The mission of the Manchester High School Counseling department is to provide a comprehensive, developmental counseling program to address the academic,career and personal/social needs of all students. In coordination with students, staff, parents and community resources, the school counselor and department staff will facilitate a positive and supportive program that will help provide a school community that is safe, healthy, and growth promoting for all students.
Students and parents can self-enroll in the MCHS School Counseling Canvas Course by clicking on the following link: https://mychesterfieldschools.instructure.com/enroll/JR83EK
Enrollments are done by appointment ONLY!
Please call (804) 739-6284 to make an appointment.
Manchester School Counseling Department
Phone: (804) 739-6284
Fax: (804) 639-6974
CEEB Code: 471870
We are happy to announce the School Counseling Department is going electronic! A google form can now be used by students to request an appointment, tell a counselor something you need, or simply ask a question! We know it is often difficult for students to leave class to see a counselor…this google form can be accessed using a student’s Chromebook from class or home! Simply type the following code into Google and the form can be accessed.
At Manchester, one of the most powerful tools we have at our disposal is the Virginia Wizard.
Let the Wizard help you choose a career, get the information you need to pursue your career, enroll in one of Virginia’s community colleges, pay for college, transfer to a four-year college or university, and get answers to your questions about your future.
See your school counselor today to schedule a time to take the Virginia Wizard!
Virginia View
Dream it. Plan it. Do it! Dream about a job that may be in your future. Start planning for high school and beyond. As you begin planning your future, have fun trying the Career Start games and activities!
SnagAJob
As the #1 source for hourly and part-time jobs, they connect job seekers with more than 100,000 active job listings from top employers across the country.
Bridges
A daily updated career exploration and planning resource that engages students and supports educators. It features an online library of easy-to-use career articles, self assessment and career planning tools, lesson plans and many other online resources .
The Job Resource
Companies may post ads for job openings, free of charge; college students may post resumes on the web and update them as often as they wish.
National Guard
Rep: SSG Jason F. Ellsworth
Phone: (804) 608-8627
Email: jason.f.ellsworth.mil@mail.mil
How to Start a High School Freshman Year the Right Way
You’ve just finished middle school and are at the top of the student ladder, but you’ve realized that come the end of summer, you have to go back to the bottom rung. For a number of reasons ranging from academic to social, high school is intimidating. Now is a good time to think about putting some strategies in place for starting your freshman year the right way.
Instructions:
Chesterfield County Tutor List (see attachment below)
It’s never too early to start looking ahead…here are a few resources for you!
Big Future presented by the College Board
The College Board (SAT, AP, PSAT) has produced an interactive website to assist students in their college search process. Check it out.
Sophomores are no longer the newbies! Get ready for a great year! What you can do to better prepare for your future…
The PSAT measures critical reading skills; math problem-solving; and writing skills. Each student who takes the PSAT receives an itemized score report which provides important feedback regarding a student’s strengths and weaknesses relative to preparation for college. You can practice for the PSAT!
Students taking the PSAT gain access to My College Quickstart, a college and career planning website offered by the College Board. In addition, certain scores on the PSAT qualify a student to take a dual-enrollment course the following school year.
For juniors, taking the PSAT gives students a chance to enter scholarship programs through the National Merit Scholarship Program.
The PSAT measures critical reading skills; math problem-solving; and writing skills. Each student who takes the PSAT receives an itemized score report which provides important feedback regarding a student’s strengths and weaknesses relative to preparation for college. You can practice for the PSAT!
Students taking the PSAT gain access to My College Quickstart, a college and career planning website offered by the College Board. In addition, certain scores on the PSAT qualify a student to take a dual-enrollment course the following school year.
For juniors, taking the PSAT gives students a chance to enter scholarship programs through the National Merit Scholarship Program.
Now is the time to take the SAT or ACT
Big Future presented by the College Board
The College Board (SAT, AP, PSAT) has produced an interactive website to assist students in their college search process. Check it out.
