Counseling
Our Counseling Department offers unparalleled individualized guidance in academic, college, and personal matters. Counselors follow students from freshman through junior year. Then in 12th grade, seniors have the full attention of the Director of College Counseling to walk them through college applications, financial aid, making final decisions, academic consistency, celebrating their college choice, and then navigating the transition from high school to college. With Counselors on staff for short-term crisis intervention and support, our students receive guidance for both academic success and overall well-being. The Counseling Department is overseen by our Dean of Equity and Wellbeing in collaboration with the Counseling Department Chair.
Academic Support
Academic Support
In addition to the personalized attention students receive from their Counselors, built into our unique, rotating block schedule is an “X-block” period that frequently serves as Office Hours for students. These designated blocks of “Office Hours” are set times during the regular school day when students may seek out specific teachers for additional tutoring or use the time to complete their work. Students may also seek out peer tutoring before or after school. All teachers are available for after-school tutoring as well, providing a variety of opportunities and mediums through which our students can access academic support to realize their highest potential.
Our part-time Learning Specialist assists students with documented learning differences as they navigate the assessment process and access approved accommodations to support their academic success. Our Learning Specialist works closely with teachers and counselors to meet the needs of our diverse learners here at Providence.
College Counseling
College exploration should be about discovering one’s interests, pursuing opportunities for deeper exploration and learning in those areas, and meaningfully reflecting on how those experiences shape one’s perspective of the world and our place in it.
In the same way that we want our Pioneers to feel that they Belong Here, we want our graduates to find colleges and universities that are the right fit, where they will feel they belong. That journey is a lifelong process, and the college exploration phase of that journey begins at Providence in Freshman year.
Many college admissions processes, like those of Harvard and other ivy leagues, are now promoting these same values and priorities that we in Catholic education have always championed. We have partnered with Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education through their Making Caring Common network. In line with the network's initiative and philosophy, Providence High School's 4-year College Exploration Curriculum centralizes the tenets of Making Caring Common's recommendations.
“Promote more meaningful contributions to others, community service, and engagement with the public good. Assess students’ ethical engagement and contributions to others in ways that reflect varying types of family and community contributions across race, culture, and class. Redefine achievement in ways that both level the playing field…and reduce[s] excessive achievement pressure.”
Making Caring Common Network Recommendations
College Matriculation
Members of Providence High Schools graduating class were accepted into the following colleges and universities.
Class of 2023 College Acceptances
Baylor University
Boise State University
Boston University
Bucknell University
Cal Poly
Cal Poly Humboldt
California Lutheran University
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
California State University, Chico
California State University, Dominguez Hills
California State University, East Bay
California State University, Fullerton
California State University, Long Beach
California State University, Los Angeles
California State University, Northridge
California State University, San Bernardino
Chapman University
Columbia University in the City of New York
DePaul University
Drexel University
Elon University
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Emerson College
Fashion Institute of Technology
George Mason University
Gonzaga University
Grand Canyon University, Traditional Campus
Harvard University
Hawaii Pacific University
Indiana University-Bloomington
Ithaca College
James Madison University
Kenyon College
Lafayette College
Loyola Marymount University
Merrimack College
Michigan Technological University
Mount Saint Mary’s University
New York University
Northeastern University
Boise State University
Boston University
Bucknell University
Cal Poly
Cal Poly Humboldt
California Lutheran University
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
California State University, Chico
California State University, Dominguez Hills
California State University, East Bay
California State University, Fullerton
California State University, Long Beach
California State University, Los Angeles
California State University, Northridge
California State University, San Bernardino
Chapman University
Columbia University in the City of New York
DePaul University
Drexel University
Elon University
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Emerson College
Fashion Institute of Technology
George Mason University
Gonzaga University
Grand Canyon University, Traditional Campus
Harvard University
Hawaii Pacific University
Indiana University-Bloomington
Ithaca College
James Madison University
Kenyon College
Lafayette College
Loyola Marymount University
Merrimack College
Michigan Technological University
Mount Saint Mary’s University
New York University
Northeastern University
Northern Arizona University
Occidental College
Pennsylvania State University
Pepperdine University
Portland State University
Quinnipiac University
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
San Diego State University
San Francisco State University
Sonoma State University
Syracuse University
The George Washington University
The University of Alabama
Tulane University of Louisiana
University of Arizona
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Davis
University of California, Irvine
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Riverside
University of California, San Diego
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of California, Santa Cruz
University of Colorado Boulder
University of Denver
University of Hawaii at Manoa
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
University of La Verne
University of Miami
University of Missouri, Columbia
University of Oregon
University of Portland
University of Rochester
University of San Diego
University of San Francisco
University of Southern California
Wentworth Institute of Technology
William & Mary
Woodbury University
Occidental College
Pennsylvania State University
Pepperdine University
Portland State University
Quinnipiac University
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
San Diego State University
San Francisco State University
Sonoma State University
Syracuse University
The George Washington University
The University of Alabama
Tulane University of Louisiana
University of Arizona
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Davis
University of California, Irvine
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Riverside
University of California, San Diego
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of California, Santa Cruz
University of Colorado Boulder
University of Denver
University of Hawaii at Manoa
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
University of La Verne
University of Miami
University of Missouri, Columbia
University of Oregon
University of Portland
University of Rochester
University of San Diego
University of San Francisco
University of Southern California
Wentworth Institute of Technology
William & Mary
Woodbury University
Our Four Year-Plan
Our Counselors
Shanica Dale
Dean of Equity & Wellbeing
Clara Bird
Director of College Counseling, School Counselor
Giavonna Futia
School Counselor
Caren Gitlin
Learning Specialist
Claire Hobbs
School Counselor
Lories Khoury
Mental Health Consultant
Rita Saade
School Counselor