Ms. Kathy Hamilton

Guidance Page

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PPersonal Information

 

Ms. Hamilton's hometown is St. Clairsville, Ohio. She attended St. Clairsville Richland High School. After high school, she attended Bowling Green State University and received a Bachelor of Science in Education and a Master of Arts in Education. Her undergraduate majors are health and physical education with a minor in general science. Her Master's degree is in counseling. In college she received the Hollis Moore Outstanding Senior Award, played college basketball, and was involved in student government. Presently, she is working on her Doctorate in Educational Administration through the University of Dayton, she is also working toward her licensure in counseling, which will enable her to work in schools or do private counseling.

During Ms. Hamilton's career, she has received the Outstanding Service Award to the Youth of the Community for two years. Ms. Hamilton has been at Calvert for 7 years as a Guidance Counselor and has had 27 years of experience at Central Catholic High School in Toledo, Ohio. Ms. Hamilton has many hobbies like writing, woodworking projects, playing golf, mowing grass, washing and waxing vehicles, and riding her bike. Ms. Hamilton expects the young people she works with to be faithful to the mission of their lives, prompt, reliable, and patient. After they leave Calvert, she hopes that the students will remember this about her:

"That if someone needed help, I would do my best to help them."

 

 

PPointers for Classes

 

Senior:
Whether you plan on going to a two-year, four-year or trade school the military, or work force ---every student needs to show that they did not let down in grades, attendance and discipline. This is why guidance counselors send "final transcripts" out--no matter what you do. While you may change or alter your decision. Make sure you take care of all the day-to-day items and remember that every little thing counts!!!

Junior:
To "emphasize again"-- this is a very critical year for you, so focus on turning things
around if need or continue on your positive track. By the end of this year, you will have
six semesters in, and this is the first thing that any school, work place, or military will see. Your grades, attendance and discipline updates should represent who you truly are; if they don't, do something about it. If you haven't taken the ACT or the SAT yet, you need to sign up for the next one. You should be visiting colleges/universities on weekends,
February 16 and during the days we have off at Easter.

Sophomore:
Now that you are almost half way through high school, you should have a solid grade point average, have enough credits and good study habits. Make sure you take care of doing all the right things in school: turning in all your homework on time, asking questions in class, reviewing every night so that you keep up to date and don't need to "cram" for a test.

Freshmen:
Now that you have one semester "under your belt", you need to try and get your grades up, or if your grades are great, then maintain those grades. You always want to do your best; make sure what is on your paper represents who you truly are! Good grades, attendance and discipline say a lot about you as a person...

 

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Some Impressive Stuff!

Most people don't know all that Ms. Hamilton does. She spends her entire summer working on everyone's schedules; not only to help a student with their required classes, but also to try to make us happy with our electives. Ms. Hamilton also spends most of the begining of the school year preparing and helping the seniors apply for college. In the next few months she spends her time starting all over again, by having returning students turn in new schedule requests and also signing the incoming freshmen up for classes! Throughout the year Ms Hamilton is responsible for many other things that happen around the school. She arranges for college representatives to come from all different types of colleges from around the area. This way students get an idea of what the college is like before they even visit. Ms. Hamilton also holds an ACT Prep class at the end of the school year for those students who wish to improve their score by studying the way in which the question is asked and the layout of the test. One more impressive thing that Ms. Hamilton does for all of us is that she posts all the scholarships that she knows of in the guidance office, so all we have to do is stop in and see if we meet any of the requirements in order to apply for them.

 

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