Seniors!!

Scholarships: The big push now! Mary and I have been in the senior transitions classes discussing The Educational Foundation for Columbia Schools Scholarship, these are due the Wednesday BEFORE spring break at the Brooklyn Post Office. You can check out my weebly, I update this as quickly as I get information, and remember NEVER pay for scholarship searches, they are scams. wdiefenthaler.weebly.com

The College and Career Access Center with Mary have many upcoming workshops that will cover Scholarships, FAFSA, Career Assessment and Major Mapping. If you are interested please check out their website. https://www.jcisd.org/CCAC

John George Jr. Student Loans are ready as well. This is a private loan that you can borrow up to $6000 for four years, a total of $24000, with a 2% interest rate. Definitely a great way to help bridge the gap. http://www.johngeorge.org/

Juniors! I know this time of year starts to really drag. It's easy to start loosing interest in the SAT prep class. Here are a few apps that you could look into to help spice up your studies!

SAT Practice Prep through Varsity Tutors, SAT Exam Prep through Magoosh, and Remember That by Cerego, Inc. These might give you a different way to look at reviewing over the holiday break.

Sophomores! We will visited the Career Center on February 1st. If you loved a section and are hoping to go there next year, be sure to visit my Google Classroom and get signed up. The deadline to sign up for Career Center is March 11. There are many certificates and college credit that you can earn when you attend the career center.

After School Help: Tuesday and Thursday we have FREE after school help. Tuesday's our Math teachers stay after until 3:35 for drop in math tutoring and on Thursday Mrs. Wallace (English), Mr. Politowitz (science), and Mr. Parkinson (social studies) stay for all other subjects. Mrs. Ellsworth (special education) also stays on Thursday's. If you need a little extra help every now and then be sure to stop in!

8th hour, credit recovery has begun. If you have a class that you need to repeat, stop in and see me so we can get you started. This meets on Monday and Thursday's in Mr. McDevitt's classroom.

Hey guys,

I am the Junior High School Counselor. I work with 7th-9th grades. Please reach out if you have any questions or concerns.

Email: storm.caryl@myeagles.org
Phone: 517-769-8613

We sent out the mental wellness survey again this week. Students will take a survey three times a year to see how they are doing academically and emotionally. This survey helps us to determine how best to support our students. This survey is completely optional and is not a grade.

Let me know if you have any questions!

I will be doing a wide variety of groups all year long!! Topics will range based on the current needs of students. We play games and do a lot of fun activities!

This time we are foucsing on healthy relationships and conflict resolution.

Let me know if you want to be apart of this or if you want your student to join! We already started for the year but I do them all year long.

I am still working on my minute meetings for 8th and 9th graders this semester. This is a brief one-on-one meeting with all students using a structured short questionnaire. This questionnaire is completely volunteer and is not required. The questions are focused on career/future goals and how they are doing this year. Each student has an opportunity to explore their goals and voice their struggles. This process helps me to get a plan for each student and supoort them in anyway I can.

Hello! I hope all our CUES families are doing well and looking forward to Spring! It is right around the corner! We are very excited here at CUES to have Mr. Timmerman join us as our new principal so I can go back into my role as the counselor! We have some exciting things coming this Spring-we have a Virtual Career Day on April 8th (Any parents who would like to be a presenter for this is welcome! You can contact me for more information-forms were sent home last week.)

We also have MStep prep and testing coming our way so we ask that you please make sure the kids are getting plenty of sleep and eating a good breakfast. More information about testing will be coming soon!

I hope to do some career lessons in the upper grades, puberty lessons, 4-6, and conflict resolution as well as character building schoolwide this Spring as well.

Better weather is coming in a few weeks, and we can all get out and enjoy the warmth and sun! As always, please don't hesitate to reach out to me if you have any questions or concerns -krista.schatzle@myeagles.org or 592-2181.

