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School Counseling

 

School Counseling Department Staff
Mrs. Holly Brady, School Counseling Secretary - hbrady@westmschools.org 
Mr. Tom Crowley, School Counselor grades 9 & 10 - tcrowley@westmschools.org
Mrs. May Sheck, School Counselor grades 11&12-msheck@westmschools.org
 

School Counselors communicate through Google Classroom. All students are automatically added to the following Google Classrooms based on their graduation year. Google Classroom is where Mid East, CCP, and in-building students will find all school counseling updates and information.

  • 2028 - Freshmen Google Classroom 
  • 2027 - Sophomore Google Classroom 
  • 2026 - Junior Google Classroom 
  • 2025 - Senior Google Classroom
  • Scholarships 24-25 Google Classroom (for seniors) 

Parents and Guardians: Email your student’s respective school counselor to be added to the list to receive weekly summaries of your student’s Google Classroom posts. These parent/guardian summaries come every week on Friday afternoons to let you know about posts from the week. 

Students can find most of the information they need under the “CLASSWORK” tab in their Google Classroom, including but not limited to, graduation, seal information, test prep, field trip permission forms, and upcoming events. There are alphabetized subtitles to categorize information to make things easier to find.

  • Mid-East Presentation Day for Sophomores
    A representative from Mideast comes to WMHS every October to present to all 10th graders about the opportunity to apply to Mideast.
  • Mid-East Buffalo and Mid-East Zanesville Field Trips (10th Grade)
    Tenth graders have the opportunity to attend two field trips to Mid-East during the fall of their sophomore year. Field trips are not mandatory.
  • Scholarships
    Check out the link under "More Information at the top right of this page. All scholarships will be posted in Scholarships Google Classroom and in Mrs. Sheck's Scholarship spreadsheet. All senior West Muskingum emails have been added to the group. Click the following link for the scholarship spreadsheet
    Scholarship Spreadsheet 2023-2024
     
  • Mrs. Sheck posts all scholarships she is aware of in her scholarship spreadsheet. Please ask your senior to show you his/her SCHOLARSHIPS Google Classroom to see the spreadsheet if you cannot access the link above. For more information, email Mrs. Sheck at msheck@westmschools.org. 
  • Scholarship Central from the Muskingum County Community Foundation specializes in helping identify scholarships specific to each student Set up a one-one-one appointment with Scholarship Central at www.scholarshipcentral.org or call at 740.453.5192. 
     
  • Testing Information
    End Of Course Exams: Per Ohio Graduation requirements, students take an exam at the end of completing the following courses:  
  • Algebra 1 

  • English Language Arts 2 

  • Biology

  • US History

  • US Government

  • Geometry

Students are required to earn a score of at least 684 on Algebra 1 and English Language Arts 2 as part of their graduation requirement. For those who do not meet a score of 684, on either exam,they will be retested in December of each year. Students can also earn graduation seals with a minimum score of 700 in Biology (Science Seal), and 700 in US History and Government (Citizenship Seal). Students not meeting those benchmarks may also be retested in December. Students and parents will be notified if a student needs to retake an exam.

  • Official EOC Practice
    Students are assigned remediation courses in ELA 2 and Algebra 1 if a student needs to retake one or both of those exams. There are also official EOC exam practice links in the students Google Classrooms.
     
  • ACT 
    Every Junior will take the ACT in the spring of their junior year (it’s typically the last week of February or the first week of March). This is paid for by the State of Ohio. If your student would like to take the ACT on their own time, they are can register at  www.act.org   and use ACT WM School Code: 365753 This code must be entered when registering for the ACT so a copy of your scores will be sent to WMHS. Otherwise WMHS will not have access to submit test scores on your behalf. 

DATES AND TIMES TO BE ANNOUNCED

Virtual - These classes will be held via Zoom. Login information will be emailed the week prior to the first session. If you do not have video capabilities, please email scholarshipcentral@mccf.org prior to registering.
In-Person - Classes held at the Muskingum County Community Foundation, 534 Putnam Ave. Zanesville, OH 43701
Registration - TBA

Class Information & ACT Prep Books
Dr. William Stewart volunteers his time to provide instruction for the Scholarship Central’s ACT Prep Classes. Once your registration is submitted, a staff member will be in contact to coordinate getting the ACT Prep book to you electronically or you can pick-up in person at The Muskingum County Community Foundation.

Free ACT and SAT Prep
A message from Magoosh test prep: We believe every student should have free and affordable ACT/SAT test preparation services available to them. Our unique stress-free study resources give students the ability to learn at their own pace, and on their own schedule making us accessible and effective. If you haven't already, please feel free to take a look at our free SAT & ACT practice tests:
magoosh.com/hs/act/act-practice-test/
magoosh.com/hs/sat/sat-practice-test/
There are also practice test resources in the school counseling lobby and under the "Classwork" Tab in their Class of 202_ Google Classrooms.

  • ASVAB - The ASVAB is offered in October each school year for any interested students.
  • PSAT - The PSAT/NMSQT is extra standardized test practice for any sophomore or junior who is interested. The PSAT is offered in October of each school year. School Counselors ask students who are interested in May of the previous school year and then again the first week of August of the school year it is offered.