Welcome to the Counseling Office

"The mission of the Ringgold High School guidance and counseling program is to empower students ​by supporting student achievement, college and career decisions, as well as personal growth and development through individual, social, and academic counseling."
-RHS Counseling Staff

Meet Our Team!

Students, feel free to step into our office anytime between classes, ​during lunch, or during Flex Class.
We will do our best to ensure we are available whenever you come, but to guarantee that we are free to meet,
please ask your teachers to email us to make an appointment.
​We are here for you!
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      Last Names A-F
​    Your school counselor is
    Joel Svoboda
    ​jsvoboda.rhs@catoosa.k12.ga.us
​    706.935.0503
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​      Last Names G-M
​     Your school counselor is
​     John Travillian
     jtravillian.rhs@catoosa.k12.ga.us
​     706.935.0517



​ Last Names N-Z
​Your school counselor is
​Sharon Brown
sbrown.rhs@catoosa.k12.ga.us
​706.935.0516

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Provided Services

  • Schedule changes and balancing
  • Advisement
  • 504 information
  • New student registration and Transcript evaluations
  • Dual Enrollment
  • Registration/Orientation​​​

Ways to Meet

  • Self-Referral (Walk-in)
  • Teacher Referral
  • Administrative Referral
  • Parent Referral
  • Governor's Honors
  • Credit recovery
  • PSAT and AP Testing
  • SAT/ACT test prep information
  • Career Counseling
  • Small group counseling​​
  • Scholarship/Financial Planning/Hope
  • Assist in college application
  • Transcripts
  • Letters of Recommendation
  • General Counseling​​​​

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Statement of Philosophy

The school counseling department at Ringgold High School believes:
  • All students have a right to services that support academic, career, and personal/social growth
  • All students' ethnic, cultural, racial, and special needs are considered in planning and implementing the school counseling program
  • All students have the right to be heard and treated with dignity and respect
  • All students and parent(s) are responsible for monitoring the student's educational progress with the assistance of the professional school counselor
  • All students have a right to a safe and supportive learning environment 
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