Guidance & Counseling

Andrea Hensley,
Coordinator of Guidance and Counseling
605 East Broad Street
Mansfield, TX 76063
(817) 299-6363

School counselors are an integral link in the chain that supports our children’s pursuit of academic, emotional, and social success. They are specially trained educators who possess a master's degree. School counselors work with school faculty, staff, students, parents, and the community to plan, implement, and evaluate a developmental guidance and counseling program.

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed people can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has."

- Margaret Mead

Announcements

• U.S. Department of Education Launches New Website for Planning and Preparing for College - The U.S. Department of Education recently unveiled a new website designed to motivate students with inspirational stories and information about planning, preparing, and paying for college. Called college.gov, the website was created to be an online resource for credible information about college that also provides real-life experiences of peers who are already attending college.
College.gov delivers the following features:

Inspiring videos of college students sharing their stories and experiences about how they overcame obstacles to achieve their college dreams;
A design picked by students that has a non-government look-and-feel;
An interactive tool for students to create an "I'm going" personalized roadmap that details the steps to take to get to college; and
Ccontent organized and presented in a way for students to easily find the answers to their higher education questions in three categories: why go, what to do, and how to pay.

• The Parenting Center offers free workshops

• TOPCAT - Texas Online Preparation for College Admissions Tests
Students can prepare for the SAT and ACT, 24 hours a day, seven
days a week, FREE of charge.

• PARENTS: check out the MISD Internet Safety information page

• College Prep Timeline