The mission of the Jackson-Reed High School counseling program is to promote the academic, career, personal, emotional, and social development of ALL students and prepare them to be responsible and productive citizens of a global society. The school counseling program attempts to integrate the various facets of a student's development both academically and emotionally at the high school level. To do this, the entire department provides students with the following services:

  • Individual and group counseling
  • Educational and career planning
  • Academic development
  • College preparation and access
  • Consultation with parents and staff
  • Information programs and activities
  • Crisis intervention/problem solving
  • Student advocacy

Ways to Access the Counseling Department

Students can meet with their school counselors before school, during lunch, and after school. Please see the Student Support Team page to see who the counselor for your grade is.

Parents wishing to make an appointment with their child’s school counselor are encouraged to email the counselor directly.

Graduation Requirements

Subject Credits
(Carnegie Units)
English 4.0 credits
Mathematics (including Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II) 4.0 credits
Science (must include three lab sciences) 4.0 credits
Social Studies (must include World History I and 2, United States History, United States Government and District of Columbia History) 4.0 credits
World Language 2.0 credits
Art 0.5 credits
Music 0.5 credits
Health & Physical Education 1.5 credits
Electives 3.5 credits
Total 24.0 credits

 

Information & Tools

Course Catalog

See all the courses offered at Jackson-Reed including the ability to search and filter courses.

Opportunities

Need to find Community Service options?  Need to find summer programs? Internships? More?

Dual Enrollment

Get information about DCPS Dual Enrollment programs or read the Dual Enrollment FAQs.

Community Service

DC Public Schools requires that students complete the following community service hours based on graduation year.

 

Class of 2024:   50 hours
Class of 2025:   75 hours
Class of 2026 and beyond:   100 hours

 

View additional DCPS guidelines.

TitleOrganizationDescriptionEligible GradesDepartmentsHave to Apply?Due Date
Jackson-Reed ArchivesSumner Museum and Archives/Jackson-Reed Media Center

Looking to help preserve and promote Jackson-Reed history while building transferrable archival skills? Please reach out to Miss Ross (camille.ross@k12.dc.gov) in the library or fill out the above linked form to join the Jackson-Reed Archives

Seniors, Juniors, Sophmores, FreshmenDigital Media Academy, Global Studies Academy, Information Technology Academy, English, Social Studies
Virtual Volunteer Opportunities with We Are ArtisticWe Are Artistic

We are looking for virtual volunteers to do tasks like: Designing social media posts. Making press releases. Managing our Threads, Facebook page etc. Uploading stuff to our gallery. Doing outreach and reach out to companies

Seniors, Juniors, Sophmores, FreshmenGeneralYes
Glen Echo Park Echo Arts Festival Glen Echo Park

Request for J-R student volunteers & attendees! For student volunteers, please contact Emily Crews: ecrews@glenechopark.org

Seniors, Juniors, Sophmores, FreshmenGeneral
Centro NiaCentro Nia

No active opportunities right now but check back.

Seniors, Juniors, Sophmores, Freshmen
VolunteerMatchVolunteerMatch

Help connect you with all sorts of opportunities near you!

Seniors, Juniors, SophmoresGeneral
American Red CrossAmerican Red Cross

Looking for many volunteers - check out the page.

Seniors, Juniors, Sophmores, Freshmen
AbraceAbrace

Looking for volunteers.  There is an English translation link on most pages.

Seniors, Juniors, Sophmores, FreshmenYes
DoSomethingDoSomething

We are partnering with the National Honor Society to offer volunteer opportunities in the distance learning environment.

Seniors, Juniors, SophmoresGeneral
TitleOrganizationDescriptionEligible GradesDepartmentsHave to Apply?Due Date

Counseling Staff

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Alexandra Amaya

Professional School Counselor
10th Grade (L - Z)

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Darrance Gillion

Professional School Counselor
9th Grade (K-Z)

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Chandini Gupta

Professional School Counselor
10th Grade (A-K)

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Taylor Larmouth

Professional School Counselor
11th Grade (K - Z)

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Laurie Ligon

Professional School Counselor
12th Grade (N - Z)

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Patrice Maites

Professional School Counselor
12th Grade (A - F)

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Camila Navarrete

Professional School Counselor (Multilingual)

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Aubrey Roach

Professional School Counselor
11th Grade (A -J)

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Ramona Singletary-Robertson

Professional School Counselor
12th Grade (G - M)

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Carol Walker-Brogdon

Professional School Counselor
9th Grade (A - J)