YHS Counseling Department
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School Counseling Program Vision Statement:
Yorkville High School School Counselors support Y115’s mission to assure students are serviced in a personalized, preventative and collaborative manner with aligned services, the facilitation of a developmental comprehensive curriculum and individualized post-secondary planning process to ensure they are personally, socially and academically successful as citizens and lifelong learners.
School Counseling Program Beliefs:
Yorkville Professional School Counselors believe in making excellence a habit for students:
- by utilizing best practices in organizational management.
- by practicing under a high moral compass in ethics.
- by advocating and supporting all as servant leaders.
- by being active listeners and engaged stakeholders.
- by providing a comprehensive curriculum aligned to standards.
- by being prepared and orientated towards the future.
- by creating access and opportunities for all.
- by creating personalized success plans for all YHS students.
- by providing opportunities for personal growth and development for the YHS community.
School Counseling Mission Statement:
Yorkville High School Counseling Program strategically aligns, develops and implements targeted grade-level curriculum and support to all students to promote college, career and life readiness. Our departmental goals are developed to enrich skills necessary to become self-driven and socially responsible learners and leaders. This is accomplished through fostering relationships, analyzing data, and adapting programming to engage and inform all through the lens of equity and access.
Department Staff & Contact Information
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630-553-4380
Jeannine Pacetti
Department Chair
Ext. 4096 | jpacetti@y115.orgAdministrative Support
Patty Luptak
Registrar
Ext. 4067 l pluptak@y115.orgJean Benson
Counseling Secretary
Ext. 6330 l jbenson@y115.orgCounselors
Kendall Sims
College & Career Coordinator
Ext. 6449 | nmejstrik@y115.org
Sarah Pottinger
Alpha A - D
Ext. 4210 | spottinger@y115.orgLisa Jones
Alpha E - Kt
Ext. 4154 | ljones@y115.org
Hannah Fishbeck
Alpha Ku - Rh
Ext. 6623 | hfishbeck@y115.orgNicole Wilk
Alpha Ri - Z
Ext. 4039 | nwilk@y115.org
Nicholoas Leonard
Class of 2023 Alpha E - Z
Ext. 4051 | nleonard@y115.org

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Department Staff
630-553-4380
Jeannine Pacetti
Department Chairperson
Ext. 4096
jpacetti@y115.orgPatty Luptak
Registrar
Ext. 5358
pluptak@y115.org
Jean Benson
Administrative Assistant
Ext. 6330
jbenson@y115.org