Personal Social Support

OHS School Counselors' Role in Personal Social Support

The OHS Counseling staff is here to help students with their personal and social concerns as well as their transition into high school. OHS Counselors deliver school counseling programs that enhance student growth in three domain areas: academic, college/career, and personal/social development. School counselors help students enhance their social/emotional development—the mindsets and behaviors students need to manage emotions and learn and apply interpersonal skills—while recognizing that growth in all three domains is necessary for students to be successful now and later in life.

Walk-in Counseling Calendar

Students are welcome to make an appointment with their own school counselor or meet with the counselor assigned to walk-in hours. Please see the calendar, below, and don't hesitate to drop in if you need support.

School & Community Support Services
Virtual Calming Room

School & Community Support Services

We invite you to visit the Support webpage to view a full list of school and family support services for mental health, food insecurity, chemical health, and crisis response.

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Emergency and Crisis Lines - 911 or 988

If you are in need of immediate counseling or are not safe, please call 911 or 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline).

Cope: Hennepin County Mobile Crisis Response - 612-596-1223

The Hennepin County Mobile Crisis Response team can come to where you are 24/7 for adults and children. Cope responds to anyone in Hennepin County who needs an urgent response. Telephone 612-596-1223.

Virtual Calming Room

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Transcripts

Transcript How-to's

Current Seniors:

Pay the Transcript Fee in MPP under "Activities." Seniors, there is a $40 senior fee that will cover the costs to send all official transcripts for your college applications, mid-year reports, final transcripts and scholarship transcripts. Please visit MyPaymentsPlus. You can pay the transcript fee under "Activities."
Sign in to MaiaLearning to request a transcrpt. Once this fee is paid, sign on to your MaiaLearning account. Once you add a college to your list of "Applying List" under the "Universities" tab and choose the appropriate deadline dates, select "request transcript" when you are ready for us to submit. We will send your transcript to the college once the transcript and letters of recommendation are all ready to go. For special requests (e.g., international destinations or rank requests), please visit the High School School Counseling Office.

Alumni:

Requests may be submitted by one of the following methods:

U.S. Mail: Orono School Counseling Office, 795 Old Crystal Bay Road, Long Lake, MN 55356
Email susan.mccabe@orono.k12.mn.us and drop off the $7 fee (per transcript) to the OHS School Counseling Office
Visit the OHS School Counseling Office in person

All Requests Must Include:

A written and signed request that includes your name at the time of graduation, date of birth, graduation year, name/s and address/es of the institution/s to which you would like the transcript/s sent, and your phone number or email address.
$7.00 (per transcript, cash or check made payable to OHS).

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Tutoring

There are many tutoring options available in our area:

Orono Community Education

CE offers individual tutoring services before/after school on campus. Families can request tutors for specific areas of need. Please call 952-449-8350 or visit the Community Education Youth Academic Programs webpage for more information.

OHS Peer Tutors

Orono High School maintains a list of peer tutors available to help students in specific academic areas. Please contact your School Counselor for more information.

Community Resources

There are also a variety of tutoring options available in the community. Fees and areas of focus vary by provider. Formats include one-on-one, small group, large classroom, online interactive, on site, in-home and any combination of these. Areas of focus might include: specific academic areas, general study skills, and/or test preparation. We do not endorse one individual/organization over another, and there are many good sources in our area.

Spartan Hour

This is a 40-minute period held every Tuesday and Thursday between first and second periods that gives students the opportunity to form relationships with peers and teachers, access teachers for extra help, make up tests, and collaborate with other students on group projects.

How it works

Students report to their Spartan Hour teachers for attendance purposes at the start of each Spartan Hour. After checking in with that teacher, students that have a pass from another teacher will be able to go to that teacher's room for a specific instructional purpose. Each Spartan Hour class consists of students from the same grade level, assigned proportionally by last name. Each Spartan Hour group remains intact throughout a student's high school experience, encouraging the development of new relationships.

This structure was devised to also provide new opportunities to monitor student progress and provide academic interventions or extensions more uniformly.

Contact

Shana Borgen, School Counselor
(Last Names A-Ha)
shana.borgen@orono.k12.mn.us
952-449-8411

Kathryn Haagenson, School Counselor
(Last Names He-N)
kathryn.haagenson@orono.k12.mn.us
952-449-8410

Lauren Handrick, School Counselor
(Last Names O-Z)
lauren.handrick@orono.k12.mn.us
952-449-8422

Marie Techam, School Social Worker
marie.techam@orono.k12.mn.us

Ericka Ronnings, School Psychologist
ericka.ronnings@orono.k12.mn.us

Brandy Randall, Gifted & Talented
brandy.randall@orono.k12.mn.us

Susan McCabe, Transcripts
susan.mccabe@orono.k12.mn.us

Kristin Palm, Registrar
kristin.palm@orono.k12.mn.us

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