Provide proactive and collaborative leadership in the delivery of programs and services to help all students achieve success in school and society “one student at a time." This accomplished by developing a comprehensive program covering counseling domains/standards in the academic, career, and personal/social realms.
The school counselor is involved with individual planning for students including graduation requirements and college and career searching; and facilitates consultations between parents, teachers and students when needed.
Under "Links" you will find links to:
American School Counselor Association (ASCA)
New York State School Counselors Association (NYSSCA)
Scholarships for Academic Excellence
Are now available from the NYS Higher Education Scholarship Corporation (HESC). Based on our graduating class size Oxford Academy High School will be awarded 1 scholarship valued at $1,500 and 2 scholarships valued at $500. These are one time scholarships, NOT renewable awards.
Eligibility:
-Each winner must be a NYS high school graduate by the end of the current school year; their senior year.
-Each winner must be a legal resident of NYS for at least 1 year prior to September 30th of their senior year.
-Each winner must be in attendance as a full-time, matriculated student at an approved New York Sate post secondary institution (college) by the Fall semester after their graduation year.
Determining Winners:
-We determine the Academic Excellence scholarship recipients' based on rank.
HONOR ROLL
Students taking 6 or more credits will be eligible for Honor Roll. CTE Center courses count as one mark in calculating either high honor or honor roll. Any exception to this provision will be reviewed on a case by case basis by the Principal and Superintendent of Schools. In addition, in order to be eligible, a student may not have dropped a course after two weeks into the semester, may not be failing any course, and may not have any incompletes for that marking period.
HIGH HONOR ROLL - 92.0* average and above
HONOR
ROLL - 85.0* average and above
*No
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