School Counseling Department

OUR MISSION

The mission of the Gonzales High School counseling program is to empower all students to reach their fullest potential by providing a comprehensive school counseling program to facilitate their academic, career, social, and emotional development. Collaboration and cooperation between counselors, students, faculty, administrators, parents, and the community will provide a safe and caring environment to assist all students in becoming responsible and productive lifelong learners.

SCHOOL COUNSELING GOALS

The Counseling Team supports the student’s academic, social emotional, and college/career development. As a school counselor, we advocate for ALL students. We provide services through individual meetings, classroom lessons, and collaboration with school and community partners.

This page is here to provide a way to access common resources that are frequently requested from the Counseling Department at Gonzales High School. If you cannot find what you are looking for here, we encourage you to try visiting GHS' Counseling Hub dedicated website below.

IMPORTANT DEADLINES:

Oct. 1st: CSU Application Opens
- Apps close Dec. 2nd
Nov. 1st: UC Application Opens
- Apps close Dec. 2nd
December: FAFSA/DreamAct Application Opens
- Priority Deadline April 2nd *For 2024-2025 Academic School Year
Local Scholarship Application:
- Available for Spring of the students 12th grade

A-G / College Entrance Requirements

The A-G / College Entrance Requirements are a sequence of high school courses that students must complete (with a grade of C or better) to be minimally eligible for admission to the University of California (UC) and California State University (CSU). They represent the basic level of academic preparation that high school students should achieve to undertake university work.

	Subject	UC/CSU Years Recommended	GHS Requirements (Class of 2025-2027)	GHS Requirements (Class of 2028 and beyond)	Details
A	History/Social Science	2	3	3	Two years, including one year of world history, cultures, and historical geography and one year of U.S. history or one-half year of U.S. history and one-half year of civics or American government
B	English	4	4	4	Four years of college preparatory English that includes frequent and regular writing, and reading of classic and modern literature.
C	Mathematics	3 (4 rec)	3	3	Three years of college preparatory mathematics that includes the topics covered in elementary and advanced algebra, and two- and three-dimensional geometry.
D	Laboratory Science	2 (3 rec)	3	2	Two years of laboratory science providing fundamental knowledge in at least two of these three disciplines: biology, chemistry, and physics.
E	Language Other Than English	2 (3 rec)	1 or Fine Arts	2	Two years of the same language other than English.
F	Visual & Performing Arts	1	1 or For Lan	1	One year, including dance, drama/theater, music, or visual art.
G	College Preparatory Elective	1	-	-	One year (two semesters), chosen from additional “A-F” courses beyond those used to satisfy the requirements above, or courses that have been approved solely for use as “G” electives.
-	Career Tech Ed	-	1	1
-	Health	-	-	.5	1 Semester 5 Credits; a required elective taken during the freshman year
-	Ethnic Studies	-	-	.5	1 Semester 5 Credits
-	Physical Education	-	2	2
-	Electives	-	50 credits	30 credits

Starting Fall 2024, all students will be required to have a 2.0 GPA for graduation requirements.
Starting with the Class of 2028, students will be required to have 40 hours of community sevice as part of their graduation requirements.