Mission: The mission of the SSES counseling department is to create and maintain an environment that ensures that every member of the school community reaches a high level of academic achievement as determined by state and national standards. We commit to a comprehensive system of support to assure this outcome.
Vision: Motivate, Educate and Advocate for student success!
The School Counselors in Summersill Elementary School Counseling Program believe:
All students achieve and meet high standards that will result in college and job ready skills.
Student developmental needs are best met by implementing a comprehensive school counseling program that is planned, managed, delivered and evaluated by licensed professional school counselors.
Data must be analyzed and developed into goals that guide the comprehensive school counseling program which promotes student achievement.
Licensed Professional School Counselors adhere to ASCA Ethical Standards to promote the maximum development of every student.
Vision: Motivate, Educate and Advocate for student success!
The School Counselors in Summersill Elementary School Counseling Program believe:
All students achieve and meet high standards that will result in college and job ready skills.
Student developmental needs are best met by implementing a comprehensive school counseling program that is planned, managed, delivered and evaluated by licensed professional school counselors.
Data must be analyzed and developed into goals that guide the comprehensive school counseling program which promotes student achievement.
Licensed Professional School Counselors adhere to ASCA Ethical Standards to promote the maximum development of every student.
November/ December NEWS
Kindnes/Nov 2 - Report Cards go home
Nov 6 - Awards Ceremony Nov 10 - Veteran's Day Performance Nov 11 - Veteran's Day - No School Nov 16 - Kinder Performance at PTO meeting Nov 25 - No School Nov 26 - 27 - Happy Thanksgiving! No School Dec 1 – Fall Picture Make-up/Retake Dec 2 – Interim Reports Go Home Dec 9 – Relay for Life Santa Night 4:30-6:00 Dec 11 – 2nd Grade Economic Fair Dec 17 – 1st Grade Performance at PTO Meeting Dec 21 - Jan 1 – Christmas Break During the month of November, classroom lessons will focus on the character trait Caring/Kindness while December lessons will focus on Responsibility. Kinder thru 2nd Grade explores the art of giving and charity while we head into the holiday season. Video: Caring/ Kindness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwelE8yyY0U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp3IH8ZNviQ&feature=youtu.be Responsibility: Presentations: Third thru Fifth Grade will engage in lessons that focus on the importance of treating others the way we want to be treated while also exploring Random Acts of Kindness. In December we will focus on being organized and good work habits. Videos: Caring/Kindness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwAYpLVyeFU https://youtu.be/RwEYYI-AGWs Responsibility: Presentation: Responsibility: pieces of the lessons are pulled from this site: http://pawsitiveschoolcounseling.blogspot.com/2012/11/goal-setting-and-responsibility-4-part.html BOOKS TO HELP SUPPORT Kindness/Caring
The Lion and The Mouse by Jerry Pinkney Ordinary Mary's Extraordinary Deed by Emily Pearson Random Acts of Kindness by Conari Press BOOKS TO HELP SUPPORT Responsibility Do I Have To? by Nancy Roewen I Just Forgotby Mercer Mayer The Way I Act by Steve Metzger |
Habits of the Month
*find our Habits of the Month displayed in our front office Applying Past Knowledge: "I've never made a mistake. I've only learned from experience." --Thomas A. Edison Too often, students begin each new task as if it were being approached for the first time. Teachers are dismayed when they invite students to recall how they solved a similar problem previously—and students don't remember. It's as if they had never heard of it before, even though they recently worked with the same type of problem! It seems each experience is encapsulated and has no relationship to what has come before or what comes after." Encourage your students to think back to similar experiences to help solve any problem that may arise. Thinking Flexibility: "Flexible people can address a problem from a new angle using a novel approach, which de Bono (1991) refers to as "lateral thinking." They consider alternative points of view or deal with several sources of information simultaneously. Their minds are open to change based on additional information, new data, or even reasoning that contradicts their beliefs. Flexible people know that they have and can develop options and alternatives. They understand means-ends relationships. They can work within rules, criteria, and regulations, and they can predict the consequences of flouting them. They understand immediate reactions, but they also are able to perceive the bigger purposes that such constraints serve. Thus, flexibility of mind is essential for working with social diversity, enabling an individual to recognize the wholeness and distinctness of other people's ways of experiencing and making meaning." Communicating with Clarity and Precision: "We sometimes hear students and adults using vague and imprecise language. They describe objects or events with words like weird, nice, or OK. They name specific objects using such nondescriptive words as stuff, junk, things, and whatever. They punctuate sentences with meaningless interjections like ya know, er, and uh. They use vague or general nouns and pronouns: "They told me to do it," "Everybody has one," or "Teachers don't understand me." They use nonspecific verbs: "Let's do it." At other times, they use unqualified comparatives: "This soda is better; I like it more" (Shachtman, 1995)." Stress to your students to look for more precise and descriptive ways to say what they have to say. SMALL GROUPS
Several small groups are created to help address student needs. Teachers will be surveyed to help create groups. Parent permission is required for a student to be involved in a groups. Each group typically consists of 6-8 students and meets one to two times a week for about 6 weeks, depending on the grade level and topic. Below are listed some of the groups that have been utilized in the past. If you believe one of your students may be of benefit, please feel free to contact Julie Deming at [email protected] or 910-455-2672 **NEW!** Lunch Bunch: This year each grade level will have an opportunity to send students to a special lunch bunch once a month. Topics are predetermined to address specific needs in each grade level. These topics include being a new student, anger management, divorce/separation, organization, and test taking skills. One session is also set aside to reward students who use great habits! Deployment Group: The purpose of the group is to help your child deal with the stress of a parent’s deployment.The goals are that your child will learn more factual information about the deployed parent’s geographical and cultural situation, learn to turn acting out behavior into constructive coping skills, and learn to recognize feels as well as how to deal better with those feelings both at home and at school. Social Skills: Building and maintaining positive relationships with others are central to success in school and life and require the ability to recognize the thoughts, feelings, and perspectives of others, including those different from one’s own. In addition, establishing positive peer, family, and work relationships requires skills in cooperating, communicating respectfully, and constructively resolving conflicts with others. Self- Esteem: Instill sense of self-worth, confidence, competence and value of self; Improve assertiveness in communication and interaction with others; Ability to tend to others’ needs while maintaining personal autonomy; and Improve verbal self-talk Divorce Group: A group program for students who have experienced parental divorce or separation. This group provides a safe place to share feelings as well as a way to increase communication among children, parents, and school. Character Reading Group: This group was created to not only develop the character of our students but to also to help build on reading skills and strategies for students who need an extra boost. |