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Vision

The DePaul College Prep Counseling Team provides student support which includes a balanced focus on academic excellence, college readiness, and social-emotional wellness.

With Students, we will:
  • Develop self-management, self-advocacy, and social skills necessary to achieve academic success in high school and higher education
  • Empower students to become educated, compassionate and just global citizens
  • Care for students as individuals, celebrating our diversity
  • Ensure readiness for college and career options through rigorous academic planning and course sequencing
With Parents & guardians, we will:
  • Ensure families have and use the tools to remain knowledgeable about their students’ current progress
  • Provide strategies, resources and referrals for additional student and family support as needed
  • Provide parent education on salient topics related to adolescent development
  • Engage in regular dialogue with families in order to navigate through an optimal high school experience and maximize postsecondary options
With Faculty, we will:
  • Commit to regular and frequent communication regarding student progress and needs
  • Develop a collaborative partnership to grow our collective understanding of how to support all learners
  • Be an integrative member of the DePaul College Prep community by being visible within the school environment and throughout the school day
  • Partner to ensure students are successfully engaged in academically rigorous college preparatory courses

Counseling Department Resources:

Shaping Tomorrow's Leaders

The Advisory and F.R.E.S.H. Program

The Advisory and F.R.E.S.H. (Faith, Excellence, Respect, Service, Health & Wellness) Program is a teacher-facilitated class students attend twice a week. The goal: to build community through school-wide, grade-level, and small group activities.

 The four year, scaffolded outcomes encompass everything from transitioning to and through High School, to identifying resources, evaluating relationships, improving one’s self-awareness, advocacy and communication, and supporting students and families through college applications, college planning, and post-graduate opportunities.

 


 

Our Team

Ms. Marinda Carly Kennedy

Ms. Marinda Carly Kennedy

Director of Counseling
Ms. Anne Byrne

Ms. Anne Byrne

Social Worker
Ms. Kelley Curtin

Ms. Kelley Curtin

College Counselor
Mr. Patrick Donlan

Mr. Patrick Donlan

School CounselorĀ , Assistant JV Cheerleading Coach
Ms. Andrea Janick

Ms. Andrea Janick

School Counselor
Ms. Kathryn Kaushal

Ms. Kathryn Kaushal

College Counselor
Mrs. Nicole Kucera

Mrs. Nicole Kucera

School Counselor, Head Varsity Girls Tennis Coach
Mr. Tony Minestra

Mr. Tony Minestra

Director of College Counseling
Mr. Ulises Ortiz

Mr. Ulises Ortiz

Counselor, Co-Moderator for Chess Club, Head JV Baseball Coach
Mrs. M. Nicole Rand

Mrs. M. Nicole Rand

School Counselor, 504 & IEP Plan Manager, Mind the Cap Moderator
Mr. Michael Sneed

Mr. Michael Sneed

Head of Counseling, Assistant Varsity Boys Basketball Coach