Porter County Career and Technical Center Celebrates 2016 National School Counseling Week

In honor of National School Counseling Week (Feb. 1-5), the Porter County Career and Technical Center would like to thank and acknowledge the local high school guidance counselors who help students every day.

The career center serves students from all of Porter County, plus Hobart High School in Lake County. It offers about 36 programs at 12 sites and depends heavily on high school counselors to help connect students with appropriate half-day programs.

Sophomores and juniors are now considering career and tech ed programs for 2016-17.

Area high school guidance counselors include

• Boone Grove/Porter Township High School – Anastasia Hernandez, Kelly Johnson
• Chesterton High School – Michele Dailey, Danielle Konopasek, Karen Moffett (director), James Moore, Julie Roytan, Jennifer Thoms
• Hebron High School – Michelle Bush
• Hobart High School – Danielle Adams, James Kammer (director), Doug Klukken
• Kouts High School – Celeste Robinson
• Morgan High School – Kim Dobson
• Portage High School – Lynn Alkire (director), Jennifer Frame, Charity Kehoe, Carrie McGinty, Sheila Parker, Sarah Senart, Kathy Shrader (chair)
• Valparaiso High School – Roberta Garcia, Jessica Kus, Ryan McSparin, Gordana Sormaz, Gloria Zimmerman (director).
• Washington Township High School – Jennifer Symer
• Wheeler/Union Township High School – Andrea Day, Mike Rosta

These are just a few of the professionals in Northwest Indiana who help students with all kinds of needs on a daily basis. There are many other dedicated counselors and social workers at area high, middle, and elementary schools.