Welcome to the Owen Sound District Secondary School Guidance Department
The Guidance Department offers:
Guidance Counsellors that provide both intervention and prevention service for personal, social, educational, and career-related issues. Tasks such as timetabling, university and college applications, graduation, career planning, personal counselling, new student registration, maintenance of student records, liaison with our family of schools are all functions of the office. Counsellors identify at-risk students and ensure that programs are put in place to match these students’ needs. Counsellors work in conjunction with the Student Success and Special Education Department, Outside Agencies, School Nurse and Choices Counsellor, other support staff, and our Administrative Team guide to ensure a quality high school experience for each student. The Office is open from 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Guidance is the perfect place to begin if you don't know where to start with a question. Come in and make an appointment to meet with a counsellor or make an appointment on line.
If you need to make a Guidance appointment,
please complete a
Request for Guidance Appointment form
You can reach any of our Guidance staff by calling 519-376-6050 and their respective telephone extension:
Kait Johnson, Office Professional - ext 235
Cherie Jacob, Office Professional - ext 238
Jodi Vahramian, Office Professional - ext 238
Holly Berner, Counsellor - ext 237
Michelle Cunningham, Counsellor - ext 236
Kara French, Counsellor - ext 239