COUNSELORS

Mrs. Kim Bronson
Ms. Dena Tracanna
Mrs. Lori Lindsey
Ms. Diana White

Guidance Technician

Mrs. Vanda Wilshire
Mrs. Diana Fisher

STUDENT RESOURCES  (top)

GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING

Counselors are available to assist students with academic, college, career and social/emotional needs. We are prepared to help students with a four-year high school program, college and career planning, as well as trade and technical vocations. If you have questions about your graduation status or about the kinds of electives which are most appropriate to your particular goals, any counselor can help you. Students may make appointments to see counselors at snack, lunch, before, and after school. Parents are asked to call and make an appointment.  The Sun Center is located in the “A” Building and is open from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. daily.

CAREER AND COLLEGE INFORMATION

Counselors and Guidance Technicians are available in the Sun Center to answer questions on college, careers, technical preparation, and job availability. Students may see counselors at snack, lunch, before, and after school. Parents are asked to call and make an appointment.

LIBRARY AND RESOURCE CENTER

The library can be helpful with finding research material, books on your favorite subject (fact or fiction), or “how to do it” articles for a project at school or even at home. Textbooks are issued from and returned to the Textbook Window at the east side of the Library Building. This is also the place to pay for lost books.

RECORDS OFFICE

The Records’ Office personnel maintains all school records for students. Students needing transcripts or signatures on various forms must request these services 48 hours in advance. The Records Office is located in the Sun Center. There is a charge for transcripts.

COURSES AND CREDIT (top)

NUMBER OF COURSES PER TRI-MESTER

Students have the opportunity to take 5 courses per tri-mester.  Students may take up to 15 courses per year.

REPEATING A COURSE MCHS

Students may repeat any course at Mt. Carmel for the purpose of improving a grade. Only the better grade will be averaged in the GPA. Exception: for courses taken to fulfill college entrance requirements, only two may be repeated for grade improvements. If you are repeating a course in order to improve your grade, the Registrar must be informed during the first two weeks of the semester. Five (5) credits will be earned ONLY if the grade of “F” was received in the course being repeated. (e.g., if a grade of D or better is repeated, the student loses 5 credits).

GRADE POINT AVERAGE (GPA)

GPA courses will include all courses except Physical Education, Marching Physical Education, School Services, and Work Experience. NOTE: Tall Flags will receive GPA status only when taken for elective credit. If it is taken as a P.E., it will not count toward GPA.

PASS/FAIL

In order to allow students to take courses to enrich their high school experiences without endangering their GPA, individual students may elect to take courses on a pass/fail basis. Students must complete all pass/fail requests during the first five days of a semester. Students cannot apply for pass/fail for any courses in the A-G requirements for the University of California or for graduation requirements, and students may opt for only one pass/fail academic class per semester. Once a student has applied to take a course pass/fail, she/he may not opt to receive a letter grade at the end of the semester. “WF” ON 4-YEAR CARD Withdrawal from a course made during the first twenty school days of a semester will not appear on the four-year card or report card. Any withdrawal from the department initiated after the first twenty (20) days of a semester will be designated by a “WF"; a “WF" will be computed in the student’s GPA.

REGISTRATION

We ask for student and parent cooperation in carefully considering the courses and alternate courses which are written on the registration form. Your course choices on the registration form determine which courses are actually built into the school program for a given semester. English, Social Science, Math, Science, and World Language classes are yearlong, and it is expected that students enrolled in these classes will remain in them for the entire school year.