Free Application for Federal Student Aid
The office of Federal Student Aid, a part of the U.S. Department of Education, provides grants, loans, and work study funds for college or career school. Interested seniors can fill out the FAFSA form beginning on October 1. Prior to that date, seniors can visit FAFSA4caster to get an estimate of student aid.
Student-athletes must register with the NCAA Eligibility Center to be eligible to play NCAA Division I or Division II sports in college. NCAA asks that student athletes send their transcripts after their junior year grades have been posted. For the most up-to-date information, students should always reference the NCAA Eligibility Center website.
Big Future presented by the College Board
The College Board (SAT, AP, PSAT) has produced an interactive website to assist students in their college search process. Check it out.
Free Application for Federal Student Aid
The office of Federal Student Aid, a part of the U.S. Department of Education, provides grants, loans, and work study funds for college or career school. Interested seniors can fill out the FAFSA form beginning on October 1. Prior to that date, seniors can visit FAFSA4caster to get an estimate of student aid.
Great Aspirations Scholarship Program (GRASP)
Lisa Herbert is Manchester’s GRASP Advisor. She is at Manchester one day a week and is eager to meet with students and their parents as they navigate the process of paying for college. Mrs. Herbert will introduce herself to seniors in October. In order to make an appointment, please email Lisa at the following email address: manchester@ grasp4virginia.com or contact the School Counseling Office at 739-6274.
Transcripts
Graduated prior to 2009:
Your files have been put on microfiche and are not on file at Manchester. You must call (804) 639-8900, ext. 1651 to request your transcript. Include your name, social security number, high school (Manchester), and the year you graduated. Provide the address where you want the transcript sent.
Paper Copy Transcript:
A transcript request form can be picked up in Counselling or printed from Manchester’s website.
§ The first transcript you request is free of charge, provided that you request it at least 10 school days before the due date. *(If your first transcript is not requested at least 10 days before the due date, then the cost is $2.00 for processing.)
§ Each transcript after the first requires a $3.00 fee. Please allow 10 school days for processing to assure delivery by due date. *(An additional fee of $2.00 is required if the request falls less than 10 school days of the due date.)
Transcript requests will NOT be accepted after 2:00 p.m.
A high school diploma tells admission officers at colleges, universities, and career and technical schools that the bearer is ready for the rigors of post-secondary education. It also tells potential employers that the graduate possesses the reading, writing, and computational skills required for success in the workplace. In order to graduate from a public high school in the Commonwealth of Virginia, a student must meet the criteria established by the Virginia Department of Education.
The standard and advanced diploma options are the two most common options available for students. Other diploma types offered by the Commonwealth of Virginia include the Modified Standard Diploma; the Special Diploma; the Certificate of Program Completion; the General Achievement Diploma (GAD); and the General Education Development Certificate (GED).
Please note that requirements do vary based upon the year when a student begins the ninth grade.
The purpose of school counseling is to build skills for academic, career and personal/social development. School counseling in Chesterfield County Public Schools is a planned, sequential program of services that is comprehensive in scope and developmental in nature.
Academic counseling helps students and parents learn about curriculum choices, plan an appropriate program of studies, arrange and interpret academic testing and seek post secondary academic opportunities.
Career counseling helps students acquire information and plan for work, jobs, apprenticeships and post-secondary education and career opportunities.
Personal or social counseling helps students develop an understanding of themselves and the rights and needs of others, resolve conflict and define individual goals that reflect their interests, abilities and aptitudes. Such counseling may be provided in groups in which generic issues of social development are addressed or through structured individual or small group counseling sessions that focus on specific student concerns (for example, divorce, anxiety or aggressive behavior).
At Manchester High School
Our school counselors take great pride in getting to know our students. Whether we are enrolling new students; answering a scheduling question; brainstorming with students about what to do after they leave Manchester; or maybe just offering an empathetic ear to challenges at home, we care about our students.
Each year we work with our students on a variety of issues. During the freshman and sophomore years, our goal is to develop a relationship with your child in order to help him or her adapt to high school. During the junior and senior years, our goal is to help your child further explore options for life after high school. We meet with students individually and in the classroom setting through a variety of classroom guidance lessons. Please review our school counseling department calendar each year to review our plans for the current school year.
