Guidance

Northwest Catholic's guidance counselors are dedicated to ensuring that students not only reach their highest potential while in high school, but are also prepared to meet the challenges they'll face throughout their lives. We use individual and group counseling to help nurture and monitor a student's academic progress, extracurricular activities, and social interactions from freshman through senior year. Our goal is to cultivate successful, well-rounded students who are equipped to achieve their own individual goals and to matriculate at the best possible college or university.

Our annual School Profile provides details about our curriculum, grading, student performance on standardized exams (including the SATs), and college acceptances. Click here for the complete list of colleges and universities to which members of the Class of '12 were accepted.

The Guidance Department has four full-time counselors and a full-time secretary:

Mrs. Joyce O'Rourke, Director of Guidance

Mrs. Betsy Quinn, Counselor

Mrs. Mary Jo Foran, Counselor

Mr. Michael Tyler '73, Special Needs Counselor

Mrs. Lynn Prendergast, Guidance Secretary

Our counselors are members of the New England Association for College Admission Counseling, the Connecticut School Counselor Association, the College Board, and the Greater Hartford Guidance Directors Association.