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March 19 - 8th Grade "Passport to the Future" Career Day

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March 26 - Staff Day: NO SCHOOL

 

Guidance

We support our district's mission to prepare all students to succeed responsibly in post-secondary education and/or the workplace. To do so, we work hard to provide timely and effective communication with students, parents, and teachers through parent/teacher conferences, phone calls home, and evening programs. Through coordination of services, consultation, and academic, career, and personal counseling, we help promote the skills that students will need to be successful in school and in life. We encourage strong communication with parents and the greater Rotterdam community. Let's work together to promote the success of all of our children at Draper!

Contact a middle school guidance counselor

Angie Santabarbara
518.356.8370
During the 2009-10 school year, Mrs. Santabarbara works with 7th graders. In September 2010 she will move to 8th grade with her students. In September 2011 she will move to the 6th grade with new students.

Kyra McTighe
518.356.8370
During the 2009-10 school year, Ms. McTighe works with 8th graders. In September 2010 she will move to the 6th grade with new students. In September 2011 she will move to 7th grade with her students.

Debbie Wood
518.356.8370
During the 2009-10 school year, Mrs. Wood works with 6th graders. In September 2010 she will move to 7th grade with her students. In September 2011 she will move to 8th grade with her students.

Your counselor is here to help

As students progress from one grade to the next, their counselor moves with them, providing continuity and time to really get to know students and their parents. Guidance counselors are often the first people students and parents contact with questions or concerns. They take a holistic approach to making sure each student has a positive experience at Draper Middle School and that they are well-prepared for the challenges of high school and beyond.

Some of the key things counselors typically help students with include:

• Helping each student know him or herself. This includes helping students explore interests, capitalize on strengths and develop plans to address weaknesses.

• Educational guidance and goal setting. Counselors meet with students and parents to help select courses and review standardized test results. Counselors will also act as a "go-between" with teachers, students and parents to facilitate solutions to academic and/or behavior problems.

• Personal counseling and/or referrals for students experiencing any number of problems - academic, social, family, etc.

• Helping students balance the demands of school, family and friends. Special attention is paid to teaching "life skills" such as organization, study skills, time management, responsibility, cooperation, teamwork and other habits and attitudes that will serve students well in any classroom, job or social situation.

• Organizing and facilitating parent-teacher conferences where the focus is on problem-solving, not playing the "blame game."

• Communicating regularly with parents to build strong and effective partnerships between home and school.

 

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