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Education is the movement from darkness to light. --Allan Bloom |
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Guidance Lessons |
During the first six weeks of school, Mrs. Smith and Mrs. McLain will be visiting every classroom once a week. We will be reviewing social skills with the students. Examples of those skills are:
*Accepting Criticism or a Consequence
*Accepting No for an Answer
*Disagree Appropriately
*Following Instructions
*Getting the Teacher's Attention
*Greeting Others
*Making a Request
*Reporting Others' Behavior | |
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Mission Statement |
The mission of our school counseling program is to support all students through a comprehensive and developmental approach by addressing academic, career and personal/social skills necessary to achieve quality learning and lifelong success as directed by Palestine Independent School District and the Texas Education Agency. The school counselor’s role is to foster personal responsibility in students as they work toward becoming successful 21st-century citizens.
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Philosophy and Belief Statement |
The school counselors at A.M. Story Elementary believe:
• All students have dignity and worth and have the right to be served by a comprehensive school counseling program.
• All students have a capacity to learn and to be supported academically.
• All students will be provided with a school counseling program that will be consistent with expected developmental stages of learning and differences in learning styles.
And that the school counseling program should:
• Be planned and coordinated by state-certified school counselors in consultation with other representatives of the school and community.
• Engage students in classroom, group and/or individual activities to enhance student learning.
• Provide academic, career, personal and social development for every student.
• Use data to drive the program development and evaluation, and actively monitor student results.
And that all school counselors:
• Abide by the professional school counseling ethics as advocated by the American School Counselor Association.
• Shall participate in professional development essential to maintain a quality school counseling program.
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