Our Mission:

As school counselors, we strive to assist students with their personal, career, and academic goals and aspirations.

Our Goals for Students:

• Develop a positive self-concept

• Encourage responsible decision making strategies

• Promote the development of personal and social communication skills

• Reach academic potentials

• Formulate a post-secondary plan

• Investigate career opportunities

In order to reach students effectively, the school counseling program is designed to include all of the following components:

• Curriculum Component (Creating and delivering lessons in the classroom that are available to all students)

• Individual Student Planning (Assisting students in their educational, personal, and occupational growth and providing them with a smooth transition into high school)

• Responsive Services (Responding to immediate concerns of students including individual counseling, crisis counseling, referrals or consultation with parents and/or school professionals, etc.)

• System Support (Providing leadership, consultation, collaboration, program management, and being a student advocate)

Confidentiality

When you share information with your school counselor, we will keep it confidential.  This means that anything you share with us will stay between us unless we feel concerned that you:

• May hurt yourself or someone else

• You are being neglected or abused

• There is something illegal or dangerous going on

 Just to clarify, confidentiality doesn't guarantee that information is kept a secret.  It means that you can trust that we will not talk about what you said to other people unless it is absolutely necessary.  If we have a concern and need to break confidentiality, it means that we will need to share the important information with the appropriate people (like the principal or your parents.)

Don't worry. If we have to break confidentiality, we will let you know so we can talk about it before talking to anyone else.  In many situations, we can role play conversations in our office.  This can help you prepare for talking to your parents or the principal. This might sound scary, but we promise that we will do our best to support you in handling the situation.

Confidentiality is VERY important to us, and we want you to have a safe place to share and talk about your experiences.