Knights School Counseling News
Vol 5
Happy New Year!
Kindness Task Force
Wandering Wednesdays
Book Club
The first quarter Book Club met. 6th grade students that signed up read The Fourteenth Goldfish and explored Science in a 'girls world.' The high school students read Falling Into Place and explored depression and attempted suicide in a high school senior's world and all of the different events and relationships that can contribute to feelings of worthlessness over time. There were no
Second quarter books are El Deafo-a true story about a young girl that loses her hearing due to an illness as a young child and how that affects her. The high school students are reading Elena Vanishing-a memoir concerning adolescent anorexia nervosa.
Advisory Council Meeting
December College of the Month
Perils of the Internet
Yesterday (1/6/16) Investigator Marciniak of the New York State Troopers Computer Crime Unit came to speak to the high school students about appropriate social networking and the "Perils of the Internet." The presentation was geared towards 9th-12th grade students and in Middle School the students receive a similar education in their required computer class.
January College of the Month
Important Dates
College Panel-1/8/16
Last test date of the CURRENT SAT-1/23/16
First Advisory Council Meeting-1/28/16