Columbia Counselor Corner
December 2025
Happy Holiday's Eagle Families!
As we enter into the busy season of holiday gatherings, traditions and fun remember to leave room for downtime. Just as adults, children need time to reset now and then. Sometimes the holiday's can become overwhelming, as resilient as they are, children need us as the adults to help protect their boundaries and show understanding when things becoming to stimulating. Give you, and your family grace and build in those reset days as a family, and even one on one time with your little ones.
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December brings lots of fun things here at school. School wide we will be having holiday spirit dress up days, a sing-along, holiday parties, and student of the month celebrations. Watch your student(s) class rooms app & CES Facebook pages for important updates of all the fun to come!
K-Kids Peer Mentoring
2nd grade K-Kids came together for an initial meeting and practiced peer mentoring skills. In December we will have our first mentoring session with Kindergarten students! K-Kids are excited to get started supporting their younger peers.
Character Strong - Purposeful People
This month our Character Trait focus is: Empathy.
Understanding and connecting to other peoples feelings.
- We look forward to celebrating students chosen for the trait of Empathy at our December Student of the Month on December 16th.
Safer, Smarter, Kids
All students who opted in for Safer, Smarter Kids lessons participated in our first two lessons in November. We look forward to our next lessons in January. Students did a great job with the lessons and articulating all the safety tips practiced!
Small Groups
In December I will be starting multiple Counseling groups to support students. Teachers have made recommendations based on needs and if you have opted in for this option. If you have any questions or feel your student could benefit from a social, worry, self-control, coping skills group please reach out.
You can reach me by email: ashley.phelps@myeagles.org or by calling 517-769-8557, feel free to leave a message and I will get back to you as soon as I am available.
My family!
My dog, Deeogee!
My happy place!
