OHSW Student Services Newsletter
October 1, 2015
Hello!
Each month, we will be providing you with a monthly newsletter of what's going on in the counseling department. This month we would like to introduce you to our staff.
Mrs. Watts
Mrs. Flannigan
Liaison for MSCT and Alternative schools
What Does A School Counselor Do?
The 4C's of School Counseling
Counseling is available to individual students, small groups, and parents in conjunction if concerning students.
Consulting takes place between counselors, school social workers, school psychologists, teachers and parents.
Coordinating the efforts to assist a student and/or their family with community agencies.
Conduct Classroom lessons in the academic, career, and personal/social areas that follow a comprehensive developed school counseling program which is developed and based on American School Counseling Association (ASCA) National Standards.
What Programs Are Offered?
Parent Information
How Parents Can Help Promote Student Success
- Communicate with school staff to be aware of homework assignments
- Review your child's homework.
- Encourage your child to seek friends who will be helpful to them.
- Try to do something enjoyable with your child at least once a week.
- Set clear expectations for students about homework; have a set place and time for homework.
- Get acquainted with your child's teachers.
- Monitor where your child goes. This will encourage them to stay out of trouble.
- Communicate with school staff first when there is a concern with the school.
- Attend school functions such as conferences, programs, and athletic events.
- Encourage your child to participate in school-related after-school activities.
- Consistently enforce household rules.
- Set aside a time when the whole family reads.
- Encourage your child to talk about school, social activities, and their interests.
- Teach standards of right and wrong and demonstrate these standards.
- Support school discipline policies.
- Talk with your child about tobacco, drugs, alcohol, gangs, and violence.
- Monitor your child's choices of TV programs, video games and music.
- Monitor your child's social media use (what they are posting and receiving)
Parents are free to call the Student Services Office at any time for a meeting if you have academic, social, or personal concerns about your child. The Student Services Office can help to arrange parent-teacher conferences, small group or individual counseling, as well as, outside referrals for intervention.
Oceanside High School West
Email: swatts@rsu13.org
Location: 47 Valley Street, Thomaston, ME, United States
Phone: 9207)354-2502
Facebook: facebook.com/OceansideHighSchoolWest