Strasburg High Counseling Center
250 Ram Drive
Strasburg, VA 22657
Phone: (540)-465-8111
Fax: (540)-465-9617

Office Hours: 8:00 am - 3:30 pm

Contact Information:

Mrs. Kathy Stewart - Registrar and Guidance Secretary
Email: kastewart@shenandoah.k12.va.us

Ms. Brittany Cover - School Counselor - Students M - Z
Email: bscover@shenandoah.k12.va.us 

Ms. Sydney Martyn - School Nurse
Email: slmartyn@shenandoah.k12.va.us

Mr. Ed Dike - Laurel Ridge Career Coach

Email: eadike@shenandoah.k12.va.us

                      Grading Scale

Students will receive one (1) additional grade point for the successful completion of any Advanced Placement (AP) course or Dual Enrollment Course (DE). Strasburg High School offers the following Dual Enrollment and AP Courses: World Civilizations DE, US History DE AP, US Government DE AP, English Language DE AP, English Literature DE AP, Probability and Statistics DE, PreCalculus DE, Calculus DE, Psychology DE, Developmental Psychology DE, and Music Theory DE AP.

Honors courses are offered in most disciplines in grades 9-12 and are marked on the transcript by an H or Honors.

Additional AP classes are available online through Virtual Virginia, and are denoted on the transcript by a “Y” (yearlong course) or “Z” (semester course) after the course number. Dual Enrollment classes are also available and are denoted on the transcript by a “D” after the course number.

A select group of students are chosen each year to attend the Massanutten Regional Governor’s School for Environmental Science and Technology during their Junior and Senior years. Courses taken at the Governor’s School are marked by a “G” after the course number on the transcript.

The Shenandoah County Public Schools offers its students a varied and extensive curriculum.  In addition to regular courses, provisions are made for the student with special needs. Occupationally oriented students may enroll at Triplett Technical Center for half of the school day or take career and/or technical offerings at the high school. The secondary program of studies offers courses in the following curriculum levels. General courses designed to meet the curriculum needs of the majority of the students in the Shenandoah County Public Schools. Academic primarily college preparatory courses designed for students wishing to prepare for higher education. AP/Honors courses accelerated beyond grade level.  Any AP (Advanced Placement) courses represent at least first year college content.

Grade Average and Rank in Class: Grade point average (gpa) is based on a 4.0 scale and is used to determine class rank, valedictorian, salutatorian, and honor graduates. a student’s overall gpa is computed by totaling all grade points earned and dividing by the total number of credits attempts. Several courses offered to students are weighted when calculating the gpa, as they are more academically rigorous and require a greater amount of work for course completion.  all ap courses receive one additional grade point for successful completion.  one-half point is given for successful completion of calculus, biology ii, biology ii/ecology, biology ii/anatomy & physiology ii, chemistry ii, earth science ii-advanced survey and/or physics.

Graduation Requirements:  Requirements for graduation are based upon attaining twenty-six units of credit for an Advanced Studies Diploma or twenty-two units of credit for a Standard Diploma. 


Massanutten Regional Governor's School: Massanutten Regional Governor's School opened in the fall of 2005 and is one of 18 academic-year governor's schools in the state of Virginia. MRGS offers a two-year 1/2 day program for highly gifted and academically motivated juniors and seniors. Participants take their mathematics, science, and english courses at MRGS and then return to their home school to take their other required courses and electives, as well as to participate in extra-curricular activities.