Please follow these guidelines: Give information to be put into the bulletin to the school at least 6 weeks prior to your attendance. * Please use standardized WES application forms STUDENT REQUIREMENTS Students MUST meet the following criteria indicated on the high school application to be eligible as a cabin counselor: Maintain a 2.0 grade point average in each class Receive signature approval from each teacher, a high school counselor, high school administrator, and parents Be able to walk at least two miles up and down hills HIGH SCHOOL BULLETINS The high schools will put an announcement regarding WES cabin counselors in their daily bulletins. If you cannot use the student, please contact WES at so we can assign them to another week. You can decide to use this student as a counselor and contact them directly. High school students who turn in an application to the high schools requesting to attend WES with your school without your knowledge will be forwarded to you. Make sure students indicate on the application that they were recruited by your school! 3. Students complete application* and turn it into the high school. Applications are also available on-line at Click on 5-day residential outdoor science school (WES Camp) for Information for Counselors and Applications. Give cabin counselors an application (provided in your packet) or have them pick up one in the Career Center or Main Office at the high schools. STEPS FOR RECRUITING HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELORS 1. If you know of a high school student that you would like to attend WES with your class, please call them directly and follow the steps below. Occasionally sophomores are cleared by the high school. Other times high school and college counselors cancel at the last minute for a variety of reasons.ģ HIGH SCHOOL CABIN COUNSELOR INFORMATION: High school students should be juniors or seniors. Sometimes adults fingerprints do not clear on time, if at all. Back-up plans need to be in place for the inevitable loss of counselors. BACK UP PLANS We strongly recommend that you recruit alternates. Female high school students may not serve as cabin counselors for male students adult females out of high school, 18+ years, are allowed. Examples for recruiting counselors: # of boys and/or girls # Counselors Required Reminders: Males may not serve as cabin counselors for girls cabins, regardless of age. This number will be dependant on whether you re sharing cabins with the other schools.
Tentatively plan on recruiting 1 counselor per 8 students. Counselor applications can be downloaded from our website: Click on 5-day residential outdoor science school (WES Camp) for Information for Counselors HOW MANY COUNSELORS DO YOU NEED? Keep the boy/girl ratio of your students in mind when recruiting cabin counselors. Cabin Counselor application forms require teacher/administrator/parent clearance before counselors are cleared to leave school. The high schools have also requested that only one liaison from each elementary school contact them otherwise they get bombarded with calls. As a courtesy they advertise openings and collect applications. PLEASE NOTE: All cabin counselors over 18 will need to be fingerprinted (unless they are still in high school) High schools are not responsible for recruiting counselors for individual elementary schools. Schools can choose to bring high school students, college students, classroom aides, or parents. Schools attending WES are required to provide cabin counselors for their students. They provide round the clock supervision including sleeping in the cabins with the children. 1 Cabin Counselor and Teacher Pre-Arrival Check List 1644 Magnolia Avenue Redding, CA School fax: School Phone: Revised 10-10Ģ Counselor Recruitment Information Cabin counselors play a vital role at Whiskeytown Environmental School (WES).
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