As students enter high school, they are each assigned to a school counselor based on the first letter of their last name. The school counselor is the one person at Hingham High School who will work with students for the full duration of high school. Teachers, coaches, and even club sponsors change from time to time, but students will stay with the same school counselor for all four years.

What is the role of the school counselor?  All students will see their school counselor for required tasks such as receiving orientation information, registering for classes, planning their high school curriculum, obtaining college and career information, and scheduling special tests.

School counselors are there to help students achieve their full potential. No one can think very clearly about a math equation or remember a foreign language when a problem is troubling them. Counselors are trained to help students deal with the upsetting issues that can arise during high school.  Students may have a quick question or a long story to tell. Either way, their school counselor is there to listen and help them find answers to their questions.

School counselors provide college, academic, personal, financial aid, and career advising on an individual and/or small group basis. In regards to parent communication, most of a school counselor’s day is spent meeting with students and responding to their needs. We ask that counselors are given 24 hours to respond to any email or voicemail messages from families. Many times a counselor will respond before that timeframe as the goal is to be as responsive as possible. Please understand, however, that there are certain time periods where working directly with our students outpaces our ability to respond to outside communication within the same school day.