School Counseling

8th Grade Scheduling Presentation
Click the above link to access the PowerPoint from the 8th grade scheduling nights.

WELCOME TO THE SCHOOL COUNSELING SITE:
New Kent High School offers a comprehensive school counseling program. We are passionate about serving our students and parents and welcome appointments to discuss academic, social, emotional, and career concerns. To find out more about what School Counselors do, please read the Role of a School Counselor. Feel free to contact your child's counselor to arrange a meeting.

CHECK US OUT ON TWITTER:
The School Counseling Department is on Twitter! Follow us @NKHSCounseling for important dates, deadlines, and scholarship information!

SILENCE HURTS
NKHS is now using Silence Hurts. Silence Hurts is for reporting information anonymously. It is designed to keep students safe from bullying, drugs, suicide, gangs, violence, and any other threats to student safety. Click this link to report.

SCHOOL COUNSELORS

Ms. Liz Ahlfield	Last Names A-F	eahlfield@nkcps.k12.va.us
	966-9693
Mrs. Kirstin Russow	Last Names G-N	krussow@nkcps.k12.va.us
	966-9692
Mrs. Pamela Nixon	Last Names O-Z	pnixon@nkcps.k12.va.us
	966-8507
Mrs. Bonnie Minor	Secretary/Registrar	b minor@nkcps.k12.va.us
	966-9675

Questions about specific offerings? Please refer to the following list for the appropriate contact person:

AP Testing	Kirstin Russow
ASVAB Testing	Liz Ahlfield
Bridging Communities Information	Pam Nixon
Child Study Facilitation	Kirstin Russow
Chesapeake Bay Governor's School Admissions/Meeting	Liz Ahlfield
Dual Enrollment Information	Pam Nixon
Early College Scholars Information	Pam Nixon
Foreign Exchange Students	Kirstin Russow
Homebound Services	Student's Counselor
Leadership Development Credit	Kirstin Russow
Parchment Transcript Facilitation	Kirstin Russow
Peer Facilitators Group	Liz Ahlfield/Kirstin Russow
PSAT Testing	Liz Ahlfield
SAT Testing and Prep Class	Pam Nixon
Scheduling Process	Pam Nixon
Scholarship Organization	Liz Ahlfield
Virtual Virginia	Pam Nixon
Website and Twitter Information/Editing	Kirstin Russow
504 Plan Management	Student's Counselor

We conduct many events throughout the school year. Here are just a few:

Financial Aid Night	Kirstin Russow
Graduate Student Panel	Liz Ahlfield
New Student Social	Liz Ahlfield
Rappahannock Community College Field Trip	Pam Nixon
Scholarship Ceremony	Liz Ahlfield

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