CJHS Counselor Corner
10.30.2020
CJHS Students & Families
Welcome to the Clarkston Junior High School Counseling Department's newsletter!
Inside this edition you will find information on:
- Test Anxiety: What is it? How Can I Overcome It? Study tips to decrease test anxiety!
- How to have a safe Halloween during the pandemic
- Motivation to do school: Intrinsic vs Extrinsic motivation
- Easter Seals Therapy services now being offered at CJHS!
- CJHS Daily School Bell Schedule
- Make an appointment with your counselor
- College Corner introduces Michigan State University: see what MSU has to offer
- Mental health resources: Anxiety- dealing with it, how to reduce it and understanding what worry is
- Student Needs Assessment: a survey for CJHS students to take (if they haven't taken yet)
Test Anxiety: What is it? How can I overcome it?
Have a safe Halloween during the pandemic
Easter Seals Therapy services at CJHS!
Therapy services are offered once a week for 30 minutes a session during school hours. Due to the current health crisis, therapy services are currently being done online via zoom. Students will have a private area in our building to meet with their therapist utilizing their CCS issued Chromebook.
If you're interested in your student receiving these services, please reach out to your students counselor now for more information.
You can find more information on Easter Seals at their website.
CJHS Daily School Bell Schedule
College Corner: Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan
The university was founded as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, one of the country's first institutions of higher education to teach scientific agriculture. Today, MSU is one of the largest universities in the U.S. (in terms of enrollment) and has approximately 634,300 living alumni worldwide.
U.S. News & World Report ranks its graduate programs the best in the U.S. in elementary teacher's education, secondary teacher's education, industrial and organizational psychology, rehabilitation counseling, African history (tied), supply chain logistics and nuclear physics in 2019. MSU pioneered the studies of packaging, hospitality business, supple chain management, and communication sciences.
In its 2020 rankings, Times Higher Education World University Rankings ranked MSU 26th in public schools, 36th overall in the United States, and 84th in the world. In its 2020 edition, U.S. News & World Report ranked it as tied for the 34th among best public university in the United States, tied for 84th nationally and tied for 52nd among best universities for veterans
The Spartans compete in the NCAA Division I Big Ten Conference for athletics. In the fall of 2019, MSU student-athletes posted all-time highs for graduation success rates and federal graduation rates, according to NCAA statistics.
Mental Health Resources: Anxiety
CJHS Counseling Staff
Mrs. Eva Marie Rottach, Counseling Secretary
Phone: 248.623.5690
Fax: 248.623.5679
Mrs. Sarah Hester, Counselor A-G
Phone: 248.623.5689
Mrs. Shannon Donnellon, Counselor H-O
Phone: 248.623.5692
Mr. Jake Arendsen, Counselor P-Z
jaarendsen@clarkston.k12.mi.us
Phone: 248.623.5691
Mrs. Lynn Larsen, Social Worker/Counselor to students with IEPs
Phone: 248.623.5686
Mrs. Renee Alexander, Psychologist
raalexander@clarkston.k12.mi.us
Phone: 248.623.5688
Mrs. Susan Joseph, Department Chair for Support Services, Teacher
Phone: 248.623.5687