HOLMES COUNSELING CONNECTIONS
Counseling Office Number 210-397-7032
The Holmes Counseling Department supports the educational, career, personal, and social development of all students and is designed to include the following components: Guidance Curriculum, Individual Planning, Responsive Services, and System Support.
Guidance Curriculum
School counselors provide classroom guidance lessons that facilitate student growth and development in the areas of educational, career, personal, and social development in four curricular content areas: Intrapersonal Effectiveness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Post-Secondary Education and Career Readiness, and Personal Health and Safety.
Individual Planning
The individual planning component guides students to plan, monitor, and manage their own educational, career, personal and social development. Each student is provided with necessary steps toward his/her established goals.
Responsive Service
In this component, school counselors intervene with or on behalf of those students in pre-kindergarten through 12th grades whose personal circumstances, concerns, or problems are threatening to interfere with or are interfering with their healthy educational, personal, social, career and/or educational development.
System Support
The System Support component describes management activities which assure the delivery of a high quality school counseling program, and service which indirectly benefits students by supporting other programs.
Junior & Senior Career Guide: This Handbook contains suggestions to help Northside ISD students prepare for life after high-school. Whether you are planning to start a full-time job, join the military, or attend college or trade school, this handbook contains information to meet your specific needs.
Academic Planning helps you know what is required for high school coursework and/or graduation. To help you plan visit our NISD graduation page to learn more.
Cafe College can assist families with College Admission, Financial Aid Guidance, Career Exploration, College Applications, Advising, SAT/ACT Preparation You can visit their website cafecollege.org Our new SAEP Representative is Lilibeth Ariceaga and her email is lariceaga@saedpartnership.org
College Board Register and/or view your SAT/PSAT scores online.
The Holmes College & Career Center (CCC) is a resource location designed to help our students and parents towards post-secondary success. Our CCC is open before and after school (F Building), as well as during lunch. Our students will have access to all sorts of information pertaining to SAT/ACT registration, scholarships, career options, and so much more!
Communities in Schools (CIS) can provide additional services to our students on campus in areas such as supportive guidance, academic assistance, help with basic needs, career awareness, enrichment activities, and parent and family engagement. You may reach CIS at 210.397.3000 X 6950
Holmes Course Catalog is on NISD's Course Catalogs page.
Khan Academy Free SAT practice.
The San Antonio Education Partnership (SAEP) works closely with students to assist in the college application process and providing information on various scholarships in order to help students earn a college degree.Our new SAEP Representative is Lilibeth Ariceaga and her email is lariceaga@saedpartnership.org
San Antonio Food Bank please visit https://safoodbank.org/
Stop Bullying for information you can visit https://www.stopbullying.gov/
Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-8255 or visit https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org
Texas Law Help visit at https://texaslawhelp.org