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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Meanwhile, the school’s long-time guidance counselor, Mr Mackey, gets fired due to cuts to education, and is convinced to work for ICE, working under a caricature of Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem.
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Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
South Park's latest installment saw longtime character Mr. Mackey embroiled in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement plot, with the South Park Elementary guidance counselor joining the agency after witnessing a recruitment video starring United States Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem.
—EW.com, 7 Aug. 2025
My third-grade guidance counselor heard this and wanted me in therapy.
—Vogue, 11 July 2025
My guidance counselor persuaded me to go to community college.
—David Marchese, New York Times, 3 May 2025
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Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
South Park's latest installment saw longtime character Mr. Mackey embroiled in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement plot, with the South Park Elementary guidance counselor joining the agency after witnessing a recruitment video starring United States Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem.
—EW.com, 7 Aug. 2025
My third-grade guidance counselor heard this and wanted me in therapy.
—Vogue, 11 July 2025
My guidance counselor persuaded me to go to community college.
—David Marchese, New York Times, 3 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for guidance counselor
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“Guidance counselor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guidance%20counselor. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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