Each month I will be posting a Mindfulness Moment for students and their families to try at home. This month is Happy Place. Get into a comfortable position with minimum distractions. Think of a place that makes you feel peaceful, calm, happy. What does that place look like, is it a beach? A park? A comfortable spot your couch in front of a fireplace? Then think of the sounds of that place, then the smells of that place, and then put it all together in your mind and enjoy the peaceful happy place relaxing your body in the moment.

Career Day

Career Day is set for Friday, April 8th at both CES and CUES. This will be virtual again this year. Please reach out to Mrs. Phelps at CES or Mrs. Schatzle at CUES if you are interested in participating.

Groups

In March the first round of small groups for self control/conflict, worry, transitions and social will be wrapping up and a new set of students will be beginning groups. Please reach out if you feel your student could benefit from any of these. If your student has already been identified you will receive a letter from me the first week of group.

Did you know?

Columbia School District is partnered with Family Service and Children's Aid to provide counseling during school hours for students. This is a great resource for families that have difficulty getting students to counseling services in the evenings and weekends. Ask your building counselor if your interested in information on this for your student.

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.

The last week of March is Spring Break. Here are some ideas for spending time together as a family while students are home!

Mental Health Resource List

The following document provides a list of different mental health resources available in our surrounding area. If immediate danger is suspected please call 911. For additional guidance and support, our district counselors are available through school email.

Storm Caryl-School Counselor, storm.caryl@myeagles.org

Wendy Diefenthaler-School Counselor, wendy.diefenthaler@myeagles.org

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9th grade Google Classroom Code-amyhajq

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Krista Schatzle, CUES Counselor, krista.schatzle@myeagles.org

Ashley Phelps, CES Counselor, ashley.phelps@myeagles.org

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Okay2Say

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A student safety program that allows students to confidentially report potential harm or criminal activity directed at school students, school staff and schools. Tips can be submitted 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Students can submit tips through phone, email, text message, mobile app or Okay2Say website.

Community Action Agency Jackson, Lenawee & Hillsdale Counties

1214 Greenwood Ave. Jackson, MI. 49203

400 W. South St. Adrian, MI. 49221

55 Barnard St. Hillsdale, MI. 49242

517-784-4800

517-263-7861

517-437-3346

Services: Education, Economic Self-Sufficiency, Housing, Health & Nutrition, and Community Development.

LifeWays CMH

1200 North West Ave. Jackson, MI. 49202

25 Care Drive Hillsdale, MI. 49242

517-789-1200

517-439-2641

Behavioral Health Services in areas such as severe mental issues, intellectual/developmental disability, substance use disorder, and co-occurring disorders.

Family Service & Children's Aid

330 W. Michigan Ave.

Jackson, MI. 49201

517-787-7920

Born Free: Counseling & treatment for females (ages 14+) 12-step recovery program into daily life; Intro to Alcoholics & Narcotics Anonymous and Al-Anon; Families & Schools Together: families attend an 8-week group focusing on family bonding, communication, discipline and nurturing; Other services by referral only: drug screening, counseling (group & individual), First Time Offenders Program, and Breakout Drug Free Education Program in schools (6-12th grade); Child abuse and neglect educational presentations

Lenawee County Community Mental Health

517-263-8905

Behavioral Health Services in areas such as severe mental issues, intellectual/developmental disability, substance use disorder, and co-occurring disorders.

LJ Gallagher PsyD and Associates PLLC

451 Marshall Street

Brooklyn, MI 49230

(517) 414-0697

A Healing Place, LLC

207/209 First St. Jackson, MI. 49201

1218 Greenwood Ave. Jackson, MI. 49201

517-998-4673

Services: Individual Psychotherapy, Psychological Testing, Children/Adolescent Therapy, Family Counseling, Couples Counseling and Group Therapy for Eating Disorders.

Accepted Insurances (Varies by Therapist): BCBS, BCN, Priority Health, HAP, Aetna, Cofinity, PCN/PHP, JHN, Medicare, Magellan, Meridian