Counseling

What does confidentiality mean?

• When you come to see us anything you talk to us about is kept confidential.
• This means that BY LAW we cannot and do not share the information you give us to anyone.

What exceptions are there to confidentiality?
We will need to share information with another under the following circumstances:

• The counselor and student agree to share the information with another person.
• The counselor is concerned that the student may cause harm to self or others.
• The student informs the counselor of abuse, neglect, or other violation of the child protection act.

 
When should parents contact the School Counselor?

• When you need assistance with educational planning.
  • Correct academic level placement
  • Honors placement
  • Extra support
• If you would like to discuss issues:
  • If only 1 or 2 classes are affected, please contact teachers directly.
  • If 3 or more classes are affected, contact counseling.
• If you or your student need financial assistance.
  • Free/reduced lunch
  • school supplies
  • sports fees
  • partial scholarship for field trips/events
• You know of difficulties at home that may interfere with student's learning such as death, divorce, change in living situation or finances.
• You need referrals for community resources.
  • child/family counseling
  • drug/alcohol counseling
  • tutoring services

When should a parent contact the teacher?
Teachers work with students daily and know their individual needs so contact your child's teacher when you need information specific to their classrooms.

• Curriculum
• Assignments
• Tests/quizzes
• Grades

Often teachers have websites that may include:

• general information about classes they teach
• syllabi
• student progress reports

Email is an efficient and appropriate way to communicate with teachers

• List of Teachers Contact Information
• Email = firstinitiallastname@nsd.org (EX. Mr. Bob Titan = btitan@nsd.org)

Naviance is a web-based system our district uses for college and career readiness, college applications, and the High School and Beyond plan. All students who are actively enrolled already have an account. Parents do not have accounts, but can ask their students to share what they are doing in Naviance. Here is the process for logging in:

Website: http://connection.naviance.com/timbercrestjh
Username: Student ID #
Password: 8 digit birthdate, no dashes or slashes

It is never too early to think about the future! As most Timbercrest students will go on to Woodinville High School, the following links will take you to pages on the WHS site:

Graduation Readiness
College Readiness

If you are planning to attend a different high school please check with your counsellor for more information.

Requesting academic records from Timbercrest Middle School:

1. Students who need records/transcript forwarded to their new school should have the new school fax their formal request form to:
 Timbercrest Middle School Registrar using the fax telephone number 425-408-6902 
2. Parents can request their student records/transcript by contacting our Registrar at 425-408-6918 to verify their identity prior to the release of documents. 
Please be advised that if your student has withdrawn from Timbercrest Middle School, we are required to verify enrollment with the new school.
 Therefore, those requests should follow the instructions in item #1 above.