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September 2009
Dear Parents,
This year I have been given time to work with ALL students on their academic,
career, and personal/social development as part as our developmental
counseling program.
The lessons are intended to support your child’s academic and social progress
throughout his/her school career by introducing concepts of career and future
planning at an early age and focusing on social and emotional competencies
needed for a successful life.
Below you will find the basic layout of the subjects/topics I will be
addressing at each grade level:
Grade 5
• Future Planning Meeting
• Introduction to using your planner
• Discussion on Responsibility
• Decision Making
• Address mean behaviors
• What is Empathy?
• Being Assertive
Grade 6
• Future Planning Meeting
• Using your school planner
• Stress Management
• Study Skills
• Organization Skills
• Addressing mean behaviors
• Future Education Goals
• Introduction to Careers
Grade 7
• Future Planning Meeting
• How to effectively use your school planner
• Organization
• Being Pro-Active
• Viewing of “Let’s Get Real” Video
• Discussion of mean behaviors
• Career exploration
Grade 8
• Future Planning Meeting
• Overview of The 7 Habits to Highly Effective Teens Book
• Time management
• Study skills
• Overview of mean behaviors
• Introduction to resume writing
Classroom lessons are one component of the comprehensive school counseling
program here at Horace W. Porter School. Other components to the counseling
program include: the option of meeting in small groups, working one-on-one
with students, and when necessary, helping students and families with specific
concerns.
Also, the comprehensive school counseling program includes a Future Planning
Meeting with each student in the Middle School during his/her assigned
classroom time. The Planning Meetings will focus on your child’s strengths,
areas of interest, and goals for the future. It is also a great opportunity
for me to get to know her/him better. These meetings help sort through
concerns students may have about their middle school experience, give them an
opportunity to think about the support they need from teachers and parents,
set future goals, and possibly get ideas for extracurricular activities that
might interest them. The overall purpose of these meetings is to ensure that
each student is making an appropriate adjustment to school and to offer them
support.
Please do not hesitate to contact me by phone, (860) 228-9494 extension 120 or
e-mail me at cguzman@hwporter.org if you have any questions or concerns about
your son or daughter.
I look forward to working with your Horace Porter student.
Sincerely,
Corey C. Guzman
Horace Porter School
School Counselor
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