 for processing each college application and bring a stamped envelope addressed to the college or scholarship. 

 Student Forms

 STEPS TO COLLEGE

 Senior Review:

         Seniors need to come to the Counseling Office and schedule a Senior Review with one of the counselors.  During their Review, we will discuss their progress toward meeting graduation requirements and their post secondary plans. Information will be available on 2 and 4 year colleges, vocational and technical schools, specialty schools, applications, financial aid, scholarships, military, gap year, and other related topics.

 Complete the release of Transcripts Form:

Come to the counseling office and pick up a blue “Senior Records Request Form”. This form needs to be signed by parents, if you are not 18 years of age. The form must be on file in the counseling office before transcripts can be sent. This form only needs to be completed once.

 Official & Unofficial Transcripts:

For a transcript to be considered “official”, the transcript must be stamped with the Broomfield High School seal, signed with an authorized signature, and mailed from the high school.

Cost of Transcripts:

The cost of the first transcript is $4.00; which covers the first and final transcripts; each additional transcript costs $2 each. If paying by check, make check payable to BHS. 

 NCAA:

Students planning on participating in collegiate Division I or II sports must register with the NCAA Clearing House online and pay fees online.  In order for the counseling office to send transcripts, print out the “Transcript Release Authorization” forms (both 1 and 2) on the NCAA website; sign the forms and bring both forms to the counseling office. Cost for transcripts is $4.00 (first and final). If paying by check, make check payable to BHS.

The NCAA website is:      https://web1.ncaa.org/eligibilitycenter/common/

 ACT & SAT Testing:

·        Register to take the ACT or SAT test in the fall of your senior year to improve scores or if you have not taken them before.

·        Go on-line to register for the tests at www.actstudent.org (ACT) or www.collegeboard.com (SAT).  Have ACT or SAT scores sent to your colleges of interest (up to four colleges can be listed).

Naviance:

Workspace K12/Naviance is a database system that helps our students in the sometimes overwhelming college selection/application process.  It is a college research and application tracking tool; as well as a way for the BHS Counseling Office to communicate with you about important events such as college visits, scholarships, and test preparation.  Students and parents can access Family Connection, the student/parent portal, from school or home to assist them in the college/career selection process.  With Family Connections, students and parents can research colleges nationwide, create a list of schools that interest them, and browse and apply for the large number of scholarships that come through our office.

 If you do not have a log-on, access information is available in the counseling office.

Colleges you are interested in:

·        Read the freshman admissions section on the college’s individual website or in their catalog.

·        Check requirements needed-ACT, SAT I, SAT II testing, academic units, letters of recommendation and personal essays. 

College admissions deadlines:

Deadlines are different for each college - note dates for admissions, housing, scholarship, and financial aid. Be aware of when application materials need to be postmarked. 

Completing Applications:

·        Most applications can be done online and some colleges may waive the application fee for completing online applications.

·        Follow all directions. (Some colleges have you print forms that require a counselor to complete.)

·        If not applying online but filling out a paper application make sure it is neat and complete.  Photocopy the application and complete a rough draft first.  Remember, your applications establish a first impression – type or neatly print, using black ink.

·        Note deadline dates

·        Sign and date the application.

·        Verify that the college will accept ACT/SAT test score from BHS. Some colleges will only accept scores from the testing agency.

·        Double check application to ensure that all questions have been answered

·        Either pay application fees online or bring a check to the Counseling office when you request transcripts to be sent. 

Paper Applications Not Requiring Counselor Input:

Bring in the application, application fee (if paying by check; make check payable to the college), optional essay, and a stamped envelope addressed to the college admission office.  

Applications Requiring Teacher Recommendations:

Students should contact the teacher as soon as they know a recommendation is needed.  Students must complete a teacher recommendation questionnaire which is available in the counseling office and give it to the teacher to help him/her write the letter of recommendation.  Request the recommendation 14 school days before the recommendation is to be mailed.  Please provide the teacher with a pre-addressed stamped envelope. The teacher will mail the recommendation directly to the college.

Applications Requiring Counselor Input /Recommendation:

During the online application process, some colleges will require you to print forms that must be completed by the counseling office. Students complete their portions of these forms and sign the form before bringing them to the Counseling office Secretary.

 If the college requires a letter of recommendation from a counselor, make an appointment in the counseling office to talk with a counselor as soon a possible.  The counselors need 14 school days to complete the letter.

 Sending Applications:

·        Allow 14 days for the application to be processed through the Counseling office

·        Bring the completed application to the counselor, including the mid-year report, and a stamped enveloped addressed to the college admissions office.  If not paying fees online, attach a check payable to the college for the admission fee.  Colleges generally require an application fee ranging from $30-$50.

·        Attach $2 for transcript fee, (the first application is $4 this includes the $2 for your final transcript.

·        The counselor will complete his/her section of the application.

·        It is not necessary to wait for ACT/SAT test scores before applying. 

Acceptance:

·        Regular decision applicants are generally informed in the spring.

·        Early Action and Early Decision applicants will generally be informed in January or February.

·        For colleges that use rolling admissions, such as University of Colorado-Boulder, students will received admissions decisions based on the quality of the applicant.  Most students will receive information in 4 – 6 weeks

·        Colleges communicate directly with the applicant.

·        Inform the counseling office when you are accepted. 

Scholarship Information from BHS:

All scholarship information will be placed on the Naviance Database System which is available to all students and parents at BHS.   Scholarships are added weekly to Naviance; students are urged to check this system regularly.

 

 

 

 College Information Links

Below are links to websites that may provide you with important information and facts as you work yourself through the college selection process.  As you learn more about the process, always work with the appropriate counselor to ensure correctness.

 

www.collegeincolorado.org 

College sites, Colorado applications

www.ncaa.org

College Athletic information for Division I and II

www.web1.ncaa.org/eligibilitycenter Eligibility for athletes

http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/ 

Federal financial aid web site

www.fastweb.com

Financial aid and free scholarship search

https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/default.aspx

Common Application form used by a number of Colleges

http://www.act.org/

ACT testing information and on line registration

http://www.act.org/news/use/index.html 

ACT  “news you can use” electronic Newsletter

https://cofweb.cslp.org/cofapp

College opportunity fund website

www.collegeboard.org

SAT testing registration, interests, descriptions of colleges, etc. Free scholarship/college searches and college planning