About the High School Guidance Office

The four BH-BL High School guidance counselors assist with course selection, career interest inventories, computer-assisted career and college counseling, college admissions and post-high school planning, advisement, financial aid and scholarships, as well as job search information. For contact information & transcript requests, see Counselors.

Naviance

We are pleased to offer Family Connection from Naviance, a web-based service designed especially for students and parents. Family Connection is a comprehensive website that you can use for help in making decisions about colleges, careers and scholarships. Students have been provided with a personal access code and instructions for accessing and creating a Family Connection account. Click here for more information on the BH-BL Naviance Family Connection or go directly to the Naviance website at http://connection.naviance.com/burnthills.

Summer Camp Opportunities

Dear Parent:

The Greater Capital Region Career Pathways Consortium is pleased to announce its Career Pathways Summer Camp offerings for Summer, 2012.  Our camp sponsors have once again come up with brilliant strategies for reinforcing the importance of science and math via fun activities. Career Pathways camps are fun, free and located throughout the region.  

Please see below and visit http://www.questar.org/summercamp/  for more information.  There is a link from this site to pre-register.   

We have an exciting menu of camps to choose from.  

•        Build a Better Robot, Union College, July 30 - August 3, grades 9 -12. For more information about this camp click here.

•        Crime Scene Investigation, SUNY Cobleskill , July 2 - 6, grades 9 - 12. For more information about this camp click here.

•        Cyber Crime Investigation, SUNY Cobleskill , July 9 - 13, grades 9 - 12. For more information about this camp click here.

•        “Home Grown” Business Challenge, July 30 - August 3, grades 9 - 12. For more information about this camp click here.

•        SEMI High Tech U, Capital Region BOCES/Various locations, July 17 - 20, grades 9 -11. For more information about this camp click here.

Tech Valley Summer Camp, SUNY East/Various locations, July 16 - 20, grade 9. For more information about this camp click here.

All camps will utilize a  scholarship system that requires students to be nominated by a Teacher or School Counselor in order to be considered for a camp.  Scholarships will cover all tuition costs for camps.  Students should only be registered for one camp.

IMPORTANT – If you plan to pre-register your child, you will need to provide the name and e-mail address of the teacher or counselor who will be providing a recommendation.  This should be the teacher’s school district e-mail.  YOU SHOULD HAVE THEIR E-MAIL ADDRESS BEFORE YOU START COMPLETING THE ONLINE PRE-REGISTRATION FORM.  This is very important as the online pre-registration form will also serve as scholarship application. 

2011-12 Guidance Office Events

SAT & ACT Dates, Deadlines & Prep sessions

Go to SAT & ACT Information for upcoming SAT and ACT dates and registration deadlines.

Go to SAT / ACT Prep classes for information on local test prep options.

Guidance Office Publications

		Download the BH-BL 2012-13 Curriculum Guide (pdf format): This is a 36-page booklet describing graduation requirements and BH-BL course offerings.
		Download the BH-BL 2011 Profile (pdf format): This is a summary of graduation data for the BH-BL Class of 2011.
		Guidance Newsletters

NCAA Eligibility

To participate in sports at Division I or Division II colleges, you must be certified by the NCAA Initial-Eligibility Clearinghouse. Click here for more information.

Job Match

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