guidance counselor
noun
US
: a person who gives help and advice to students about educational and personal decisions
Her high school guidance counselor suggested she apply to Harvard.
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Schools will often assemble lists of programs that have been popular with previous students, so check with your child's guidance counselor.
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Theo Wolf, CNBC, 1 May 2026
Investigators later determined that Finley — who worked as both a guidance counselor and volleyball coach at McDowell High School — had engaged in inappropriate communications with the student, according to WLOS, FOX Carolina and McDowell News.
—Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
Chandler Levack‘s new film is structured like a Russian nesting doll of roommate stories, as the two girls are confronted by a guidance counselor who decides to tell them another story of freshman year roommates who didn’t get along at first.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 17 Apr. 2026
Denise Richards plays wealthy high schooler Kelly Van Ryan, who accuses her guidance counselor, Sam Lombardo (Matt Dillon), of raping her; her case is then reinforced when outcast Suzie Toller (Neve Campbell) comes forward with her own allegation against Sam.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Apr. 2026
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Theo Wolf, CNBC, 1 May 2026
Investigators later determined that Finley — who worked as both a guidance counselor and volleyball coach at McDowell High School — had engaged in inappropriate communications with the student, according to WLOS, FOX Carolina and McDowell News.
—Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
Chandler Levack‘s new film is structured like a Russian nesting doll of roommate stories, as the two girls are confronted by a guidance counselor who decides to tell them another story of freshman year roommates who didn’t get along at first.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 17 Apr. 2026
Denise Richards plays wealthy high schooler Kelly Van Ryan, who accuses her guidance counselor, Sam Lombardo (Matt Dillon), of raping her; her case is then reinforced when outcast Suzie Toller (Neve Campbell) comes forward with her own allegation against Sam.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Apr. 2026
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“Guidance counselor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guidance%20counselor. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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