Category: Community Outreach

5 Tips For Starting A GSA At Your Middle School

A few months ago, a couple of my students asked me if I would talk to my administration to see if we would be able to start a GSA–or Gender-Sexuality Alliance also known as Gay-Straight Alliance.  They wanted to have a place for students to come together in a safe place

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Make Your Own App!

I was thinking of having students use technology more this coming school year.  I have 3 laptops in my office along with my ipad.  I know that’s not a lot of computers, but it’s more than I had last year.  The idea of having them create an app was appealing

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Smore Linky Party

Francience Sabens from School Counselor Space blog has put together this smore Linky Party.  If you haven’t heard of smore or used it now is your chance.  Basically, smore is an online flyer program that can be used as an an effective and efficient way for schools to share announcements, events, and

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My new advertisement for our Giving Tree Program

I just had to share this video.  It’s only 35 seconds, but I thought it was a sweet way to promote the Giving Tree Program with parents.  Each year I send out an email asking parents for help.  This will go with tomorrow’s email.  What do you think? I made

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The Giving Tree

Once, there was a tree…And she loved a little boy. That is the beginning of the much loved story by Shel Silverstein about the relationship between a young boy and a tree in a forest.  The story is simple.  The tree gives without receiving in return.  It feels a sense

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Putting Together A Holiday Help Program–LINKY PARTY

It’s just about time for the holidays!   As counselors, our work extends beyond the classroom walls.  I know many of us put together a holiday help program for families in need of a little extra assistance.  I have mentioned that I put together a Giving Tree Program, and a lot of

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The How To’s Of Hosting A Community Clothing Swap

   (Click on the picture for a pdf of our poster) Last year when our school psychologist and I started looking at ways to help families within our community, we tried looking at putting together events that everyone could benefit from.  We wanted to make sure that no one

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To Accelerate or Not Accelerate in Middle School

Sorry I didn’t post this sooner, but I did want to share this with everyone. The issue to accelerate or not accelerate students has grown every year in our district, and I am sure that as colleges become a bigger industry, this decision will just continue to grow.  Last Wednesday,

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