Sophomore Counseling Chronicles
October 2019
Aspire Interim Testing
College Planning Timeline
Charter Steel Open House - Learn About Careers in Manufacturing
Academic & Career Planning (ACP) - Xello
Academic & Career Planning (ACP) - Inspire
We are super excited to announce that PWHS has formalized our partnership with Inspire Sheboygan County. Inspire will be expanding into Ozaukee County in an effort to connect our students with meaningful career experiences right here in our area. Stay tuned for more information as this partnership develops. Please see the parent flyer below for additional information on Inspire.
The Truth About Vaping
Tuesday, Oct 22, 2019, 06:30 PM
Cedarburg Performing Arts Center, Evergreen Boulevard, Cedarburg, WI, USA
Cultivate Mental Wellness Series
OFS Parent Education & Resources
Understanding Anxiety
Tuesday, October 15, 6:00 – 7:30 pm: Middle and High School
Wednesday, November 6, 6:00 – 7:30 pm: Elementary through 5th grade
How can we as parents, caregivers and teachers support someone who is struggling with anxiety? Learn strategies and tools that can help kids recognize and regulate their own symptoms.
Rainbows
Every other Tuesday, October 22 – March 31, 6:30 – 7:30 pm
Rainbows is a program for children and adolescents (K-12) who are dealing with major family changes such as divorce or death. The 12-week program seeks to provide a “rainbow” after the storm in a child’s life. Its goals are to help participants understand and express their feelings, to build a stronger sense of self-esteem, and to direct their energy toward a healthy acceptance of the changes that have taken place.
Calming Strategies Café
Wednesday, November 13, 6:00 – 7:30 pm
Learn a wide variety of techniques that can be used to help children and adults with self-calming, anxiety and stress relief. These coping techniques will be featured in three hands-on breakout areas that will include art therapy, mindfulness & yoga, and the use of fidgets and sensory processing strategies.
Building Resilience In Kids
Wednesday, December 11, 6:00 – 7:30 pm
Hope, resilience, and a growth mindset are essential ingredients in helping to determine and create the future you want for your child. Acknowledging past experiences and understanding how those experiences impact us and our children in the present are the building blocks for change.
Small Groups
PWHS Universal Screening
The Port Washington-Saukville School District’s mission is to “Educate all children to reach their greatest potential.” To support this mission, students are regularly screened academically and physically (i.e., vision and hearing) via a multi-tiered system of support. During the 2019-20 school year, students in grades 9-12 will also be screened using the Connections Survey and the Devereux Student Strengths Assessments (DESSA).
The goal of the DESSA screeners is for teachers to identify students’ social and emotional skills, which are essential to academic achievement. The DESSA screeners are brief, strength-based rating scales measuring the social and emotional skills that help students do well in school, at home, and in the community. Your student’s teacher will complete the strength-based assessments based on direct observations of the student’s daily interactions at school. This information will be used to better plan for all students, focusing on their individual strengths.
The goal of the Connections Screening is for students to identify adults and peers in the building with whom they have a connection. Research indicates that youth who have at least one positive adult connection in school are more likely to do better in school and are less likely to engage in risk-taking behaviors. The survey simply asks students about the connections they have in this building, both adult and peer.
Consistent with practices for analyzing academic data, the results from the screenings will be used by school staff to best meet the needs of all students. Parents/guardians will be notified if the results indicate that a student may be in need of additional instruction in one or more social/emotional areas.
The Port Washington-Saukville School District strives to provide a safe and positive environment for all students. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact your student's teacher, school psychologist, and/or building principal at 262-268-5500.