Halstrom High School graduates attend college and universities across the country and abroad such as Stanford, Columbia, UCLA, Duke, and the London School of Business, to name a few. Halstrom is accredited just like traditional high schools, and our courses are UC/CSU and NCAA-approved. Unlike other schools, however, our students have the planning and support resources available to them to ensure they successfully navigate the college application process and are accepted into the schools of their dreams.

Read more to find out about our services and college prep courses.  You can also find more information on our college planning tips section:

College Counseling

College counseling sessions are included as part of full-time student enrollment and offered to part-time students. At sessions, our school directors walk students and families through the entire process including course selection, application, scholarship assistance, career development, and extracurricular opportunity references.

College/Career Exploratory

This required one semester course allows students to research their options following high school graduation. Attention is given to using the Internet as a resource for research. College and career bound students will match options to personality traits, compose a resume, and develop interviewing skills. Students research colleges and/or careers that best "fit" each student's personality and areas of interest. Long- and short- term goals are discussed and developed to help the student make appropriate choices regarding his/her future.

Work Experience

This course is intended to help prepare each student for full-time employment and to learn to work with others in ways that are successful and rewarding. Enrolled students must secure employment, complete assigned projects, and maintain satisfactory ratings and verification of employment.

Halstrom is excited to have Jan work with our full-time Juniors and Seniors for the 2011-2012 academic year.  Jan has worked with hundreds of students and their parents to find the right match for their students' college careers and helped prepare them for the transition to college life.   Believing students are "adults in training", Jan assists students discover who they really are, identify what they what want to get out of life, and provide them with the foundation to choose a career and major. She has visited hundreds of colleges and universities across the United States and has helped many students and parents navigate the college planning and admissions process. Her students have been admitted to a broad range of colleges across the country including the Ivies, small private liberal arts colleges, major public research universities, military academies, and specialty colleges.

Jan holds an MBA from Cornell University and a Bachelor of Science from the College of Health and Human Development at Penn State University where she concentrated her studies in adolescent development.  She obtained her certificate in College Counseling from UCLA. She absolutely loves working with teenagers and their parents and looks forward to coming to the office every single day.