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Counseling

COUNSELING SERVICES

Contact our school counselor here for more information.

COUNSELOR CORNER – weekly updates from our arts high school counselor – December 5, 2025

REMINDER: Mental Health Therapy
Reach for Resources offers on-site mental health therapy for students at Perpich on Thursdays. This service removes common barriers to care like transportation and scheduling. Therapy is billed through insurance. Please contact your insurance provider to confirm if Reach for Resources is in-network with your plan.
Reach for Resources Contact information:
952-256-6734
counseling@reachforresources.org
https://www.reachforresources.org/therapy/

I am happy to meet with students when they want or need to, but…my goal is to meet with each student one-on-one (at least once) each year they are at Perpich.

SENIORS
Please schedule a “senior meeting” with me soon! During this meeting, we will catch up or get to know each other, talk about your classes, grades, credits – AND we can talk about life after graduation. Can’t wait to see you!
Sign up on my appointment calendar via the QR codes around the building OR I put a link at the bottom of any email I send out.

JUNIORS
I look forward to having a “junior meeting” with you in the second semester. More information to come.

MINNESOTA GOES TO COLLEGE
Attend a Virtual Event – Ongoing webinars about college and financial aid – free to students and families.
If you or someone you know is looking for more information on the college and financial aid process, we are here to help! Starting in January, join a series of college and financial aid webinars created specifically for students and families to walk through components and steps of apply for college and financial aid.

FREE COLLEGE
The North Star Promise program is a fairly new program that covers the full cost of tuition and fees for eligible Minnesotans at public institutions and tribal colleges in the state. It began in the fall of 2024. Residents with an Adjusted Gross Income of below $80,000 can receive support towards fulfilling their undergraduate degree. North Dakota schools, along with several private institutions, also honor this.

DIRECT ADMISSIONS MINNESOTA
The program, led by the Minnesota Office of Higher Education, provides eligible high school seniors with proactive admissions offers from participating colleges and universities based on their academic records. See more information here. Perpich seniors received their Direct Admissions list in late September. I sent emails to all seniors with “next steps” on October 10th.

ACT SUPPORT
Each Monday, a group of students leads a Peer Tutoring club after school in Amy’s room. It’s a time for students to get some help with their classwork from students who love to help! Perpich will offer the ACT during the school day to all juniors in April. The Peer Tutors club will be right here to help every step of the way!

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