The Unami Guidance Department is committed to supporting students' academic success,  as well as their personal, social, and emotional well-being.  Student services include:  New Student Orientation; Psycho-educational Referrals, Screenings, and Testing; Individual Counseling; Topical Discussion Groups; and, occasional Classroom Guidance Presentations. 

The Guidance Department also coordinates Program Planning and PSSA Testing, manages Report Cards and Schedules, and maintains students' cumulative academic files. 

Students may request to see a counselor by scheduling an appointment in the Guidance Office.  

Contact Information

Unami Middle School
Guidance Department
160 S. Moyer Road
Chalfont, PA  18914
Phone: 267-893-3410
Fax:  267-893-5820 

Counselors

Kathy Houpert -- 8th Grade; 7th Grade (A-L)

Cat McLaughlin -- 9th Grade; 7th Grade (M-Z)

School Psychologist

Rachel Walsh -- Psycho-educational testing; student support

Guidance Secretary

Carol Aubin -- 267-893-3410

Registration Process During the School Year
(For eg., if you've moved into the District, or are changing schools within CB)

If you would like to register you child in CBSD or change schools within the district, you will need to complete a two-part process.

Step One: Contact the Central Registration Office at 267-893-2111 or CentralRegistration@cbsd.org, and make an appointment to register with the district.

Step Two:  After you are registered with Central Bucks, you may then contact Unami Guidance Secretary Carol Aubin (267-893-3410) to make an appointment to enroll your child in Unami Middle School.  During this visit, you and your child will receive information about Unami and schedule classes with a counselor. All new students must take a Math Placement Test and those anticipating placement in Advanced/Honors English classes must take an English Placement Test.   Each test will take approximately one hour to complete.  The test can often be taken on the day of registration, but may need to be scheduled for an alternate date based on time constraints   

Registration Process for the Next School Year

Parents who would like to register their students for next year need to follow the same procedure outlined above:  First, contact Central Registration, and second, contact the Guidance Secretary at Unami.  You will be scheduled to enroll your student at one of several Orientation Sessions held throughout the spring and summer months.    

Orientation meetings begin at 9AM and run to approximately 11AM.
For directions to Unami, click here.

Please bring the following documents to ensure proper enrollment and placement into appropriate academic classes and electives. 

• Current and Past Report Cards
• Standardized Test Scores (PSSA's; Terra Nova's; Stanford, etc.)
• Immunization and Health Records
• Special Education Records (IEP's; Evaluation Reports; NOREP's)
• Other Documents (Service Agreements (§504 Plans); Honors and Awards)

Please Note:   All new students entering a Central Bucks Middle or High School are required to take a Math Placement Test.  The test takes approximately one hour to complete.  The test can often be taken on the day of registration but may be scheduled for another date depending on time constraints.

All new students entering a Central Bucks Middle or High School who are anticipating placement in Advanced/Honors English must take an English Placemment Test.  The test takes approximately one hour to complete.

7th Grade, 2010-2011 School Year

Reading and Math PSSA:
TBD

8th Grade, 2010-2011 School Year

Writing PSSA:
TBD

Reading and Math PSSA:
TBD

Science PSSA:
TBD

This page is intended as a resource for parents, students and teachers.  The websites listed below may be a helpful source of information relating to academics, study skills, and personal, social and emotional issues affecting students.*   

National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)
www.nasponline.org

International Dyslexia Association
www.interdys.org

National Resource Center on AD/HD
www.help4adhd.org

Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
www.chadd.org

Autism Society of America
Cure Autism Now
www.autismspeaks.org

American Academy of Pediatrics
www.aap.org

The Unami Library subscribes to a great database called Teen Health and Wellness.  http://www.teenhealthandwellness.com.  It has traditional health issues as well as reliable information on mental health, drugs, dating, bullying etc… It is very straightforward and easy for our audience to understand.  It also provides hotline numbers etc….

You can access the database when you are in school without a  password, but from home you will need a username and password.  The username is:  unami and the password is :  research. 

Feel free to guide students to the site and if you would like you can put a link to it our your website as well.  Here is the page with the jpegs and such you can add to your site if you’d like. 

http://www.teenhealthandwellness.com/static/web_ads

Honor Roll Link

                The Daily Intelligencer no longer prints out honor rolls for the local school districts.  Instead, you can go online to the link below to view the current honor roll: http://www.phillyburbs.com/opinions/blogs/intell_blogs/honor_roll.html

In Pennsylvania, every middle school and high school have a Student Assistance Program (SAP).  At Unami, we have a START Team ("STudents At Risk" Team), which is designed to help identify and support students who may be at risk for various concerns.  Some "high risk" concerns may include substance abuse, physical and sexual abuse, eating disorders, depression, school phobia, suicide prevention, and truancy.  Our START team is staffed by Unami teachers, counselors, the nurse, administrators, and appropriate agencies from the community.  START members are trained to identify and refer high risk students for appropriate assessment.

Confidential referrals for high-risk students come from students, parents, teachers, counselors, administrators, and/or community members.  If there is a concern for the physical and emotional well-being of a student, please contact any START member (Referral forms are available in the Guidance Department).

 Members of the 2010-2011 Unami START Team include:

Jonathan Boyle (Dean of Students); Stacy Caldwell (teacher); Catherine McLaughlin (counselor); Sherry Dulsky (teacher); Scott Fischer (teacher); Kathy Houpert (counselor); Janet Kueny (teacher); Kim Leonardo (teacher); Leanne Lukens (teacher); and Tom Swanson (teacher). 

The following agencies (and links) have been an integral part of our START team, and can provide additional assistance and community referrals upon request.  Please refer to the blue pages of your telephone directory for a comprehensive listing of available human services.

Bucks County Council for Alcohol and Drug Dependence

Lenape Valley Foundation

For information about Program Planning for the grade your student will be entering in the 2010-2011 School Year, please click on the appropriate link below:

Entering Grade 7

Entering Grade 8

Entering Grade 9

Entering Grade 10 (at CB South)