Counseling

Meet the Team

Students are assigned to a counselor grade level. Need to make an appointment with your counselor? Call or email your assigned counselor using the information below.

Click here to schedule a meeting with your counselor either over zoom or in person.

Ann McGowan, M.A.
7th Grade Counselor
Days at TMS: All Week (Mon-Fri)
425-408-6920
amcgowan@nsd.org

Timbercrest is very lucky to have Ms. McGowan leading the counseling team for another exciting year. She’s a great resource for all of us, and we are so happy she is here four days a week!

Click here to schedule an appointment!

Dierdre Flaherty
8th Grade Counselor
Days at TMS: All Week (Mon - Fri)
425-408-6924
dflaherty@nsd.org

Ms. Flaherty has worked in various roles in the Northshore school district, which has given her a great understanding of the community and how to best serve Timbercrest students and families.

In her free time she loves to be with her family, hold her chickens, exercise, read nonfiction, ride dirt bikes and go camping.

She is very excited to be working full time with the TMS counseling team!

Click here to schedule an appointment!

Michael Rhyne
6th Grade Counselor
Days at TMS: All Week (Mon - Fri)
425-408-6921
mrhyne@nsd.org

Mr. Rhyne is excited to be joining our counseling team this school year and can’t wait for students to return and for this year to get started! He values collaboration and understands the importance of building strong relationships with students and our community.

Outside of school he enjoys spending his weekend mornings watching the English Premier League, playing with his two sons and painting.

Welcome to TMS Counseling!

Students can see their counselors for a variety of social, emotional and academic issues such as:

Questions about your schedule or transcript
Friendship issue
Harassment/Bully issues
Help with grades or teachers
Help communicating family problems to teachers
Drug or alcohol issues
Help dealing with stress

Counseling FAQs

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

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

Graduation & College Readiness

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.

In order to graduate, students must complete:

24 credits*
- 17 core credits
- 3 Personalized Pathway Requirement credits
- 4 flexible credits
High School & Beyond Plan
Two courses in any combination of AP, IB, College in the High School, Tech Prep, and/or Running Start, unless an alternative course of study is identified through the student’s High School and Beyond Plan
State High School Graduation Pathway Requirements

*Each whole credit number represents a year length course. For example, 3 math credits represents 3 years of study.

Personalized Pathway Requirements

English (4 credits)

Mathematics (3 Credits)

Science (3 Credits)

Social Studies (3 Credits)

Health & Fitness (2 Credits)

Career & Technical Education (1 Credit)

1.0 credit that meets CTE exploratory requirements or higher.

Students who earn a graduation requirement credit through a Career and Technical Education (CTE) course determined (by the Instructional Support Department) to be equivalent to a non-CTE course shall not be required to earn a second credit in the non-CTE graduation requirement course. The single CTE course would meet two diploma requirements. Similarly, students who earn a graduation requirement credit through a non-CTE course determined (by the Instructional Support Department) to be equivalent to a CTE course shall not be required to earn a second credit in the CTE graduation requirement course. However, in either case only one credit would be awarded. The student would then be required to earn an additional elective credit, as total credits for graduation will not change.

Arts (2 Credits)

World Language (2 Credits)

Flexible Credits (4 Credits)

Outside Credit Limit

To preserve the integrity of the Northshore comprehensive high school diploma, 85% of the required credits for graduation shall be earned through the student's comprehensive high school course offerings. No more than 50% of the graduation requirements in any discipline may be obtained from approved accredited sources outside the Northshore School District. Students who earn more than 15% of the total required credits or more than 50% of the required credits in any discipline from outside sources, and who complete all district requirements for graduation, shall receive a generic Northshore School District diploma.

Graduation Requirements for Class of 2019 and beyond (PDF Document)

For more information, please visit the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction(OSPI) for state information and links to additional resources.

Academic Records

Requesting academic records from Timbercrest Middle School:

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
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.