PTSA wants to support students and their families as they begin the new adventure of high school. In our National PTA School of Excellence goals, we committed to serving as the parent voice with school administration in gathering resources and advocating for programs and information that support the student and their family as they prepare for high school.
We hope this website provides quick access to important information related to high school preparation. Based on our school district pipelines, PTSA will focus information on Westview High School and Mt. Carmel High School.
Poway Unified School District also offers consolidated high school transition information here.
Mesa Verde 2023 8th Grade Transition to High School Information
Mt. Carmel

Parent Question & Answer Sessions – Via Zoom
March 15th Sign ups will be posted here soon!
Course requests must be entered online by March 31st. For more info on how to choose classes and how to enter them, visit our Incoming 9th Grade Resource Page.
Email contact for MCHS Counselors
Last Names A-F – Kim Bronson – [email protected]
Last Names G-M – Husani Whitlock – [email protected]
Last Names N-T Charmaine Ferrer – [email protected]
Last Names U-Z, AVID and ELL – Victor Baez – [email protected]
Career and Technical Ed – Kim Tran – [email protected]
Mt. Carmel Helpful Links
8th Grade Family Night Webpage
9th Grade Course Selection Newsletter
9th Grade Course Selection Worksheet
Mt. Carmel Counseling Main Page
Westview High School

Course Request Resources : Counselors will present course request information to 8th grade students at MVMS on March 7. In preparation for selecting courses for 9th grade, students should review the following information:
- Blank copy of the 4-year Plan
- List of courses offered for the 2023-2024 school year
- Instructions on how to register for classes online via Synergy/StudentVue.
The Course Request window will be open from March 7th at 8:00 am to March 21st at 4:00pm.
8th grade Open House: Optional Family Appointments Counselors will be offering virtual family appointments for questions about course selection from March 8 – 17, 2023. To make an appointment, please select the link based on your student’s last name:
Westview Helpful Links
Start here at the Westview Course Registration for Incoming 9th Graders