Happy School Counseling Appreciation Week!
It has been a great week soaking up the appreciation from students and staff! ❤️
School counselors do not diagnose students and do not offer intensive counseling. Our job is to be there for all students when we are needed. This means being a supportive person if they are having a hard day and need to talk, something is happening outside of school, they are struggling with friends, self-esteem, homework, grades, or need help focusing in class and improving their self-control. School counselors offer this support to all students, and using the tier 2/3 system, provide small group counseling for students working on building a skill and individual as needed.
I have had four small groups so far this year, having 39 sessions. Our groups have focused on building friendship skills, classroom etiquette, emotional regulation, and a girls' group centered around communication and strengthening relationships. I have had 110 classroom counseling lessons which have been centered on careers, learning styles, making goals, kindness and friendship, strong emotions, and self-esteem. We also learn about our monthly Character Counts traits and have discussions and activities based on each one.
What I value most in our school, is the trust of students and being a safe and reliable person for them to come to with whatever they may need. From August to January, I have had 601 individual counseling sessions. In one of my thank you cards this week, a student shared they loved how happy I am to always see students—it means so much to be a consistent person for our students and to hold them all with positive regard!
Our January Character Counts was Responsibility. A big congratulations to the students below!
Stetson W. - PreK
Briggs S. & River R. -- Kinder
RaeAnn D. & Addison D. — 1st Grade
Tristan T. & Willow E. — 2nd Grade
Summit M. & Dax S. — 3rd Grade
Hannah M. & Addison U. — 4th Grade
Jace N. & Grady S. — 5th Grade
Lorrain H. & Gabe S. — 6th Grade
Stormy K. & Hudson S. — 7th Grade
Zayleigh K. & Aiden A. — 8th Grade
