Guidance Department
     Each student at St. Elizabeth is assigned a counselor responsible for aiding him with any problem he may encounter - educational, vocational, or personal. In many cases this aid will take the form of directing the students to the proper person to handle their problem: Dean of Studies, Dean of Students, teacher, etc.
     The counselor helps the student get oriented to the school, discusses curriculum offerings, and helps him to select the subjects which will enable him to achieve his vocational goal. The counselor also assists him in his selection of a college and helps him become well rounded educationally.      Counselors will give students as much help with per­sonal problems as they can. Sometimes, however, it becomes necessary for the school to recommend and/or require students to get outside professional help. Parents are always consulted when it becomes necessary to take this action and counselors can help parents to choose appro­priate individuals or agencies, which may best offer help.
      Upon enrollment in St. Elizabeth High School, parents are asked to provide the school with information on learning disabilities that apply to their child. The names of all students so identified are provided to teachers at the beginning of each school year. Teachers may check complete records and evaluations in the students' folders in the Guidance Office. Counselors are available to help with interpretation of educationa1/psychological evaluations.
     Depending on a student's specific disabilities, various accommodations may be possible: preferential seating in class, oral testing, tape recording of class lectures/discussions, and extended testing time. Parents and students must be aware that all recommendations from physicians for the optimal learning environment of a particular child may not be able to be implemented in this high school. Students with documented learning disabilities should be allowed extra time on major tests or exams. However, it is the student's responsibility to ask for the extra time in advance and make the appropriate arrangements for transportation home.  Coaches and club moderators will be flexible in cases where diagnosed students arrive late to practice because of completing tests.

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