Welcome to the Catholic Central High School Guidance Department. We are here to serve the students and parents and look forward to working with you. Please stop by and visit our Guidance Department. We hope you find the information useful to both students and parents as they plan for the future.
Contact Information
Catholic Central High School
319 Sheldon Blvd. SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Main Office: (616) 233-5800
Counseling Office: (616) 233-5810
College/Career Center: (616) 233-5810
Fax: (616) 233-5876
Office Hours
Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. or by appointment.
Guidance Center Staff
Sue Waldron, Administrative Assistant, (616) 233-5810 or suewaldron@grcss.org
Heidi Clark-Smitley, Director of Guidance, (616) 233-5811 or heidismitley@grcss.org
Joel Passinault, Counselor, (616) 233-5809 or joelpassinault@grcss.org
Tom Shangraw, Counselor, (616) 233-5804 or tomshangraw@grcss.org
Guidance Center Objectives
The Catholic Central Guidance Center helps students make decisions and accept responsibility for their choices. Students meet with counselors in individual and group sessions, classroom visits, mediations and referrals to outside agencies, if needed. Students are encouraged to set up appointments to talk to their counselor or visit their counselor before or after the school day or during their study period.
The services of the Guidance Center are also available to parents. Parents are encouraged to contact their child's counselor for any academic, personal or family question or concern. Conversations between counselors and students are confidential.
Resources
Career Cruising Website - Career Cruising can be accessed at www.careercruising.com This website allows students to match interests and abilities with careers, do an EDP ( four year plan ), explore careers, colleges and financial aid.
Prep HQ Website - Prep HQ is a comprehensive set of internet-based tools to enhance high school guidance and make college/career prep more effective. Use this link for instructions to register and create your account on the Prep HQ site. The tracker feature allows students and counselors to track student interests, college applications, acceptances, and scholarships. It also allows students the opportunity to edit college preferences and explore financial aid opportunities. In the future counselors will be able to upload high school transcripts directly to the colleges that students apply to.
Docufide e-Transcripts - Catholic Central High School is participating in the State of Michigan's e-Transcript project, allowing Michigan high school students to request their transcripts online. The e-Transcripts link provides you with the ability to request transcripts through Secure Transcript. Transcripts requested online are sent securely to the colleges, universities, or scholarship funds that you select. You may track your request online, and you will also receive an email notification when we approve your transcript request, and again when your transcript is mailed (or delivered electronically, based on the delivery preference of the destination that you selected).