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Counseling

Morton Freshman Center Counseling

School counselors provide comprehensive support to help students achieve academic success and prepare for their future. Counseling services address academic planning, social and emotional well-being, postsecondary and career planning, interpersonal development, and successful transition into college, career, and life beyond high school. Students and families are encouraged to contact their school counselor by phone or email to schedule an appointment or learn more about available resources and support.

Don’t Know Who Your Counselor Is?

Log in to Skyward and select the Student Info tab to find your assigned counselor.

How Do I Contact My Counselor?

Counselors and College and Career Center staff are available by phone, email, Microsoft Teams, or in person. Select your counselor’s name to view their availability and schedule an appointment.

Please Note: For in-person appointments at Morton Freshman Center, present your email confirmation to security at the front desk upon arrival.

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Gabriel Villanueva

Counselor Coordinator

Email Gabriel Villanueva

Lucy Brannigan

Guidance Counselor

Email Lucy Brannigan

Lee Meyers

Guidance Counselor

Email Lee Meyers

 

Carole Mestousis

Guidance Counselor

Email Carole Mestousis

SchooLinks

SchooLinks is a modern, college and career readiness platform to prepare students for what comes after graduation. SchooLinks helps students discover their interests and strengths, explore colleges and careers, and create an individualized career and academic plan that best reflects their post-secondary goals. SchooLinks at J. Sterling Morton District 201 is accessible to students and their parents/guardians in 9th-12th grades.

SchooLinks features are incredibly user-friendly and were designed to streamline the college and career readiness workflow for counselors and staff.

Using SchooLinks, students and families can:

  • Access career interest, strength, and mindset surveys

  • Explore 2-year and 4-year colleges

  • Create course plans based on career pathways

  • Take virtual reality college campus tours

  • Search for scholarships

  • Learn about financial aid

  • Find internship and volunteer opportunities

  • Explore traditional, emerging, and military career fields

  • Create digital portfolios/resumes

  • Communicate with counselors

  • Build their PCAP

Using SchooLinks, teachers, counselors, and staff can:

  • Centralize all student info in one place (course plans, resumes, transcripts, scores, etc)

  • Track students’ college applications

  • Post internships, scholarships, and career fairs

  • Send electronic transcripts and supporting documents

  • 3-way communication among students, parents, and counselors

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