Counselor Weekly Update 11/22/24

• Dec 3: 10th grade IP w/ Ms. Vidal
• Dec 4: Eng. 1 EOC RT
  
• Dec 5: Bio & US Hist. EOC RT
• Dec 5: College Connection Visit
• Dec 6: Eng. 2 EOC RT
• Dec 6: CCMA mtg. (830-11a)
• Dec 2-6: Inclusive Schools Week

Highlighting the ways we support our campus through the four components of the comprehensive guidance program through:

Classroom Guidance Lesson

Individual Planning

Responsive Services

System Support

This week our 11th grade Classroom Guidance lesson focused on post-secondary planning. Students participated in a career interest inventory and explored their matches based on their interest. We would like to thank our US History teachers for sharing their instruction time with us!

• Samantha Bourassa
• Adan Flores
• Jeffrey Magee
• Denise Plascencia

We would like to thank the Comm Arts English 3 teacher, Maricella Barrera as well.

Congratulations to the teachers who participated in our college door decorating contest!

We hoped you enjoyed sharing your college experiences with your students on Monday. Our students enjoyed strengthening their connections with you! It was exciting to see the smiles on the faces of our student winners!

Grand Prize Winners

Jolie Dinh and Erica Odoms

Winners

Daniel Rodriguez

Melissa Nguyen

Gerardo Ramirez

Elenar Thies

Anaizel Moreno

Maddelyn Miller

NISD College night was a success this year with 2,700 students and parents in attendance. Our CCMA, Elaine Torres along with other CCMAs in the district planned a phenomenal event.

On November 19th, we celebrated International Men's Day. The theme this year was "Men's Health Champions" which focuses on the need to address and prevent male suicide and promoting mental health and support systems for men world wide.

Check out our campus colleagues who selected this diversity category.

This is one our favorite activities, because students from different classrooms bring our gratitude tree to life by adding messages of thanks to its leaves.

Preparing your students before they sit down with the counselors can ensure a smooth course registration process. Counselors can give the students facts about courses, but we are unable to promote courses or programs. As teachers, you are the experts of your prospective programs and courses. The input you can provide our students is invaluable.

We will complete course registrations with our students on the following dates:

11th grade- January 13-17

8th grade- January 22 & 23

10th grade- February 10-14

9th grade- February 18-25

Grief is how we respond to loss. Grief is not always centered around death and no one experiences grief in the same way. When supporting others dealing with grief, it is important to listen them. Please refrain from telling someone that you know how they are feeling because our experiences are unique. Please take few minutes to read the impactful article about grief below.

We as educators are human beings with real life traumas and challenging circumstances in our lives outside of work. Some of us are dealing with struggles in our mental health. Reaching out for help is a superpower not a weakness. NISD has a resource that may be beneficial to you called the Employee Assistance Program (EAP). EAP can be accessed by calling The Standard 1-888-293-6948 or visiting http://members.healthadvocate.com/.