Chesterton High School’s guidance program has once again received the
Indiana Gold Star School Counseling Award for 2010.
The Indiana Department of Education has selected CHS as a Gold Star school.
The designation honors schools that undergo a rigorous process to raise
student achievement by creating local community advisory groups that review
student data, set specific student goals, and commit to maximizing the time
and skills of the school counselor.
The official award presentation will be at the Indiana School Counselor
Association (ISCA) fall conference in Indianapolis on November 10.
“Indiana’s Gold Star Schools collaborate with community partners to assist
the school counselor(s) in making data-based decisions to ensure that all
students are successful,” says IDOE School Counselor Consultant Amanda
Culhan. “We recognize Chesterton High School for understanding the
tremendous impact that school counselors can have in helping students
succeed in school and also to plan for postsecondary success.”
Chesterton High School joins more than 143 Indiana elementary, middle and
high schools that have received the Gold Star Award since its inception in
1997. Six years later, IDOE, in collaboration with the Indiana Student
Achievement Institute, began offering professional development opportunities
for schools interested in aligning their counseling program with the Gold
Star model. Schools that participate in the program choose a four-part
workshop series or an online video workshop course to help them make the
transformation to the Indiana Gold Star School Counseling model. CHS
received its first Gold Star award in 1995.
All Indiana Gold Star schools are eligible to receive the nation’s highest
recognition -- the American School Counselor Association’s Recognized ASCA
Model Program or RAMP Award. In July, 15 additional Indiana schools received
the RAMP Award, making Indiana the state with the highest number of RAMP
award recipients, totaling 96, in the country. CHS received the RAMP Award
in 1996.
To qualify for both awards, Chesterton High School submitted a portfolio
with documentation that it meets the nine program standards found in
Indiana’s Program Standards for School Counseling.
“The school counselors and others at CHS have worked hard to ensure that
students have an accountable school counseling program that meets their
academic, career and citizenship development needs,” Sue Reynolds, executive
director of the Indiana Student Achievement Institute said. “These educators
and community members are truly dedicated to the community’s young people
and are going the ‘extra mile’ to help students succeed.”
Chesterton High School school counselors are Michele Dailey, Danielle
Konopasek, Karen Moffett, Julie Roytan, Jennifer Thoms and Dianna Whitman.
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