Piney Point
Elementary School
Counselor
Elementary School Counseling Services
The school counseling program at Piney Point Elementary School is designed to assist students in decision-making and to help each child appreciate their self-worth. The counselor facilitates daily and weekly lessons, which may include such topics as mindfulness, collaboration, conflict resolution, empathy, coping with change, goal setting, career exploration, perseverance, and middle school transition. Teachers, families, or students may make referrals for specific problems to the school counselor. The school counselor meets with new students entering our school to welcome and orient them to the school’s expectations and culture and helps coordinate our fifth graders’ transition to middle school through a family information night, registration information, and student visits to the middle school.
Character Traits
Listed the character traits that we will be focusing on at PPES during the school year.
We will be recognizing one student from each classroom for each character trait for going above and beyond that month to demonstrate those qualities. They will receive a certificate during our quarterly awards assembly.
September: Respect
- Accept differences
- Treat people fairly and equally
- Be polite and use good manners
October: Responsibility
- Know what to do and do it
- Think before acting
- Accept consequences for your choices
November: Gratitude
- Being grateful or thankful
- Showing appreciation
December: Kindness
- Be nice to others
- Forgive others
- Show compassion
- Help people in need
January: Cooperation
- Work together to achieve a goal
- Listen, share, and encourage
- Compromise – give and take
February: Honesty
- Tell the truth all the time
- Keep promises
- Be trustworthy
- Do not lie, cheat or steal
March: Perseverance
- Work hard, don’t give up
- Believe in yourself
- Learn from mistakes
- Encourage others
April: Self-discipline
- Be responsible for your own actions
- Listen to the needs and concerns of others
- Solve problems peacefully
May: Empathy
- Care
- Recognize feelings
- Try to understand how other’s feel
June: Patience
- Wait calmly without complaining or whining
- Keep trying, never give up on your goals
Counseling News
Top 10 Things a School Counselor can help you and your child with:
- Advocate
- Classroom Guidance
- Parent/Teacher Conferences
- Community Resources
- Individual Counseling
- Lunch Bunches
- Small Counseling Groups
- Safe Place
- Peer Relations
- Transitioning
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