September - Counselor Corner

Upcoming Events:

If you would like your son/ daughter to be a part of small groups during lunch or recess, please complete the form by Tuesday September 11th, 2012.

Small groups will begin the week of September 17th:

Friendship Group:

Changing Families:

Girl Power Group:

Anger Management Group:

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me Cynthia Campbell Curry at (330) 954-2236.


Guidance Lessons will begin starting next week September 10th: ( entire month in all grades)

3rd- Responsibility

4th- What ways do we show that we are responsible?

5th- Responsible for ourselves

September - Counselor Corner

Welcome Back All Students:

Hope everyone had a wonderful Labor Day weekend

Resource books on our Character Words of the Month:

Character word in August:  Citizenship

book available- Helping Your Child Become A Better Citizen - www.2.ed.gov./parents/academic/help/citizen/citizen.pdf

September:  Responsibility:

Resources for Parents:

• " Do I Have To?  Kids Talk About Responsibility

             by Loewen,Nancy, Wesley and Omarr ( july 05)

•  You can Count On Me- by Reginia Burch ( 2002)

•   Molly the Great Messy Bed.  A book about Responsibility

             by Shelley Marshall and Ben     Mahan ( 2010)

What does a Counselor do?

A Counselor does....

• Conducts classroom guidance lessons on character education such as:

           August- Citizenship
           September- Responsibility
           October- Respecting Others
           November- Kindness
           December- Trust
           January- Honesty
           February- Gratitude
           March- Courage
           April- Cooperation

• Works with small groups on areas such as friendship, changing families, anger management,  anxiety, self-esteem, and divorce.
• Meets with new students to help them adjust to our school
• Talks with parents and teachers

         WORKS WITH ALL STUDENTS!

        

Welcome Back Students and Families

Welcome Back 2012-2013 School Year!

Picture above:  Girls on The Run ( Spring 2012)

Leighton School Counselor:

 Ms. Cynthia Campbell Curry  ( 330) 954-2236

I am available to help you and your student have a successful school year. 

Volunteers:

Career Day:

We would love you to sign up to assist us with sharing your professional career with our students in May. I f you are interested, please contact me at ( 330) 954-2043.

Thanks
Cynthia

March:

Character Word of the Month- Courage

Guidance Lessons will be conducted in all classrooms during the month of March.

3rd Grade- Will discuss what courage means to them?

4th Grade/5th Grade- How to take a stand of courage when your friends are telling you to do something else.