Dragon Connection
Carroll Senior High School, Counselors' Newsletter
April 2022
Welcome Students and Parents
We hope you have begun to establish healthy habits, have been sticking with your goals and priorities, and continuing to invest in building meaningful relationships with others. We want this to be a great year for all! CISD Counselors continue to be present for all students, parents, and staff. Your well-being is important to us. Please let us know how we can serve you this year.
2022 Scoreboard Graduation Messages
Celebrate your graduating senior with a Grad Ad, on the scoreboard, during graduation in Dragon Stadium!
If you have a graduating senior this year, and would like to send in a photo and message to run on the scoreboard at graduation, please fill out the form here.
The cost is $75 through May 1, and $100 from May 2 until the May 13 deadline.
CSHS Class of 2022 Dates & Information
April 27 Senior Awards Ceremony– Concert Hall/CSHS Fine Arts Complex 6:30p.m.
May 14 Prom Hyatt Regency DFW
May 17 MANDATORY Senior Meeting @8am Auditorium
May 17 Senior Picnic @Circle Ranch 9:30-1:30 (all students are expected to ride
CISD Transportation
$40 a ticket, sold on Student Skyward
May 18 Panoramic Pictures, CSHS @ 9:00am
May 19 Panoramic Picture Pick Up – SAC
May 22 Baccalaureate Whites Chapel @4
May 27 Graduation Practice, Dragon Stadium @ 8:00am
May 27 Graduation, Dragon Stadium 7:30pm
May 27 Project Graduation, 11:00pm-5:00am-Pinstack
**Please remember ALL these dates are subject to change or cancel due to COVID**
How to Help Students to Develop Hope
Researchers have found that students who are high in hope have greater academic success, stronger friendships, and demonstrate more creativity and better problem-solving. They also have lower levels of depression and anxiety and are less likely to drop out from school. In fact, studies suggest that having hope may actually predict a student’s future academic achievement more than having feelings of self-worth or a positive attitude towards life actually do.
Hopeful students don't take failure personally. Instead, they use it to improve their performance next time. They’re also more optimistic, and, in the face of obstacles, they tell themselves, “I can do this. I won’t give up.”
Positive relationships with adults appear to be the most important source of hope for children. While parents provide the first, and arguably the most important, adult influence in a child’s life are essential to children’s success. These transformative relationships have protective effects, enhance academic self-efficacy, and promote a sense of purpose and self-worth—not only for the children and families who benefit from these collective efforts but also for the teachers, service providers, and administrators who serve them. Self-efficacy, or the belief in one’s ability to perform acts that will lead to achieve a goal, is essential for both the student and the teacher.
Once teachers believe that every kid is capable of achievement, they must also believe that they have the ability to help make that happen. This can only happen when teachers have high expectations for all students. When teachers believe a student can perform at a high level, the student is much more likely to do so.
When students have caring adults who recognize and support their aspirations—and when they are part of a community that celebrates successes and helps them overcome challenges—they're likely to develop a sense of well-being that makes learning possible.
The Importance of Experiences for Students
Experiences are the good and bad moments that happen in life. Every day is packed with some experiences, but some of them will stick in your memory while other eventually fade away. The ones that remain provide valuable insight into who you are, what matters to you, and how your talents and gifts have developed over time. Even the most difficult experiences play an important role in shaping who we are.
STOPit Student Hotline
The STOPit Student Hotline is designed to help students, parents and community members anonymously report past, present and predicted concerns in our school community. Information about bullying, harassment, drugs, violence, weapons, theft, or any other potential threat to school safety should be reported.
Report concerns anonymously, anytime 24/7.
https://appweb.stopitsolutions.com/login
For more information please visit:
https://www.southlakecarroll.edu/site/Default.aspx?PageID=3384
A New Type of Help: Crisis Text Line
Text 741-741, ANYTIME YOU ARE IN A CRISIS
With today's teenagers living in the age of texting, the Crisis Text Line has noticed they feel more comfortable texting rather than calling into a helpline when they are in need of help. The great thing about this support is it is available 24/7 to anyone in any type of crisis. You can text confidentially between classes, in the middle of a situation without anyone knowing who you are talking to. Crisis counselors are on stand by 24/7 to help you from the heat of the moment to until you are calm.
Crisis doesn’t just mean suicide: it’s any painful emotion for which you need support.
SAT & ACT INFORMATION & DATES
Visit our CSHS Counseling Website for information on ACT/SAT Testing and More
Our Counseling Team
Julie Presley, M. Ed.
Serving Students Last Names A-D
mailto:julie.presley@southlakecarroll.edu
Deborah Warner, M. Ed.
Serving Students Last Names E-K
mailto:deborah.warner@southlakecarroll.edu
Keri Bettencourt, M. Ed.
Serving Students Last Names L-Q
mailto:keri.bettencourt@southlakecarroll.edu
Tammy Grasmick, M. S.
Serving Students Last Names R-Z
mailto:tamara.grasmick@southlakecarroll.edu
Amy Welch, M. Ed.
Intervention Counselor - CSHS 504 Coordinator
mailto:amy.welch@southlakecarroll.edu
Counseling Office Support Staff
Deidra Mulloy
Registrar
Deidra.Mulloy@southlakecarroll.edu
Ann Fore
Receptionist
Shela Daniel
Secretary
Shela.Daniel@southlakecarroll.edu
Website: https://www.southlakecarroll.edu/domain/736
Location: 1501 West Southlake Boulevard, Southlake, TX, United States
Phone: 817-949-5813
Twitter: @CounselingCSHS