- The only schedule change requests for the remainder of the 2025-26 school year will only be for SEMESTER classes that students are enrolled in this spring. This process will open at the first progress report date. Stay tuned for details!
PSAT Testing Success!
Our PSAT administration was a great success with over 500 students completing the exam on October 20. We are proud of our students’ hard work and focus throughout testing day.
PSAT results have been available since November. Students can access their scores in several ways: by logging into their College Board account, using the BigFuture School mobile app, or obtaining a printed score report from their school counselor.
We look forward to celebrating our students’ achievements and helping them use their results to plan for future academic opportunities.
DUAL CREDIT UPDATES:
Dual Registration has begun for those taking Dual Credit classes! Please see your email from Mr. Frein and complete your registration soon as possible. If you have any questions or need help registering, please reach out to Mr. Frein at peterfrein@johnpauliihs.org.
CALENDAR ITEMS:
- Classroom Guidance
- JPII Counselors will be visiting the English classes Feb. 11 and 12 to talk about College, Career, and Military Readiness. JPII has purchased an incredible resource to help students determine their strengths, weaknesses, interests, job outlooks, and more. Please make sure you are able to access your Naviance account prior to our visits!
PARENT CORNER:
February often brings a focus on love, but as parents, it’s also a meaningful time to reflect on how love is shown in everyday moments with your child. Scripture reminds us, “Let all that you do be done in love” (1 Corinthians 16:14). For students, love is experienced not only through words, but through patience during stressful weeks, understanding when emotions run high, and reassurance when they feel unsure of themselves or their path.
This month, consider how love can guide conversations at home especially around academics, friendships, social pressures, and self-worth. February can be a time when students feel heightened comparison or emotional sensitivity. Gentle check-ins, affirming effort over perfection, and modeling calm responses help students feel secure and supported. Love also means helping them learn balance: encouraging healthy rest, perspective, and grace when things don’t go as planned.
As your JPII counseling team, we are grateful to partner with you in supporting your child’s growth academically, emotionally, physically, and spiritually. When love leads our actions, it creates an environment where students feel safe to learn, reflect, and grow. Please know our office is always here to support both you and your student as we continue this journey together.
RESOURCES:
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- Need to see your Counselor? Email or stop by! Our doors are always open!
- The Shade (Elijah's Story from 1 Kings 19)
- Calming Room in the Counseling Office (check-in with counselor first)
- Reset, Relax, Recharge, Refresh, Return!
- Fidgets, Aromatherapy, Sound Machine, Cozy Chairs/Blankets, Journal, Coloring Books, & More!
- 20 minute limit....and then return to class
- Children's TCHATT
- 6-8 FREE weekly therapist appointments scheduled during non-core periods during the school day (referral through your counselor)
- Mental Health Navigation Line
- 972-525-8181, Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Helpline sourced through Grant Halliburton to assist families with finding therapists (based on need, insurance, etc.) in the DFW area
- Coffee Days (mom support group for mothers of young people with mental health and emotional health conditions, offering opportunities to share experiences, resources, and information.)
- granthalliburton.org for upcoming meetings
- Additional Community Resources
MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of the John Paul II Counseling Office is to provide a proactive, comprehensive, and developmentally appropriate program to address students' academic and career goals in addition to supporting their personal and social needs. This is accomplished through a partnership with parents/guardians, staff, and community members to enable all students to become successful, productive citizens and lifelong learners in a diverse and changing world.
VISION STATEMENT
The John Paul II High School Counseling Office is guided by our commitment to provide a safe, nurturing environment where the entire learning community addresses the unique needs of students to ensure students reach their fullest potential and successfully manage their lives as healthy, responsible, competent and productive citizens who respect themselves and others. Collaborating with students, parents, faculty and staff, we will foster the development of the entire person – mental, spiritual, academic and social. School counselors believe that every student can succeed through the collaborative efforts of school, home, and community leading to responsible and productive citizenship in the 21st
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