Freshman Counseling

Welcome to the Freshman Counseling Page!

Lake High School believes that Freshman students are a unique group with a unique set of needs. As a result, we have one counselor specifically assigned to work with the Freshman class each year as well as SCSCA Award2.jpg other programs in place to help get them off to a great start as LHS students.

Counselor: Mrs. Katie Marko (markokatie@lakelocal.org)

Hours: Monday through Friday 8:15-12

Mentoring Program: Mentoring is a required class for all Freshman students. It is 24 minutes per day Monday through Thursday with one mentor teacher and 3-5 student mentors. Our student mentors are Juniors and Seniors who have applied and interviewed for the position of LHS student mentor. On Fridays, Freshman students who have all C's or higher and no significant discipline infractions are allowed privilege time. This gives them a long lunch period. Students who do not meet these standards are assigned to a loss of privilege (LOP) study hall.

Mentoring Activities
Monday	Students participate in small group discussions with their assigned student mentor. Discussions can include anything from upcoming school activities to social and academic frustrations or triumphs.
Tuesday	Speakers come in to address each mentoring group in our performing arts hall. Past speakers have included our own staff members, former LHS students, community agency employees and police officers. Topics vary from study skills and college reality to teen depression, suicide and drug/alcohol use.
Wednesday	Students are required to use this time as a study day. Mentor students are available to help students with assignments. Mentor teachers keep track of student grades and help to keep each one aware of how she or he is progressing through the year.
Thursday	Student mentors plan activities for the classes on these days. Some examples include board games, kickball tournaments and pizza parties.

Click to see the 2011-12 Mentoring Program Brochure: Brochure 11-12.pdf

Standardized Testing: In the spring of each year, our Freshman students take a practice OGT in Social Studies along with the PLAN test. These tests are administered the same week that all Sophomores are taking the OGT.

Practice OGT

PLAN Test

We administer this test in Social Studies only, as that is the only subject area the PLAN does not cover. Our Social Studies Department uses the results of this test to help prepare our students to be successful on this portion of the OGT during their Sophomore year.

For more info: http://www.ode.state.oh.us/

This test is a pre-cursor to the ACT and includes English, Math, Reading and Science sections. There is also an interest inventory and student information section. The results include predicted scores for the ACT and suggestions for improving your scores for that test as well as a career report that matches a student's strengths with interests to suggest possible career areas to explore further.

For more info: http://www.actstudent.org/plan/