Cobb Horizon Counselor's Corner
News and Updates from Your Counseling Department!
Week 2 - You made it!
Congratulations...you made it to week 2 of our virtual school environment! Hopefully by now, you have created a schedule, introduced some self-care and breaks throughout your day, and found a way to communicate with your teachers and counselors through an online platform. Our hope is that we will continue to provide you with great virtual resources as well as stay connected! Remember that we are still here to support you in any way possible. #InThisTogether
We'd LOVE to zoom with you! Email any of us directly to request a zoom meeting and we'll make it happen!
Please see below for your virtual homework from us! We still need to have students complete their grade-level Naviance (Bridge Bill) activity. Below, you will see the activity sheet AND associated power point presentation for your review based on your grade level. As you take breaks from grad point, Naviance will help break up the monotony and get you moving in the direction of post-high school planning! Please reach out to us if you have any questions/concerns completing your Naviance activity. Please be sure to review the power point presentation that accompanies the activity.
9th Grade Naviance Activity Sheet
10th Grade Naviance Activity Sheet
11th Grade Naviance Activity Sheet
Need a break? Have questions/concerns for counselors? Meet us this Wednesday in our virtual Counselor in the Cafe!!!
Here's the meeting ID: 285-826-885 and URL: https://zoom.us/j/285826885
Wednesday, Mar 25, 2020, 12:00 PM
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Coping Calendar: Keep Calm. Stay Wise. Be Kind.
Action Calendar: Mindful March 2020
Forms of Self-Care!
SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LESSONS AND RESOURCES
Students: Reach out to your counselor if you are interested in any of the following:
Minecraft – Social-Emotional Learning Worlds available - http://msft.it/6019TkgQP
The game students love now has social-emotional learning lessons and worlds available. Students can access these worlds and experience engaging lessons on different aspects of social emotional learning.
Featured Available Worlds:
The Mindful Knight – This world will take students through exercises to introduce mindfulness, self-regulation, and social awareness. Students will document their experience in the in-game portfolio and camera which can be exported as PDFs for teacher review. This is appropriate for grades 3-12 to complete the activities in their worlds as individual activities. Grades K-2 may be able to complete the activities in the world as a whole class activity. This world is available in the Lesson Library within Minecraft. Click here for a link to the lesson.
Digital Citizenship – After teachers teach the accompanying lesson, students will enter this Minecraft World and use digital citizenship skills to work collaboratively to complete the tasks within the world. Click here for a link to the lesson.
Inspiration Island – This world allows students to explore Creative Mode in Minecraft and challenges them to be creative with their Minecraft builds. Students will create structures that help them express their emotions. Students will also be able to identify areas of self-growth as well as highlight their strengths. This world is available in the Lesson Library within Minecraft. Click here for a link to the lesson.
BrainPOP – https://www.brainpop.com/social-emotional-learning/
Students can watch and respond to movies aligned with social emotional learning components. Staff can assign movies and corresponding activities to their students. Students can interact with the movies by taking a quiz, creating a concept map, creating their own BrainPOP movie as well as other activities attached with each movie. The Health section of BrainPOP has been renamed Health and SEL to help counselors easily find the materials.
EverFi – EverFi is accessible through Clever and has interactive learning modules teachers can assign students. (Ask Counselor for assistance.)
Example module available include:
Mental Wellness Basics – Grades 8-12
- Ignition (NEW-Digital Wellness and Safety) – Grades 6-9
GEORGIA CRISIS & ACCESS LINE
GCAL is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days a year to help you or someone you care for in a crisis. GCAL professionals will:
- Provide telephonic crisis intervention services
- Dispatch mobile crisis teams
- Assist individuals in finding an open crisis or detox bed across the State
- Link individuals with urgent appointment services
SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFELINE
CRISIS TEXT LINE
Stay connected with us!
We are guaranteed online Monday - Thursday from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm!
