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The Guidance and Personal Counseling Department at St. Anthony Junior-Senior High School exists for one purpose: to assist students and teachers. It is important that students and parents become aware of the services provided by the department such as:

• To provide a safe environment for each student to share obstacles, problems, and difficulties that may arise during the adolescent years. Students should find the counselors to be accepting and compassionate toward their needs by teaching students coping skills, accepting responsibility, dealing with conflicts, relating with others, and problem solving. Counselors are bound by law to keep information shared in a counseling session confidential.
• To prepare each student for adult choices by giving him/her a responsible share in his/her education. This is done in many ways, especially by allowing the student to choose his/her own program and by helping him/her to develop habits of self-discipline and correct decision-making.
• To prepare the student for a future where change will be the natural state of society. Students should be helped to find their place in a dynamic, ever changing world of information and viewpoints. They should be able to recognize problems caused by the fact that people now change many times during their lives, and they should be aware of possible solutions to these problems.
• To prepare the student for the immediate future through regular guidance about continued education and a means of financing that education.