Counselor’s Corner

● Theatre IV presented Hugs & Kisses on October 7^th to Early Start through 5^th grade.  The dynamic presentation: Teachers & Student

• Sensitively introduces “good touch,” “bad touch,” and “secret touch” concepts to

K – 5 students

• Is an award-winning, enjoyable musical play serving approx. 55,000 students in Virginia

• Has been seen by over 1.2 million students in every school district in the state.

• Has prompted over 12,300 students to seek help directly after the play

• Teaches prevention resources and techniques across all elementary grade levels

Visit www.theatreiv.org to view the script, download the study guide, and see the related SOLs.

● Classroom guidance lessons have been taking place throughout the months of September & October.  Lessons included:

What is a Counselor? Inroduction to school counselor (K-5)

Feelings are Okay; Armadillo Tattletale; Hey, Little Ant (k-2)

Quiet Cozy Town Listening Action Story (k-2)

Listening Cover Up Game (k-2)

Balloon Landing Study Skills Game (3-5)

Pay Attention to me Now—Active Listening Game (3-5)

What Time is it When? –Good School/Study Habits Activity (4-5)

Suffolk Public Schools now has an anonymous Bullying Tip Line.  To file an anonymous complaint of bullying call 757-538-5483 or complete a form found on the school website at:  www.spsk12.net.

Welcome!  Old and new students are ready to go at Elephant’s Fork! 

We’ve hit the ground running and are off to a great start!  Classroom guidance lessons begin today with a counselor introduction–”What is a counselor?”  Classroom guidance will continue until September 15th when the media center re-opens.  Lessons 2 and 3 are entitled “Feelings are Okay” and “Inch and Miles: The Journey to Success.” 

 Small group counseling will begin in October.

The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers.    –M. Scott Peck

Men are conservatives when they are least vigorous, or when they are most luxurious.  They are conservatives after dinner, or before taking their rest; when they are sick, or aged.  In the morning, or when their intellect or their conscience has been aroused: when they hear music, or when they read poetry, they are radicals.           –Ralph Waldo Emerson, lecture (1844)

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