School Counseling 2025 - 2026

 

We are excited to share that our school counselor, Ms. Despres will be joining our classrooms on Tuesdays at the Lower Campus and working with small groups of 4th Grade students at the Upper Campus on Mondays and Wednesdays. Ms. Despres will also be joining the 3rd Grade Classroom for their Morning Meetings on Mondays.

This year, she will be working with students on important social-emotional skills such as taking on challenges, making good decisions, managing strong emotions, and getting along with others. She will be using Second Step, a research-based program designed to help children strengthen these skills both in and out of school.

Throughout the year, students will explore four main units:

● Growth Mindset & Goal Setting – learning to focus attention, manage distractions, develop a growth mindset, and set and work toward goals.

● Emotion Management – identifying and labeling emotions, and practicing strategies to manage them in healthy ways.

● Empathy & Kindness – recognizing and showing kindness, developing empathy, and taking others’ perspectives.

● Problem-Solving – learning how to identify and state a problem, recognize accidents versus intentional              actions and use a step-by-step problem-solving process.

Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions. Thank you for your support as we work together to build a caring and supportive school community!