Guidance Department

Welcome to the Pope High School Counseling Page

The Guidance, Counseling, and Career Center provides assistance to Pope students in a variety of areas including academic advisement, career and college planning, and counseling for personal, social, and family problems. Ninety percent of Pope students enter college after high school . . . eighty percent to four year colleges and ten percent to two year colleges. The remainder of students enter vocational/technical schools, the military, or the world of work.

The main focus in our center is helping students prepare for the future. Providing information and guiding students in decision making regarding course selection, career direction, and admission requirements to post secondary institutions are necessary steps in preparing Pope students for the 21st century.

Members of the Pope High School Counseling Department
Kathryn Sax ext. 270	Students all grades    A - E	11th Grade Activities ACT, ESOL
Leslie Shearstone ext. 235	Students all grades    F – K	10th Grade Activities Department Chair
Angie Bruce ext. 236	Students all grades    L - Q	12th Grade Activities SAT, HOPE
Kea Sparkman Ext. 237	Students all grades    R - Z	9th Grade Activities 8th Articulation
Janet Callahan ext. 233	Counselor	GHSGT, PSAT, OAS
Janie Ledbetter Leigh Nielsen ext. 225	Graduation Coaches	At Risk Student Programs, RTI Tier 3
Debra Aubrecht ext. 271	Guidance Clerk	Scholarships, College Visits
Alice Brown Ext. 269	Records Clerk	Transcripts, Records Requests
Marlene Henderson ext. 264	Guidance Clerk	Work Permits

Leadership and Summer Programs

Download leadership_and_summer_programs.doc

Scholarships

Download current_scholarships_41708.doc

Rising 9th Grade Class of 2012 Info Meeting

Click on the following link to see the Power Point Presentation from the Information Meeting held Monday February 25, 2008:

Download 8th_grade_cls_2012_parent_version.ppt

If your rising 9th grader attends Hightower Trail or Dodgen Middle Schools and is a resident in the Pope district, you should have received registation materials for your student at school on Monday Feb 25th.  If you need assistance or have questions about your student's recommendations, you may schedule an appointment to meet with one of the Pope counselors at Dodgen on Wed Feb 27th or Hightower on Thurs Feb 28th.  Please call the 8th grade counselor at your school to make this appointment.

If your rising 9th grader attends a private school but resides in the Pope district, you may call the Guidance Office at Pope to schedule a registration appointment with your child's counselor after we return form Spring Break, the week of April 14th.  The guidance telephone is 770.578.7903.  We have registration packets that you can pick up ahead of time to prepare for your appointment.

Sophomore Parent Night 2008

Clink on the link below to view the power point from Sophomore Parent Night held on February 21, 2008:

Download sophomore_parent_night_08.ppt

JHEP/Accel Program Meeting

Pope Guidance had an informational meeting on Nov. 1st at 6:30 in room 104 about the Joint Enrollment Honors Programs offered by area colleges which provide Georgia high school students with the opportunity to earn college credit hours as they simultaneously meet their high school graduation requirements.  Below are the handouts and PowerPoint presented at this meeting.  If you wish to discuss this option for your student further, contact your child's guidance counselor.

Download parent_night_cover_sheet_200708.doc

Download accel_summary1.pdf

Download admission_criteria.doc

Download two_year_academy_programs.doc

Download accel_app1.pdf

Download pp_for_jehpaccel_meeting.ppt

Download jehp_concent_form1.pdf

Freshman Parent Meeting PPT 9/26/07

To view the Power Point Presentation given at the Freshman Parent Meeting on 9/26/07 please click on this link:  Download freshmen_parent_night_0708.ppt

To view the Freshman Parent Cheatsheet distroibuted at the meeting, click here:  Download freshman_parent_cheat_sheet.doc

Ask your student to share with you the Freshman Guidance booklet we presented to them during 9th grade guidance lessons the week of September 17th.  If he or she did not have this lesson because of absence, we have a few extras available in the Guidance department.  It's a more "student friendly" version of the information we presented to parents during the parent meeting on Sept 26th.

Some of our families like to start a "Guidance Folder" to keep all of our handouts available for future reference.

Senior Reference Guide and Senior Parent Night

Click on the link below to view the Senior Reference Guide which was given to students during their classroom guidance lesson the week of August 27, 2007.  This file contains a great deal of information that will be helpful to students as they prepare their Post-Secondary Plans.  In addition to going over the information in the guide, Seniors were shown how to check their transcript.  Please ask your child to show you their transcript and the guide to checking the transcript.

Download seniorreference_guidefinal_class_of_2007.doc

The first link below will provide access to the handout that was available at Senior Parent Night, August 28, 2007.  The second link is the power point that was used in the presentation.  If you have questions about this information, please give us a call in the guidance office.

Download parent_night_handout.doc

Download senior_parent_night_2007.ppt