At Lansing Catholic, we believe that all students should be given the opportunity to achieve success inside and outside of the classroom. The role of the Learning Support Team is to work with all students, in conjunction with their teachers and parents, to make a successful transition to and through high school, to grow intellectually and socially, and to prepare students for a faith-filled and successful life after their time at Lansing Catholic.

Meet the Team

Mrs. Dawn Anderson is our College and Career Counselor. Mrs. Anderson is a certified teacher and high school counselor with Bachelor's and Masters degrees from Michigan State University. Her latest teaching experience was here at LCHS in our Mastery Skills classroom. She has also taught various subjects to 2nd-10th grade students and she homeschooled her daughter throughout middle school. Mrs. Anderson has over 20 years of experience as a high school counselor and she was an Early Middle College Program Coordinator for Eaton RESA. Mrs. Anderson shared, “I am very honored and excited to be a counselor here. I have always felt that God has positioned me where he needs me, and I can think of no better place to serve than Lansing Catholic High School.”

Mr. Jeremy Norris is a certified special education teacher with a focus on Emotional Impairment.  Mr. Norris obtained his Bachelor’s degree from Hope College and has over 19 years of special education teaching experience in grades K-12 in all subject areas. Mr. Norris teaches 9th-12th grade students in the Mastery Skills classes as well as maintains all active Student Support Plans at LCHS. His focus is on providing support to students in the six areas of executive function: working memory, sustained attention, task initiation, time management, goal-directed persistence, and metacognition. Mr. Norris cites Philippians 1:6 as his basis for teaching students needing special education services, “being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”

Mrs. Sarah Boldman is our Guidance Counselor. Mrs. Boldman is a 1996 alumni of LCHS who played basketball and also won a state championship. She is a member of St. Thomas Aquinas Parish. Mrs. Boldman will focus on responsive services and classroom lessons. She will be supporting 9th-12th grade students with academic needs by monitoring attendance, student grades and course passing.

Where to Begin When Your Student is Struggling

College Planning

To create or update your Common App account or to complete a FERPA waiver use this guide.

Please visit the our Parent Hub or Student Hub or Senior page of our website for a variety of resources for college planning!

Mastery Skills Class

Students with a Student Support Plan are eligible to take Mastery Skills as an elective class. In order to access this course, a student must have a diagnosed disability that negatively impacts their learning and requires accommodations for them to be successful. Students will work on organizational strategies, study skills, and classwork from any academic subject.  This course may be taken in first or second semester or for the full school year.

SEL - (Social and Emotional Learning)

SEL is an integral part of our mission statement at LCHS of forming students spiritually, intellectually, and socially. We provide SEL predominately through classroom guidance lessons and small groups. These SEL lessons are tailored to fit the developmental stages or each grade. The 5 core competencies of SEL we promote are Self-Awareness, Self-Management, Social Awareness, Relationship skills and Responsible Decisions-Making. 

PALS (Peer Assistance Leadership Services)

PALS is an effective program that provides comprehensive training for students to help develop positive, supportive, and helpful peer relationships in their schools.  PALS are trained in listening skills, problem-solving, one-on-one listening, decision making, conflict resolution skills, and when and how to tell an adult (confidentiality).