School Counseling

WELCOME TO THE NKHS 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 FOR UPDATES:

Please see our Schoology page for updates and information for all grade levels. Also, 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-E	eahlfield@nkcps.k12.va.us
	966-9693
Ms. Rita Richardson	Last Names F-Ma	rlrichardson@nkcps.k12.va.us
	966-9692
Ms. Jennifer Dwiggins	Last Names Mc-Sn	jdwiggins@nkcps.k12.va.us
	966-9671
Mrs. Pamela Nixon	Last Names So-Z	pnixon@nkcps.k12.va.us
	966-8507
Mrs. Bonnie Minor	Secretary/Registrar	bminor@nkcps.k12.va.us
	966-9675

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

AP Testing	Rita Richardson/Liz Ahlfield
ASVAB Testing	Pam Nixon
Bridging Communities Information	Pam Nixon
Chesapeake Bay Governor's School Admissions/Meeting	Liz Ahlfield
Classroom Lessons	All Counselors
Crisis Intervention	All Counselors and Support Services Staff
Dual Enrollment Information	Pam Nixon
Early College Scholars Information	Pam Nixon
Financial Aid Night	Jennifer Dwiggins
Foreign Exchange Students	Jennifer Dwiggins
Grad Panel	Rita Richardson
Graduation Requirement Tracking	Student's Counselor
Homebound Services	Student's Counselor
Individual Student Meetings	Student's Counselor
Leadership Development Credit	Liz Ahlfield
Locally Verified Credits	Rita Richardson
New Student Social	Rita Richardson
Parchment Transcript Facilitation	Rita Richardson
PSAT Testing	Jennifer Dwiggins
Rappahannock Community College Field Trip	Pam Nixon
SAT Testing and Prep Class	Pam Nixon
Scheduling Process	Pam Nixon
Scholarship Organization	Liz Ahlfield
Small Groups	All Counselors
Virginia Placement Testing for BCTC/DE	Pam Nixon
Virtual Virginia	Pam Nixon
Website and Twitter Information/Editing	Jennifer Dwiggins
504 Plan Management	Student's Counselor
8th grade Panel	Jennifer Dwiggins

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