Student Services
Student Services Division personnel assist students as they mature and develop during their high school years. Student Services personnel are counselors, deans, social workers, psychologists, college consultants, and all of the important people who work behind the scenes such as registrars, nurses and the substance abuse prevention team.
- Student Support Teams
- Student Support Groups and Resources
- Peer Helpers
- Student Counselor Parent Engagement (SCoPE)
- Non-Seniors Applying to Post-Secondary Institution
Student Support Teams
Student Support Teams
Each student at Stevenson is assigned to a Student Support Team (SST). Each team consists of a psychologist, dean, social worker and counselor and SST offices are located in the East Building and the West Building.
There are many ways to reach SST members including:
Email - Links to contact SST members by email are listed below
Telephone Message - SST members will receive an email whenever they have a voice message and will return your call as soon as possible.
Individual Appointment Requests - Counselors and Social Workers and some Deans use Calendly, a confidential online system for booking individual appointments. You can access the links below to schedule an appointment with a member of your SST.
East SST (Room 6064)
Psychologists:
Office Assistant:
Counselors
- Danielle Aulisio / 847-415-4516 / Calendly
- Jenna Breuer / 847-415-4543 / Calendly
- Juan Ibarra Flores - ELL / 847-415-4515 / Calendly
- Megan Kelly - ELL / 847-415-4510 / Calendly
- Christina Lee / 847-415-4532 / Calendly
- Patty Martin / 847-415-4525 / Calendly
- Lindsay Puppolo / 847-415-4571 / Calendly
- Ray Tad-y / 847-415-4519 / Calendly
- Dawn Timm / 847-415-4540 / Calendly
Deans
- Sara Rogers / 847-415-4024 / Calendly
- Oscar Rivera / 847-415-4038
- Carla Wood / 847-415-4062 / Calendly
Social Workers
Substance Abuse Prevention
- Dr. Cristina Cortesi / 847-415-4529 / Drop-in Hours and Calendly link
- Learn more about Substance Abuse Prevention
West SST (Rooms 2414/2412)
Psychologists:
Office Assistant:
Counselors
- Jennifer Falk / 847-415-4524 / Calendly
- Amy Grove / 847-415-4514 / Calendly
- Lindsay Jurjovec - ELL / 847-415-4536 / Calendly
- Sarah Kellogg - ELL / 847-415-4521 / Calendly
- Irina Kogan - ELL / 847-415-4544 / Calendly
- Lisa Scanio / 847-415-4526 / Calendly
- Jaison Varghese / 847-415-4518 / Calendly
- Hector Vazquez / 847-415-4541 / Calendly
- Jorie Dwyer / 847-415-4547 / Calendly
Deans
- Kathy McCauley / 847-415-4037 / Calendly
- David Schoenfisch / 847-415-4035
- Daryl Wallace / 847-415-4065 / Calendly
Social Workers
Student Services Director
Student Services Assistant Director
Student Services Director's Assistant
Student Support Groups and Resources
Student Support Groups and Resources
Our Student Support Teams invite you to click the links below to find a variety of ways that you can destress whenever you might need to! Additionally, you may access this list of community resources or student support groups (listed below) anytime
Meditation Room
Stevenson High School provides two spaces where students are able to engage in quiet reflection or meditation before school, during their lunch period, or during a free period. These spaces may be found in the lower ILC (room 1301) or in east Student Services (room 6064). Students should check in with the office assistant in each location to use these spaces. Students may reach out to a member of their SST with any questions.
Student Support Groups
The following groups are designed to provide support and assistance to students and their families. If you are interested in a group or would like to learn more about one, please contact a member of your SST or one of the group facilitators.