Beyond the general services offered as described above, the Manchester School Counseling Department offers a number of other services and programs, e.g. College Night, financial aid workshops, orientations, and student scheduling. The department also coordinates all mandated testing, sends transcripts, and coordinates award assemblies with the administration..
Public:
Christopher Newport University
College of William and Mary
George Mason University
James Madison University
Longwood College
Mary Washington College
Norfolk State University
Old Dominion University
Radford University
University of Virginia
University of Virginia at Wise
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Military Institute
Virginia State University
Virginia Tech
Vocational/Community:
ECPI College of Technology
ITT Technical Institute
J. Sergeant Reynolds Community College
John Tyler Community College
Richard Bland Community College
Private:
Averett College
Bluefield College
Bridgewater College
Bryant & Stratton
Eastern Mennonite University
Emory and Henry College
Hampden-Sydney College
Hampton University
Hollins College
Liberty University
Lynchburg College
Mary Baldwin College
Marymount University
Randolph-Macon College
Randolph-Macon Woman’s College
Roanoke College
St. Paul’s College
Shenandoah University
Sweet Briar College
University of Richmond
Virginia Intermont College
Virginia Union University
Virginia Weselyan College
Washington and Lee University
Transcripts
Graduated prior to 2012:
Your files have been put on microfiche and are not on file at Manchester. You must call (804) 639-8900, ext. 1651 to request your transcript. Include your name, social security number, high school (Manchester), and the year you graduated. Provide the address where you want the transcript sent.
You can find transcript request forms by following the links below:
Parents of students who will attend Manchester High School for 9th grade next school year are invited to attend an information session in the Manchester HS auditorium at 6:00 PM on Thursday January 24th. Information will be shared about scheduling, AP courses, Early College Academy and an elective fair will be set up for parents and students to view.
1) Counselor will go into English and PE classes to discuss the general guidelines in the scheduling process.
Counselors will take the recommendation cards and make a preliminary schedule from the information students and teachers have filled in. Counselors will then meet with juniors one-on-one in their offices to go over transcripts and verify one last time their course request for the upcoming year (February 17-March 6). Freshmen and sophomores will meet with their counselors during PE classes to verify the course requests they have chosen March 9th-20th for sophomores and March 23-28th for freshmen).
If taking a Dual Enrollment course, students must apply to JTCC and have qualifying scores before the Dual Enrollment deadline.
4) Course Request Verification Letters Go Home
Parents will receive a copy of their student’s proposed 2020-2021 schedule on April 3rd. These will be due back no later than April 15th. If there are any errors that you notice on the proposed course request, this is the final opportunity to make corrections. Because of master scheduling and staffing requirements, there are no schedule changes allowed after this process.
CHESTERFIELD TECHNICAL CENTER:
Coordinator: Cammie Nicely
12601 Bailey Bridge Rd, Midlothian, VA 23112
Phone: (804) 739-6284
Fax: (804) 639-6974
CEEB Code: 471870
How to Get a Copy of Your Official Manchester Transcript
Chesterfield County Public Schools has partnered with Parchment.com for all transcript requests and education verifications for all current high school students and alumni. Parchment provides efficient and secure electronic transcript delivery nationwide with up-to-date tracking through email notifications for all registered users.
Processing Time:
Please allow a minimum of seven (7) business days for processing of all requests. Transcripts ordered through Parchment over the weekend or holiday breaks will not be processed until school re-opens. Please keep this in mind as many college application deadlines fall around the holiday seasons.
Current Students:
Alumni:
Questions?
Please click here for Frequently Asked Questions.
Thank you again for using Parchment to request your transcript. If you have any questions about Parchment, select the Parchment help link for details. As always, you may contact your School Counseling Office for additional questions.
School Day: 8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Address: 12601 Bailey Bridge Road
Midlothian, VA 23112
Office: (804) 739-6275
Clinic: (804) 739-6282
Fax: (804) 739-6340
Email: MCHS_Mail@ccpsnet.net
School Mascot: Lancers
School Colors: Navy Blue & Orange
Established: 1924