September 2025

May Elementary Counseling Department is so excited to start another school year with our Roadrunners. We will offer individual, small group and monthly guidance lessons to support our students social, emotional and academic needs. Our mission and vision and May is that we will provide a learning environment that is innovative and student-centered. We will also empower every student to be a successful, lifelong learner. As we transition into a new routine, we want to remind our students that we are here to support, guide, and advocate for them.

This year I will service all grade levels Prek-5th grade and I am so excited to be your child's School Counselor. Please contact me if you would like to discuss individual or group counseling.

Kind regards,

Ms. Julianne Juárez

Guidance Curriculum: School Counselors provide guidance lessons to all grade levels that facilitate student growth and development in the areas of educational, career, personal, and social development.

Responsive Services: School counselors intervene with or on behalf of those students in pre-kindergarten through 12th grades whose personal circumstances, concerns, or problems are threatening to interfere with or are interfering with their healthy development.

Individual Planning: School counselors guide students to plan, monitor, and manage their own educational, career, personal and social development.

System Support: The System Support component describes management activities which assure the delivery of a high quality school counseling program, and service which indirectly benefit students by supporting other programs.

Guidance lessons will start Wednesday, September 6th. I see all students at May during our weekly lessons where we focus on the following four skill goals.

Intrapersonal Relationships

• Developing a positive self-concept
• Changing a particular behavior
• Developing ways to manage the demands of school, social activities, and family
• Making positive decisions and taking responsibility for actions

Interpersonal Relationships

• Evaluating how prejudices can be harmful
• Respecting and appreciating differences
• Learning how to effectively communicate with others
• Navigating relationships with friends, dating partners, family members, teachers, employers

Post-secondary Planning and Career Readiness

• Motivation to achieve in school
• Understanding how grades can affect post-secondary choices
• Selecting a career or college path
• Setting post-graduation goals

Personal Health and Safety

• Identifying resilience and positive coping skills
• Identifying assertiveness skills for personal protection
• Learning how to set personal boundaries
• Creating a personal wellness plan

Do you have a concern about your child and you would like for Ms. Juarez to meet with them to help? Or perhaps you need some assistance with other needs such as food, clothing, a backpack/school supplies, or another concern? Your school counselor is here for you. Please call or email Ms. Juarez so that she can find a way to best support you and your student(s).

(210) 397-2026

julianne.juarez@nisd.net