Lord,

Let me be the change I want to see

To do with strength and wisdom

All that needs to be done…

And become the hope that I can be

Set me free from my fears and hesitations

Grant me the courage and humility

Fill me with spirit to face the challenge

And start the change I long to see.

Even if I’m not the light

I can be the spark

In faith, service and communion

Let us start the change we want to see

The change that begins with me. AMEN.

II. Information Service Attempts to provide appropriate and relevant information relative to the common developmental needs of client.
Information Service should be reactive to the educational, vocational and personal-social needs of the students:
• Educational information- should include information on different institution, colleges or universities and any other opportunities available after high school.
• Occupational Information- s valid and usable data about positions, jobs and occupations.
• Family and Personal-social information- is valid and usable data about the opportunities and influences of the human beings which will help a student understand him/herself better and to improve his relationship with others. Students Orientation of Guidance Services
Parent’ Orientation

Monthly bulletin board updates (A: near the faculty room and B: guidance office)
• June (Solve problems and make good decisions)
• July (Develop skills for understanding/maintaining relationship)
• August (Understand my lessons)
• September (Know and understand myself better and my emotions/feelings)
• October (Manage my time)
• November (Plan my life/career and vocation month)
• December (Balance between work at home and studies)
• January (Develop self-confidence)
• February (Teen Sexuality)
• March (Discover and develop my talents)

Proposed Seminar and Trainings
• Leadership Training for class officers (August)
• Teen Sexuality talk for Yr. III Girls (September)
• Campaign against Smoking, Alcohol and Drugs (October)
• Career and Vocation Talk/Campaign (November)
• Parenting Seminar (for parents)
• Sessions with OFW Spouses and Children
III. Classroom Guidance Programs It aims to create a budding student-counselor relation that falls in a regular classroom setting that focuses on providing information or experiences through planned and organized activity, to prevent the development of problems, to discuss problems or concerns of students and to teach life skills that they can used in their day to day living Based on the needs assessment survey, the following concerns were identified by the students, these will be discussed during their monthly scheduled class guidance
• Know and understand myself better
• Solve problems and make good decisions
• Know how to chose friends
• Understand my lessons
• Handle my emotions
• Develop self-confidence
• Develop skills for starting and maintaining relationships
• Explore future careers
• Improve study skills and test taking skills
• Plan my life
IV. Counseling Considered as the heart of the Guidance and Counseling Service as it is the core activity through which all other activities become meaningful (Gibson, 1981). Aim is to facilitate positive growth and change. • Target No. of Counselees for Routine interview and Individual Counseling- Monthly
• Peer and Group Counseling
V. Follow-up Aims to keep track of the progress of the client after counseling and also to respond to other counseling- related cases. • Follow up on counseled students
• Follow up on students under disciplinary and academic probation.
VI. Referral Provide an internal process through which problems that requires the help of specialized professionals could be referred to proper community based agencies. • Update list/brochure of Professional for therapy and clinical assessment and evaluation (brochure format)
• Refer students who are encountering family problems for Family Counseling
VII. Testing To assess clients through the use of standardized and other assessment tools and techniques in a wide-variety of areas that would aid counseling and the other services. Scheduled test administration for Yr. III students
• Occupational Aptitude Survey and Interest Schedule (OASIS)
• Association of Benedictine School Achievement Test
VIII. Consultation Provide assistance to the school and community about different concerns and developmental issues that impacts the clients within the expertise/specialization of the professional counselors. Sponsored seminar for faculty on Effective and Healthy Communication: Communication from with in

Parents Teachers Consultation
IX. Placement Regarded as activities that aim to help the client adjust to the next level or situation she is to face developmentally.
• Lecture on Career Awareness and Pathing
• Lecture on Career Exploration
X. Research and Evaluation Activities that aims to utilize the wealth of data gathered from the operation of the different services and at the same provide baseline data for program planning • Mid year and year end evaluation of teachers’ performance and Student Services

• Survey on Yr. II Students with OFW Parents
• Personality Traits, Study Habits and Study Attitudes of Sophomore High School Students
• Statistical analysis of Pre and Post test on Metropolitan Achievement Test of Yr. II Students

• Proposed research titles:
1. Factors that affects the academic behavior of high school students.
2. Sources/influences of defiant behaviors

The guidance and counseling philosophy of HFA is based on the premise that every individual is created in the image and likeness of God, is capable of relating with his/her Creator, with him/herself, and with others, can others, can exercise his/her own free will and make individual is unique, important, has a mission in life and has a mission in life and has all the potentials of living life to the fullest because of her/his innate abilities and power. He/she is living within the particular context of her/his environment, culture and society.

Along with the process of discovering who they are and becoming the best that they can be, there are times when difficulties arise due to unpleasant thoughts which lead to unhealthy emotions and behaviors; when one’s individuality is compromised to conform with unhealthy emotions and behaviors; when one’s individuality is compromised to conform with societal norms; when one’s upbringing affects his/her way of relating with others. There are times that difficulties are face when adjusting to the changes that occur in one’s life and developmental process. Thus, arises the need for guidance and counseling. The guidance and counseling program supports the vision-mission and objectives of HFA of developing the integral development of the whole person.

Vision-Mission

HFA Guidance Department shares and support the vision-mission of the school of envisioning a renewing school community that is Christ-centered, develops human wholeness and upholds the common good in line with this particular the Guidance Department envisions a person who is confident, in healthy relationship with his/her God and Christ and with others, and is resilient. We, the guidance personnel commit ourselves in forming our clients into his vision.

Holy Family Academy (HFA) is a Catholic Archdiocesan Institution providing basic education: Elementary and Secondary. It is organized in accordance with the policies and a standard set by the Department of Education and is administered by the Missionary Benedictine Sisters.

Premised on Catholic principles of education and attempting to respond to the needs of the Philippines today, HFA is oriented towards the integral formation of the Filipino who is Christian in values, caring and concerned, critically aware, capable of deciding freely with a properly-developed conscience, responsible and committed to help build an interdependent global society that is free, just, peaceful and caring for the integrity of creation. This, the school hopes to attain by creating in the school community an atmosphere permeated with the Gospel spirit of faith, love, and freedom that supports an educational program reflecting critical inquiry, and the synthesis of culture and Christian faith and life.

VISION

Aware and conscious of global injustice particularly in the discrimination and exploitation of women and children, widespread poverty, ecological destruction, violence, and terrorism which challenge justice, peace, and love;

Holy Family Academy envisions a renewing school community that:

Is Christ-centered;
develops human wholeness and
upholds the common good.

MISSION

Responding with ever growing commitment towards a revitalized learning community for evangelization, Holy Family Academy commits itself to:

building up one another as a community of Christian Disciples;
concretizing social awareness into genuine concern for the poor, and
nurturing ecological interdependence among all forms and strata of life.