Jr/Sr High School

 Ms. Tracey Warner serves the West Middlesex Area School District as the Middle School and Senior High School Counselor. 

• Ms. Warner is primarily responsible for students and guidance related supports for grades 7- 12. 

She is available to meet with students, parents, and teachers in regards to a number of issues that may include a student's academic progress, social development, and emotional well-being.

Specific services that the guidance department offers include the following:

• Counseling individual students who may experience academic, social, and/or emotional issues.
• Consulting with parents whose student(s) may be experiencing challenges at school or at home.
• Collaborating with teachers in order to assist and support students academically and socially in the classroom setting.
• Advocating for all students to ensure that they receive a safe, personalized, and effective education.

Each year it is the goal of the Guidance Department to ensure that West Middlesex students clearly understand the scheduling process and the courses for which they are scheduling. By adhering to an efficient timeline, student will receive ample opportunities to examine their academic plan, seek the support of counselors and teachers, review their decisions, and if necessary, make changes prior to the end of the current school year. Below is the tentative scheduling timeline:

Spring Semester

• Students will meet with the School Counselor in a classroom setting for information on course offerings and scheduling strategies and to make preliminary course selections. 
• Students will work with the School Counselor and classroom teachers to select core and elective courses. 

Spring Semester through Summer

• Opportunities for scheduling changes through Guidance/Administration

First 10 Days of Fall Semester

• This is the drop/add period for Full Year or Fall/Spring Semester courses.  No schedule changes for Fall Semester courses will be permitted after this 10-day window.

First 15 Days of Fall Semester

• This is the drop/add period for Full Year courses.  No schedule changes for Full Year courses will be permitted after this 10-day window.
  

First 10 Days of Spring Semester

• This is the drop/add period for Spring Semester courses.  No schedule changes will be permitted after this 10-day window.

After the drop/add period, students may request course changes ONLY for the following reasons:

• Health problems verified by a physician
• Computer errors or conflicts
• Need to earn credit(s) for graduation (Seniors only)
• Emergency situations as deemed appropriate by the Principal in consultation with the School Counselor and teacher(s)  

Any other circumstance that results in students dropping a class may result in an F (failure) on their permanent record card and transcript.  The failure will be calculated into their final grade point average and class rank.  Students must make all schedule changes before the mandated deadline.  Any student who wishes to be excused from a class because he/she finds the material presented objectionable to them for moral, religious, or ethical reasons, may be excused from that class or unit, as deemed permissible by administration and with faculty and parent input.  An alternative assignment will be given for units missed.