WELCOME TO MATT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

1. WELCOME TO MATT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Counseling Department Home of the Mariners

2. First Grade Third Grade Fifth Grade Kindergarten Second Grade Fourth Grade Mrs. Orado Mrs. Rawlins

3. Mission Statement To promote educational performance, providing all students with the opportunities to acquire the academic, career, personal, and social competencies necessary to achieve quality learning and life-long success.

4. Goals • To address the standards adopted by Forsyth County Professional School Counselors to guide our program in working with all children. • Support initiatives with academics, attendance and behavior. • To provide every student access to a developmental and comprehensive schoolcounseling program.

5. Kindergarten Guidance • Listening and cooperation skills (Academic) • Self-Knowledge and Exploration (Career) • Identify Feelings (Personal/Social) • Relationships • Good Touch/Bad Touch (Personal Safety) • Personal Responsibility

6. First Grade Guidance • Work Habits (Academic) • Responsibility • Traditional Occupations (Career) • Identify personal strengths (Personal/Social) • Good Touch/Bad Touch (Personal Safety) • Respect for others and their differences

7. Second Grade Guidance • Personal Responsibility (Academic) • Listening Skills • Non-Traditional Occupations (Career) • Appropriate and Inappropriate Behavior (Personal/Social) • Good Touch/Bad Touch (Personal Safety)

8. Third Grade Guidance • Learning From Mistakes (Academic) • Using Effective Communication Skills (Personal/Social) • Learning How to Make and Keep Friends (Personal/Social) • Test Taking Skills (Academic) • Good Touch/Bad Touch (Personal Safety Program) • Learning techniques for managing stress and conflict (Academic) • Learning how to interact and work cooperatively in teams (Career)

9. Fourth Grade Guidance • Study Skills (Academic) • Taking Responsibility for Your Actions (Academic) • Good Touch/Bad Touch (Personal Safety Program) • Recognizing, Accepting, Respecting, and Appreciating Individual Differences (Personal/Social) • Applying Effective Problem-Solving and Decision-Making Skills • Test Taking Skills (Academic)

10. Fifth Grade Guidance Lessons • Learning Styles and Study Skills (Academic) • Dealing with peer pressure (Personal/Social) • Good Touch/Bad Touch (Personal Safety Program) • Working independently and cooperatively with other students (Academic) • Recognize that everyone has rights and responsibilities (Personal/Social) • Test Taking Skills (Academic) • Career Exploration (Career) • How to succeed in Middle School (Academic)

11. How We Serve Our Students • Classroom guidance lessons • Small groups(Grief and Loss, Conflict Resolution, Divorce, Study Skills, Social Skills, and Organizational Skills) • Individual guidance • Consultation (teachers, parents, students and community resources) • Referrals to community agencies

12. Special Projects • Facilitate Red Ribbon Week • Facilitate the Mentoring Program • Facilitate the Second Step Violence PreventionProgram • Facilitate Career Day • Monitor Attendance • Facilitate the Parent Library • Project Wise Man • Facilitate our United Way Collections

14. Counseling Department Diane Orado 678-455-4500 x 280619 dorado@forsyth.k12.ga.us Vicki Rawlins 678-455-4500 x 280616 vrawlins@forsyth.k12.ga.us

15. ACCOUNTABILITY Forsyth County School Counselors meet regularly to grow professionally and study and utilize data in developing the guidance programs. • Attendance use • Grades • Office referrals (behavior) • Counselor referrals • Agency referrals

16. Please feel free to talk to us any time with any questions or concerns. We are here for you and your child!