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BHS Counseling Dept Weekly Update - Week of June 16. 2025

6/15/2025

 
Click here for the last Weekly Update for the 2024-25 school year.. and the last one by retiring Counseling Dept coordinator Darby Neff-Verre - ​https://secure.smore.com/n/z2hpkg-bhs-counseling-dept-weekly-update

BHS Counseling Dept Weekly Update - Week of June 9, 2025

6/8/2025

 
Last full week of school @ Brookline High! Here's the Weekly Update link - ​https://secure.smore.com/n/z2hpkg

BHS Counseling Dept Weekly Update - Week of June 2, 2925

6/2/2025

 
Click this link to see this week's Update - ​https://secure.smore.com/n/u238j

BHS Counseling Dept Weekly Update - Week of May 27, 2025

5/25/2025

 
Only 3 more BHS Weekly Updates before summer vacation is here. 
Here’s the link to this short week of May 27- 30
  • Check out recordings from some recent BHS Counseling Dept events:
    • Alumni Panel Recording - Advice for the 1st Year of College - Passcode: &&yQ0U8P
    • Lisa A Phillips, author of First Love: Guiding Teens through First Love and Heartbreak Passcode: 2$%T&3&$
     - PreACT score report overview and report distribution this Thurs May 29, X block in the 115 Commons - Lenny Libenzon will present an overview of the PreACT score report during X block in Room 279 (BHS College/Career Center). During the 2nd 1/2 of X block, counselors will be in the 115 Common area to distribute students' PreACT score reports to individual students. If you miss this event, you can go to your counselor's office and get your PreACT score report from them after 5/29.
     - Seniors - Be sure to complete your Senior Survey on Naviance - see this week’s Update or Lenny Libenzon’s CANVAS message for instructions. This should take max 10 minutes to complete!
     - Juniors - See the Weekly Update for the 11 Things You Should Do in May/June or this Summer to Reduce Stress Around College Applications

BHS Counseling Dept Weekly Update - Week of May 18, 2025

5/18/2025

 
Here's this week's Update link.
Highlights for this week:
  • BHS Counseling is welcoming author Lisa Phillips, author of the book First Love: Guiding Teens through Relationships and Heartbreak - zoom webinar this Wed 5/21 @ 6:30pm - “Some things never change about teen crushes and relationships. The pounding heart, sweaty hands, and butterflies. The agonizing questions of “Should I let them know I like them?” and “Am I in love”? The anguish of a first breakup. A  lot of what teens go through today when it comes to dating and relationships is radically different from prior generations.”​  Zoom link here
  • IMPORTANT STEP FOR ALL SENIOR STUDENTS - We need all seniors to complete the Senior Survey ASAP. It is a required for all seniors. See the Update under the Seniors section or look at Lenny Libenzon’s CANVAS reminder for steps to complete survey.
  • Quincy Family Resources Center and Carthwheel Cares resources for now and into the summer - listed in the Update
  • Click this recording link / password to hear the wise words of recent BHS alums who shared advice about the 1st year of college last Thurs 5/15
  • Did you or your family use the support of College Affordable?  College Affordable needs your help by taking a few minutes to complete this survey -  2025 College Affordable Survey
  • PreACT score report overview and report distribution on May 29, X block in the 115 Commons for students

BHS Alumni Panel

5/16/2025

 
Please click on the link below for the recording of the BHS Alumni Panel

​https://psbma-org.zoom.us/rec/share/sTbf9M3jNU1RCGFeE5-u_h1N2gCtt0RzQ2pbQf_xRKSijGFG5c9EDmp9b4TVrmVL.GwmEPjWAupA6jNVI
Passcode: &&yQ0U8P

Tonight on zoom, we will hold the panel with BHS Alumni who have just finished their freshman year in college.
They will be answering your questions about freshman year in college: do's and don'ts, what to bring on campus, etc.
We will have students from UMass Amherst, Alfred College & Wash U in St. Louis.  One of these students has taken a gap
year, and will be happy to talk about their experience as well.

BHS Counseling Dept Weekly Update - Week of May 12, 2025

5/11/2025

 
Click this link for the full update - ​secure.smore.com/n/ae17n-bhs-counseling-dept-weekly-update

Some quick highlights:
  • This TUES- Parent Webinar - The Brain on Social Media - 5/13 7-8pm, sponsored by the Mass Partnerships for Youth and Public Schools of Brookline. Register here.
  • This THURS May 15 @ 6:30pm, the counseling dept offers the BHS VIRTUAL Alumni Panel - Advice for the 1st Year of College. Zoom link here.
  • FINAL CALL - All seniors should apply! BHS Scholarship Application and general scholarship considerations - May 2025. Complete the BHS Scholarship Application. See the Weekly Update for detailed information. The BHS Scholarship Committee meets soon and we cannot offer scholarships to seniors who have not fully applied.

BHS Counseling Dept Weekly Update - Week of May 5, 2025

5/4/2025

 
Click this link for more info - ​https://secure.smore.com/n/u814v

BHS Counseling Dept Weekly Update - Week of April 28, 2025

4/27/2025

 
Here's the link to this week's update - https://secure.smore.com/n/su36b

It’s Quarter 4 of the 24-25 school year. Support your student to make it their strongest term yet!​

May is also Mental Health Awareness Month -
  • BHS shares important information and resources to students on Day of Change this Wed 4/30.
  • BHS student-run Psychology Club sponsors Post Secrets event - “to "build awareness and support for positive conversations about mental health”. See the update for more info.
  • PSB Distict offers virtual parent webinar “The Brain on Social Media” - May 13 @7pm. See Update for more details. Here is the registration link.
  • BHS Counseling Dept offers another virtual parent webinar on teen dating/relationshiips with author Lisa Phillips - First Love: Guiding Teens Through Relationships and Heartbreak. Wed May 21 @6:30pm. Zoom link is here
  • Two creative arts application student opportunities to support mental health awareness:
  • MAMH MA Assoc of Mental Health (The Colors of Emotion - Submissions due this Fri 5/2; art contest invites young people to creatively explore and express their perspectives on mental health. Entries are accepted in three categories, including traditional art, creative writing, and audio-visual work. Application details and info here.)
  • BRYT Creative Arts Contest with the deadline of May 31. See Weekly Update for more information and submission instructions.

BHS Counseling Dept Weekly Update - Week of April 14, 2025

4/13/2025

 
Here's the link for this week - https://secure.smore.com/n/wns4ax

This is a short week due to Friday off, plus school vacation is next week.
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