Be You is a semester-long process and psycho-educational group that focuses on helping female students celebrate the amazing internal and external qualities that make them who they are. The group will engage in self-esteem building activities in order to help students build their confidence and achieve their goals. Facilitators: Danielle Colletti, Irina Kogan
Boys of Color Affinity Group provides psycho-educational support and affirmations by providing a sense of belonging and connectedness. Facilitators: Jaison Varghese, Hector Vazquez
COA (Children of Addicts) assists students affected by a parent/guardian abusing drugs/alcohol. The group focuses on learning about the disease of addiction, sharing feelings, and helping each other find healthy coping skills. Facilitator: Janet Sushinski, Cristina Cortesi
Coping in the Age of Covid (Processing Current Events Group) is a safe space for students to discuss a variety of unexpected current events impacting our daily lives in 2020. The group will focus on processing stress and frustrations, and developing and implementing healthy coping strategies. Facilitators: Liza Shoemaker, Lindsay Puppolo
Coping Skills Psycho-Educational Group is a six-week curriculum-based group focusing on healthy strategies for coping with daily life stressors. Students will identify triggers to their own stressors and learn multiple strategies to manage them. Facilitators: Tom Edwards, Sean Hardiman, Jorie Walton, Lindsay Jurjovec
Coping with Family Stress is a safe place to discuss different aspects of adjusting/coping with the impact of a separation, divorce, addition of step-family members, or other changes within a family system. Facilitators: Maggie Noble, Jaime Travis
FAB (Female and Black) is an affinity group that provides support and affirmations by providing a sense of belonging and connectedness. Facilitator: Janet Sushinski
Grief Support Group offers a safe, supportive environment in which students share and process grief and connect students with others who are also coping with the death of an immediate family member, establish connections with others to decrease the isolation that grief brings, and learn that there are many different ways to grieve. Facilitators: Christina Foss, Chantel Smith
Calm Your Mind is a six-week psycho-educational group that will focus on the brain and the effect that stress and our own thoughts have on our bodies and minds. Each week we will learn about how our brain works and then practice a meditation. Participants will learn strategies to decrease stress and allow our brains to work effectively. Facilitators: Amy Grove, Jen Polisky
Project 10 Midwest provides a safe place for students who identify with the LGBTQ community. The group is a space to explore sexual and/or gender identity. Facilitators: Claire Burja, Emily Friedman, Sami Cummins
Social Communication Group helps members learn expected communication skills, promotes the building of prosocial relationships, and fosters the development of positive coping skills for school and life. Facilitators: Anthony Lazzara, Colleen Fischer, Jorge Pozo
Substance Abuse Intervention Groups
Recovery Group supports students who are focused on their own recovery from a substance use disorder. Contact: Cristina Cortesi
Insight is an educational and discussion-based group for students who think their current tobacco or other substance use may have a negative impact on their life. Contact: Cristina Cortesi
7 Challenges is an evidence-based treatment group facilitated by OMNI Youth Services for students who want to explore how they can make changes to their current substance use behaviors. Contact: Cristina Cortesi
If you would like to join a group, please contact a member of your Student Support Team or the group facilitator.
*If there is an emergency during the school day (a crisis or safety situation), please go to Student Services immediately and let someone know that you need to talk to a social worker right away.
*If there is an emergency after school hours, please contact your parent/guardian and call 911.
Peer Helpers
Peer Helpers
Peer Helpers, a group sponsored by Student Services, staff the Student Lounge, a safe place students go to talk, relax, obtain resources, or eat their lunch. The program offers support for students by providing peer counseling and school wide campaigns.
2nd Annual Mental Health Forum
This virtual event, held on April 9, 2021, included students, faculty and community providers discussing various mental health topics in order to help educate one another and help break the stigmas associated with mental health.
Student Counselor Parent Engagement (SCoPE)
Stevenson High School counselors are committed to building strong relationships with students and parents/guardians as these relationships contribute to the well-being of students both inside and outside of classes. As a result, students will have Student Counselor Parent Engagement meetings with their counselor.
Stay tuned to the Daily Digest newsletter for more information regarding scheduling periods as they open up for each school year.
Student Counselor Parent Engagement (SCoPE)
All families will have SCoPE experiences in their Freshman and Sophomore year with their assigned counselor. SCoPE meetings will consist of a 30-minute meeting with the student, parent/guardian and counselor during which families will have the opportunity to share more information about their student’s strengths, interests, goals and concerns. In addition, counselors will provide information about their role in helping students and families to navigate the high school experience as well as make the most of programs and resources offered to support students.
Post Secondary Student Counselor Parent Engagement (P-SCoPE)
Junior families will have a Post Secondary Student Counselor Parent Engagement (P-SCoPE). These engagements are 45-minute individual family appointments with a post secondary counselor. Participating in a P-SCoPE meeting during Junior year can only enhance the counselor's ability to assist students in the college admission process in the fall.
Non-Seniors Applying to Post-Secondary Institution
Non-Seniors Applying to Post-Secondary Institution (College, Trade School, Military, etc.)
If you are interested in applying to a non-Stevenson program that requires a letter of recommendation, completed evaluation form, and/or transcript, please follow the steps below:
Letter of Recommendation
Contact your counselor, who will connect with a parent/guardian to confirm approval for releasing any information about the student’s records to an outside organization/program.
Unofficial Transcript
Log onto your Infinite Campus account and go to "Documents.” Select the school year and you will see "Transcript.”
**This is something that students, as well as parents, can view from their Infinite Campus accounts.
Official Transcripts
If you need an official transcript, you will need to request via Parchment, our online transcript delivery service. Students should go to www.parchment.com and create an account. Below you will find a PDF that will walk you through the process of creating and requesting your “credentials” (transcripts). Students should use a non-"@students.d125.org" email account since this login can be used for many years.
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act
The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act ensures educational rights and protections for children and youth experiencing homelessness. Parents/guardians who feel they may be eligible for support provided through the McKinney-Vento Act should contact the District 125 Homeless Liaison, Sarah Bowen, at 847-415-4500 or sbowen@d125.org.