Mrs. Ebony Payno (H - L), Ebony.Payno@cobbk12.org, 404-954-1810
Ms. Mandy Mooney (M - Z), Mandy.Mooney@cobbk12.org, 678-590-0058
Ms. Charkeshia Toatley (Counseling Intern), Charkeshia.Toatley@cobbk12.org, 470-242-1343
Mrs. Adonica Bailey (CIS Site Coordinator), Adonica.Bailey@cobbk12.org, 470-428-5116
Website: http://www.cobbk12.org/cobbhorizon/index.aspx
Phone: 678-594-8240
Need Additional Non-Academic Support/Resources? Contact Ms. Bailey at Adonica.Bailey@cobbk12.org
Additional Resources Below!!!
The Cobb Meal Plan
Plan de Comida de Cobb
FREE Tutoring for CCSD Students!
In response to school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic, the daily hours for availability of TutorATL’s online tutors are expanded to cover 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Cobb County Public Library offers TutorATL for free to Cobb County and Marietta City K-12 students with regular Cobb library cards and through Library PASS accounts. Powered by Tutor.com, TutorATL is a service of ATL PBA and is made possible by the generous support of the Chick-fil-A Foundation.
TutorATL features personalized homework help and expert tutors in more than 50 subjects with bilingual offerings. On-demand access to tutors has doubled with morning and early afternoon sessions added as regular hours for the tutor service are 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. Atlanta Public Schools and Fulton County Public Library are also TutorATL partners.
Library PASS (Public Library Access for Student Success) accounts are offered to all Cobb County and Marietta City students. Student numbers are the keys to Library PASS access.
For information on TutorATL, visit www.tutoratl.org.
To explore the Cobb library’s student resources, visit www.cobbcat.org/students.
COMPUTER AND INTERNET INFORMATION FOR FAMILIES
Comcast
Is offering an internet essentials package FREE for 60 days
Click link below for more information: https://www.wxyz.com/news/national/coronavirus/comcast-offering-
internet-essentials-package-free-for-60-months-during-coronavirus-outbreak
Comcast Internet Essentials: Offers affordable home internet service for just $9.95 per month– with no contract, credit check or installation fees. You automatically qualify for the Internet Essentials package if your child participates in the school lunch program, you are receiving HUD housing assistance, a low-income senior, a community college student in Colorado or Illinois or a verified low-income veteran. You will also have the option to purchase a laptop or desktop computer for only $149.
Online: https://internetessentials.com/
Call : No direct number for this program; must login to enter phone number and receive a call from an agent
Spectrum Internet Assist
- Provides affordable high-speed internet connection to low-income families, students and seniors for just $14.99 per month.
PCs for People
- A nonprofit organization that provides low-cost computers and free or affordable internet connection for low-income households. Potential recipients must be living below the 200% poverty level and currently enrolled in a government assistance program. PC for people offers high-speed internet for only $11.25 per month with no credit check or hidden fees. You will also be eligible to receive affordable PC or laptop repair for as low $25.
- Online: https://www.spectrum.com/browse/content/spectrum-internet-assist
- Call : 1-855-243-8892
Access by AT&T
- A low-cost wireless home internet plan for low-income households. Access by AT&T provides high-speed internet service for $5-$10 per month. At least one person of your household should receive SSI or SNAP benefits to be qualified.
- Go online: https://www.att.com/shop/internet/access/#!/ OR Call AT&T @ 855.220.5211
Everyoneon.org – no income requirements
- EveryoneOn is a national nonprofit working to eliminate the digital divide by making high-speed, low-cost Internet service and computers, and free digital literacy courses accessible to all unconnected Americans. We work with device refurbishes, so individuals and their families can purchase discounted devices, including $150 tablets and $199 laptops. By calling 1-855-EVRY1ON or visiting everyoneon.org, users can discover the closest class in their communities. https://everyoneon.org/get-connected/ to find resources in area by zip code