The goal of our Counseling departments is to support our school’s students and parents with information and guidance to ensure a successful future.  OAHS is fortunate to have the parent, staff, and community support necessary to create a friendly, accessible, dynamic Counseling Office staffed by professionals to guide students and their parents in forming future educational and career goals and assist in the planning required to reach those goals.
Counseling Team Contact Info.
Vice Principal                         Josh Ostini               [email protected]               805-938-8597
​Counselor - last name A - K     Monica Cedillo        [email protected]            805-938-8598
Counselor-  last name L - Z      Ana Perez               [email protected]                805-938-8576
Registrar                                  Brenda Williams     [email protected]           805-938-8593
Guidance Tech                         Angie Galvez-Dana          [email protected]          N/A                 

Personal/ Social 

The counselors assist students by providing support and guidance to improve school performance. Counselors are available on a daily basis to discuss personal concerns with students. Counseling interns, school psychologists, and the school nurse are also available to assist students.
Counselors:
  • Provide assistance to students before school, at nutrition and lunch breaks, and after school
  • Identify and refer students to the Student Study Team (SST) for intervention services
  • Identify and refer students for outside counseling services
  • Provide crisis intervention and appropriate mental health referrals
  • Provide assistance and guidance via individual parent meetings
  • Provide personal counseling and guidance

College and Career

The counselors also assist students by providing information and guidance pertaining to college admissions, college entrance requirements, testing, scholarships, financial aid, the completion of college applications, NCAA Collegiate Sports,  and Gap Year information. Career planning for all students is enhanced by access to  computer programs available in the College & Career Center, My10YearPlan.com, Naviance, classes such as Senior Success and PROD 301.
Counselors:
  • Meet individually with all students in grades 10, 11, and 12 to discuss plans for after graduation 
  • Provide  letters of recommendation, secondary school reports and mid-year reports
  • Provide GPA verification for college scholarships and financial aid
  • ​Assist students with college applications
  • Provide information regarding SAT/ACT/Subject Test/AP registration
  • Sponsor financial aid and college application workshops
  • Provide college and career information
  • Provide access to community college via on-campus meetings with Allan Hancock College representatives
  • Provide access to Financial Aid and Scholarship information via on-campus meetings with Santa Barbara Scholarship Foundation.

Academic

The counselors assist students and their parents with high school educational planning and programming to ensure that students have an appropriate secondary education and graduate from Orcutt Academy High School in a timely manner. In addition, counselors help students in selecting coursework that supports their post-secondary choices, educational and vocational.
Counselors:
  • Advise students with regard to course selection and planning
  • Recommend students to summer school for remediation or enrichment
  • Monitor graduation status
  • Provide options for tutoring services
  • Provide individual academic counseling to students and parents
  • Identify and refer students to reading and math intervention programs
  • Provide high school orientation to incoming 9th grade students
  • Provide parent and family informational meetings
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