School Counselors

"Lunch-n-Learn" on Digital Citizenship & Youth Culture - Join us on March 29th!

Our postponed “Lunch-n-Learn” has been rescheduled for March 29^th! 

Please join us for a presentation on Digital Citizenship & Youth Culture.

Jeff Dess from Cobb County School District's Prevention Intervention Center will be talking to parents about:

• The latest trends occurring in youth culture
• Understanding what will help your child to stay safe online
• Teaching your child to responsibly communicate when: texting, emailing, using social media or online gaming
• Creating a balance between screen time and other activities

This program is being hosted by the PTA Family Engagement Committee and the Timber Ridge School Counselors.

• Date:  Tuesday, March 29, 2016
• Time:  11:30-12:30
• Place:  Timber Ridge Learning Common

Please RSVP to Joslin Maxwell, Timber Ridge School Counselor at anne.maxwell@cobbk12.org to reserve your spot!  

Light refreshments will be provided and you are also welcome to bring your own bag lunch to the event. 

Counseling Core Curriculum Highlight - 4th Grade

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4th graders learned about the third rule of bucket filling in their recent counseling core curriculum lesson.  The message of being a bucket filler with kind words and actions had already been discussed and this additional rule let students know that if someone tried to dip, that they could use their lid.  Strategies for using the lid include:

• Distance yourself from the person.
• Spend time doing something that you enjoy.
• You know that what they said is not true, so don’t believe it.
• Use positive self-talk to fill your own bucket.

Students then wrote a letter to themselves from the perspective of the lid, reminding them that "their trusty lid" was always there for them to use. 

A student example is below:

 

 

 

Happy National School Counseling Week!

We are very proud to work for Cobb County and feel so appreciated by our administration, staff, students and parents!  Thank you!! :)

National School Counseling Week (February 1-5, 2016)

The Cobb County School District recognizes and thanks its school counselors for being actively engaged in helping students examine their abilities, strengths, interests, and talents; for working in a partnership with parents as they encounter the challenges of raising children in today's world; for focusing on positive ways to enhance students' social/personal, educational, and career development; and working with teachers and other educators to provide an educational system where students can realize their potential and set healthy, realistic, and optimistic aspirations for themselves. We salute our school counselors!