The underlying mission of the Upper School Counseling Department is to provide an environment of individualized support that encourages and strengthens each student’s ability to make positive choices in his/her life, both from an academic as well as a personal perspective. The counselors seek to challenge the students to extend themselves beyond their comfort levels and grow into young men and women of strong Christian faith, high academic achievement, and moral responsibility.
Working with students during all six Upper School years, the Guidance Counselor and then the College Counselor (students assigned alphabetically by last name) provide individualized and small group encounters. Goals stressed include:
- development of decision-making skills that honor Christ and serve to grow the student’s faith
- pursuit of the most rigorous academic curriculum manageable
- an ongoing evaluation of academic progress and plans for improvement
- strategies for gaining access to the most select colleges and universities suited to each student’s individual interests and needs.
The CHCA Counselors assist students to choose courses, provide personality assessment and career counseling, and educate students and parents on the necessary steps to find the ideal college match stressing the unique gifts of each student.
Our college counseling program is an important and individualized process that begins in grade nine and continues through the end of the senior year. Students are counseled and provided the tools to navigate the increasingly competitive and complicated college search process.
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