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Concordia provides a comprehensive high school counseling program addressing the academic, personal, social-emotional, and college/career needs of all students while incorporating International School Counselor Association model and standards. Our comprehensive program uses the following delivery methods: grade-level workshops, cohort seminars, small-group meetings, family meetings, and individual student meetings. The college counseling program at Concordia provides a personalized, student-centered, 4-year program that informs and supports both students and parents throughout the process of career exploration and college preparation.
As counselors, we believe in supporting students to find colleges or universities that best match their abilities, interests, and ambitions. This requires consideration of a wide range of factors, such as the location, academics and the culture of potential schools.
An Overview of College Counseling at Concordia
Concordia college counseling is a four-year program that comprehensively guides parents and students to be prepared for college life, the college search process, completing applications, and ultimately selecting the best-fit college/university. The degree of guidance increases and becomes more specialized as students advance through Grades 9 to 12.
Through the process of discovering their “Best Fit” school, students are equipped to pursue their passions, grow and mature in their education, and achieve their academic and future career goals.
Communication with families is done through group meetings with parents and students at all four grade levels, emails, publications, Counseling Coffees for parents, Parent Connect presentations, evening events for families, and most importantly through individual family meetings.
Concordia values the college aspirations of every student, and we celebrate every college acceptance equally. With average graduating class sizes between 70-80 students, we have so much Phoenix Pride for each of our graduates in our close-knit, family-like community here at Concordia. Congratulations to each of our graduates!
Class of '24 College Acceptances
As May ushers in summer, Aaron C. (Class of 2025) and his peers took the stage for one final performance at the High School Pops Concert—a fitting farewell after a decade in Concordia’s music program. This fall, he will begin his next journey at the University of Southern California (USC), home to one of the best music production programs in the U.S.!
Lucas J., our 12th-grader, is having an amazing year! He’s been offered spots at some of the top design colleges in the US—places like Rhode Island School of Design, Pratt Institute, ArtCenter College of Design, Parsons, CalArts, Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), and the College for Creative Studies.
As the vice president of the high school Student Council, a member of the Shanghai Styles charity club, CEO of student-led social enterprise “Xiaohusai,” and a stage manager in high school theater, Amy W. wears many hats, constantly unlocking new skills and finding new ways to shine.
How do you balance athletic excellence and academic achievement to earn an Ivy League offer? Concordia senior Xiangxiang L. has figured it out—passion and dedication make anything possible.
Lilly H. has not only grown academically but also found her potential and hidden skills during her time at Concordia. This fall, she’s off to the Honors Program at Boston University to chase her passion for psychology.
Imagine waking up at 4 a.m. to the news you’ve been dreaming of—an acceptance letter from your top-choice school! And not just any school, but Carnegie Mellon University’s prestigious Engineering program.
Concordia has provided me with more opportunities and time to explore and dive into my own interests. I also learned the value of specializing in my passions instead of trying to excel in everything.
Dr. Fujiwara’s Calculus classes and Mr. Knight’s AL Engineering course both had a significant impact on exploring my interests in STEM, leading me to pursue Computer Science in college.
I will be attending Johns Hopkins University. I think that it is a good fit for me because they have a really strong English program, which is what I'm interested in. I've also heard great things about the professors and how they're really open to having close relationships with students. I think Hopkins is also the perfect size since I was looking for a school that was small enough to have a close-knit community but big enough for there to always be new, diverse groups of people that I could meet.
I've consistently enjoyed more creative, discussion based and hands-on learning, which made the Hospitality Management program at Cornell University very attractive to me. I'm also interested in Business, Investing and Entrepreneurship and thus this program being in Cornell's SC Johnson College of Business can allow me to branch out into the business world with many opportunities and options for what I want to do in the future.