Overview

Guidance Overview

We see students for:
Academic Concerns (schedule, grades, classroom issues)
Personal Concerns (feelings, mental health support, decision-making)
Social Concerns (friend/peer issues, ways to get involved at school)

Students may request to see the counselor, teachers may refer a student to the counselor, and/or parents can ask the counselor to meet with their child.

Guidance Lessons: (Mondays, in Schoology, during Advisory Period)
Character Education, Anti-Bullying, Social Emotional, Career Exploration, Academic/Study/Testing Tips, Social Media Safety

Grade Level Presentations:

Grades 5-8 MBF Child and Teen Safety – Anti-Bullying and Personal Safety Presentations
Grade 5 Puberty

Standardized Testing:

ILEARN - Checkpoints 3 times throughout the year and Summative testing starting the end of April

IXL Diagnostic - Beginning of Year and Middle of Year

WIDA - ML Students only, in the spring

IREAD-3 - 5th and 6th graders who have not passed IREAD-3 previously, in the spring

Grading Periods/Report Cards:

Grades are posted for Midterms, Quarters, and Semesters (you can view grades in PowerSchool).
Only Semester grades are posted to transcripts at the end of the school year.

Information Available Upon Request:

• Counseling Resource List
• Cummins School-Based Counseling
• 21st Century Scholarship
• Community Resources for Assistance
• Holiday Assistance