The Athenian School


College Counseling


KidsThe College Counseling office is committed to working with students and their families to assist in successfully navigating the college admissions process. Through personal conversations and group activities we strive to facilitate the college admissions process in a way that will allow each student to explore their college options and find a college that is a good “match” for them.

Although a personal connection is critical in helping students effectively, it is also important for students and families to have access to a wide range of information related to the college admissions process. To better assist in providing this information to our community we are now offering a sophisticated information database on-line through our Family Connection program. The Family Connection program provides a college counseling calendar, helpful links, application history for Athenian students (since 2002), and much, much more. We encourage you to visit the site and explore the information available. Just click on the Family Connection link and enter the site as a guest!


Important Links

Family Connection Website

Standardized Test Flow Chart



Contacts for College Counseling

Jan Russell, Director of College Counseling
jan.russell@athenian.org or 925-362-7241

Mark van Warmerdam, Associate Director of College Counseling
mark.vanwarmerdam@athenian.org or 925-362-7253

Bernadette (Bea) Cisek, Registrar
bcisek@athenian.org or 925-362-7235


Information on Documenting Learning Differences and Requesting Academic Support

Click here for information on documenting learning differences on college applications.

Click here for information on requesting academic support.

To download Adobe Acrobat (required to access the above information), click here.