School Counseling
The mission of the Bishop Brady School Counseling Office is to build positive relationships to ensure the academic, career, and social/emotional growth of all students. By utilizing a holistic counseling approach, the School Counseling Office provides the tools to empower students to achieve their individual and post-secondary goals.
The school counseling office works collaboratively with Bishop Brady staff to ensure the needs of all students are met. Our counselors develop and foster strong relationships with students and parents, maintaining trust and true compassion. Our academic coach offers the services and support students may need to meet their academic goals. Our registrar works to create overall schedules, plus provide grades & transcripts. Everyone strives to connect and guide students towards their goals: academically, socially, and emotionally.
Counseling Links
Bishop Brady School Counseling Team
Zoe Kaplan
School Counsler (last names A -L)
Moira Valenti
School Counselor (last names M-Z)
Kathleen Smith
Director of Student Support
Michael Wierwille
Registrar
Counseling Files
School Counseling Services
Counseling Techniques and Interventions
The School Counseling Office addresses student goals through the use of individual, group, and systems-wide counseling techniques and interventions. We assist students throughout the college process, helping them to identify their skills and interests, plus how to utilize this knowledge to positively influence their future. We take pride in the multiple individual counseling sessions we have with our students - focusing on their progress toward their academic goals and post-secondary plans, while also providing mental health check-ins, as we recognize our students’ social/emotional well-being greatly affects their success.
Bishop Brady also offers mental health support for students
Academic Support Services
Students at Bishop Brady are immersed in a community that cultivates individual growth in learning, faith, and service. This growth begins in an environment that nurtures talents and supports struggle. Growth is also shown in each Brady student's pursuit of excellence in the classroom, on the athletic field, and in his or her social life.
As a means of supporting each student's growth, we offer a variety of support options. It is an important part of our mission that each young man and woman seeking an education at Bishop Brady have the services and support they need to achieve their potential. Bishop Brady offers multiple levels of academic assistance to help both the student who is doing well and wants to push themselves to the next level, as well as the student who is struggling to achieve their full potential.
As part of the School Counseling Office, students can receive differing levels of academic support and academic coaching. Students may receive help in various ways such as academic support with assignments, organization skills, test prep, planning/prioritizing work, task initiation and completion, goal setting, and time management skills. The coaching goal is to assist the student in developing their own personal strategies and skill set that can be applied to current and future academic settings. Students who qualify can be given additional support through an Individual Success Plan that lists specific accommodations and supports. Coaching and academic support is available to all students.
For more information:
Contact Mrs. Kathleen Smith. [email protected] /603.224.7418 x284.
Naviance - College, Career and Life Readiness Software
Bishop Brady is pleased to introduce Naviance Family Connection, a service designed especially for students and families to assist in making plans about courses, colleges, and careers. Family Connection is linked with Naviance, a service that we use in the Counseling Office to track and analyze data about college and career plans, so it provides up-to-date information that is specific to our school.
Family Connection will allow your student to:
- Get involved in the planning and advising process – Build a resume, complete online surveys, and manage timelines and deadlines for making decisions about colleges and careers.
- Research colleges – Compare GPA, standardized test scores, and other statistics or actual historical data from our school for students who have applied and been admitted in the past.
- Research careers – Research hundreds of careers and career clusters, and take career assessments.
- Find scholarships – Peruse the list of local, regional, and national scholarships available to Brady students.
Enable Student Success
Family Connection also allows us to share information with you and your student about upcoming meetings and events, local scholarship opportunities, and other resources for college and career information.
To visit our school’s Family Connection site, use the following link:
If you have more specific college process questions, please contact your student's counselor:
- Ms. Zoe Kaplan (Students with last names A-L):
[email protected] | 603.224.7418 x283 - Ms. Moira Valenti (Students with last names M-Z):
[email protected] | 603.224.7418 x285
College Destinations
Our students who are currently in college received acceptances from more than 250 different colleges and universities. Listed in this section are some of those schools. In addition, we are very honored and humbled to note that each year several graduating seniors choose to enlist in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
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