Guidance

School Counseling and Academic Advising

Our School Counselors serve to:

Help children in relationships with others, in self-understanding, to set goals and develop self-direction to reach those goals
Coordinate efforts on behalf of child among teachers, parents and other school and community personnel
Engage in consultations with students, parents and teachers by appointment through the Counseling Department
Facilitate outside referrals and community resources
Send transcripts, school records and scholarship applications on request
Teach social-emotional, academic, organizational techniques and study skills
Maintain an up to date list of tutors made available upon request
Share Knott Scholarship application information for students in grades 4 and 8
Assist new students in transition to school and greater St. Mary’s community
Coordinate Career Day for 7th and 8th graders
Organize and implement school-wide PBIS programming
Coordinate Student Accommodation Plans and attend IEP/school team meetings

Our Middle School Academic Advisor serves to:

Complete all Grade 8 high school applications and transcript requests
Provide data for applications and enrollment
Actively monitor Power School
Communicate with students, parents, teachers and administration regarding academic concerns
Coordinate exams and review sheets with individual teachers
Collaborate with the Middle School Counselor and teachers to implement Student Accommodation Plans
Collaborate with Math Department to determine math placement for grades 6-8

Knott Scholarship Information
The Knott Scholarship Funds offers four year, full tuition elementary and secondary scholarships to academically accomplished students entering the 5th or 8th grades. This unique scholarship is only available to Catholic students in the Archdiocese of Baltimore who wish to attend a Catholic school. Applications are due every year in March for scholarships starting the following fall. Please visit www.knottscholar.org or call our office at: 443-325-7884.