{"id":19,"date":"2019-08-02T21:40:36","date_gmt":"2019-08-02T21:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/indiantrail-staging-new\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2025-09-30T08:40:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T13:40:15","slug":"counselors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/indiantrail\/students\/counselors\/","title":{"rendered":"Counseling"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Counselors\u2019 Roles<\/h2>\n<p>School counselors work with students and their families within the Indian Trail High School &amp; Academy learning community.\u00a0Students are assigned a counselor in 9th grade and maintain that counselor through their high school career.\u00a0School counselors assist students with academics, personal and social issues, and college and\/or career readiness.<\/p>\n<h2>Academic Support<\/h2>\n<p>School counselors guide students as they strive to attain a high school diploma and create post-high school goals.\u00a0 Counselors assist with yearly course registration to ensure students are focused on graduation and college or career readiness. Throughout the school year, counselors monitor students\u2019 academic progress and offer assistance if needed.<\/p>\n<h2>Personal and Social Issues<\/h2>\n<p>School counselors support the emotional needs of students as they navigate through their high school experiences.\u00a0 This includes information on topics like bully prevention, suicide prevention, decision making, and conflict resolution.\u00a0School counselors are available throughout the school day.<\/p>\n<h2>College and Career Readiness<\/h2>\n<p>School counselors support students as they transition to life after high school. Through \u201cXello\u201d, 10th<sup>\u00a0<\/sup>grade students begin to focus on post-high school options, examining their own strengths and interests.\u00a0School counselors assist 11th and 12th grade students with the college and career pathways, financial aid, scholarships, and letters of recommendation.<\/p>\n<p>Follow the Indian Trail counseling department on Twitter\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/ITHSAcounselors\"><strong>@ITHSAcounselors<\/strong><\/a>, regarding important reminders for any information out of the counseling office.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<table style=\"height: 260px;width: 600px\" border=\"1\" width=\"600\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 134px\" valign=\"top\">\n<td style=\"height: 134px;width: 32.371794871794876%\" width=\"100\">\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15513 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/indiantrail\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2024\/10\/radka.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"143\" height=\"190\" \/><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 134px;width: 32.371794871794876%\" width=\"100\">\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-14008 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/indiantrail\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/09\/harvey.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"143\" height=\"190\" \/><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 134px;width: 43.047810087801004%\" width=\"100\">\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15322 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/indiantrail\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2024\/08\/zidek.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"143\" height=\"190\" \/><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 126px\" valign=\"top\">\n<td style=\"height: 126px;width: 32.371794871794876%\">\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p><strong><span class=\"style1\">Radka Redig<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>262-359-8541<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:rredig@kusd.edu\">rredig@kusd.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>A &#8211; CN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 126px;width: 32.371794871794876%\">\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p><strong>Alisha Harvey<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>262-359-8705<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:aaharvey@kusd.edu\">aaharvey@kusd.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>CO &#8211; GE<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 126px;width: 32.371794871794876%\">\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p><strong>Suzanne Zidek<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>262-359-8508<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:szidek@kusd.edu\">szidek@kusd.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>GF &#8211; K<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"height: 267px;width: 600px\" border=\"1\" width=\"600\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 141px\" valign=\"top\">\n<td style=\"width: 32.25806451612903%;height: 141px\" width=\"100\">\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-16934 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/indiantrail\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2025\/09\/Ekstrom-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"143\" height=\"190\" \/><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 32.58064516129032%;height: 141px\" width=\"100\">\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-14238 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/indiantrail\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/11\/schroeder.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"143\" height=\"190\" \/><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 39.52153371637146%;height: 141px\" width=\"100\">\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15293 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/indiantrail\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2024\/08\/Koepnick.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"143\" height=\"190\" \/><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 126px\" valign=\"top\">\n<td style=\"width: 32.25806451612903%;height: 126px\">\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p><strong>Elizabeth\u00a0Ekstrom<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>262-359-8537<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:eekstrom@kusd.edu\">eekstrom@kusd.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>L &#8211; OC\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 32.58064516129032%;height: 126px\">\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p><strong>Michelle\u00a0Schroeder<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>262-359-8569<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:maschroe@kusd.edu\">maschroe@kusd.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>OD &#8211; SH<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 39.52153371637146%;height: 126px\">\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p><strong><span class=\"style1\">Emily Koepnick<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>262-359-8708<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:ekoepnic@kusd.edu\">ekoepnic@kusd.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>SI &#8211; Z<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Counselors\u2019 Roles School counselors work with students and their families within the Indian Trail High School &amp; Academy learning community.\u00a0Students are assigned a counselor in 9th grade and maintain that [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":13352,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/indiantrail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/indiantrail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/indiantrail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/indiantrail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/indiantrail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/indiantrail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16935,"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/indiantrail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions\/16935"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/indiantrail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/indiantrail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}