High School Counseling
HS Counselor Patrick Love
HS and College Counselor Patrick Love
My name is Patrick Love and I am the 10th/12th grade counselor.
I come to WBAIS after working at international schools in Bulgaria, China, and the Philippines. I came to Israel with my wife and our daughter. My wife Anne, is also a teacher at WBAIS, and we look forward to being a part of this wonderful community for years to come. During our summers we enjoy spending time with friends and family at our home in Central Oregon.
I enjoy working with teenagers and helping them reflect on their choices, goals, and the paths they would like to take as they begin contemplating their future while also making the most of their high school years, discovering and developing interests and passions.
I have a Master’s degree in School Counseling from City University in Seattle, WA. As someone who loves school counseling and growing in this field, I have presented widely at nearly every major international school counselor conference, including the International Association of College Admissions Counselors, East Asia Region Counsel of Schools Leadership Conference and Teachers Conference, International School Counselors Association, and many others. My main areas of focus tend to be developing engaged life-long learners, and young adults who can foster their own wellbeing. I also like to use big-data strategies to better know and understand my students and how they experience the learning environment.
Students and parents are always welcome in my office!
HS Counselor Kimberly Eggleston
HS Program
The High School counselors serve as advocates for and support students in the areas of academic achievement, personal/social development, and assist with exploring post-secondary opportunities. The WBAIS High School counseling team consists of 2 counselors for Grades 9 to 12 and one administrative assistant. Counselors focus on academic and university counseling in addition to supporting the academic, social, and emotional needs of students. Counselors work in partnership with families, faculty, administration, and outside resources in support of students achieving their goals.
Counselors do the following:
Academic Counseling
- Individual student academic program planning
- Advocating for students
- Schedule classes and advise on course selection
- Mediate between students, teachers and parents
- Analyze data from student achievement, student surveys and various assessments
- Refer students for student support services
Well-being/Personal/Social Development Counseling
- Providing individual and small group counseling services to students
- Help the principals identify and resolve student issues
- Crisis response
- Refer students for outside services
- Monitor student behavioral interventions
- Help design advisory sessions on pertinent issues
General/Other Counseling
- Review admissions files and make recommendations regarding academic fit and planning
- Assist students with transitions into and out of the school parent and student meetings for post secondary planning
Post Secondary
- Organize parent and student meetings for college/university planning
- Coordinate college admissions visits to campus
- Facilitate the SAT testing
- Interpret the standardized test scores with students and parents
- Support students through the college application process
- Support students with post secondary planning not including university such a gap years, military service, employment
If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about any of this or if you would just like to find information and you do not know where to start, please get in touch and we can figure out things together.