Lewisville High School Harmon 9/10
CREST 2019-2020
LHS Harmon School Information
Lewisville, TX 75067
Phone: 469-713-5201
Principal: Tony Fontana
LHS Harmon School Website
LHS Harmon Facebook Page
LHS Harmon Twitter Feed
Section 1: Role of the School Counselor
2016, 2017, & 2018 CREST Winners
No Place for Hate Distinction
About LHS Harmon
Economically disadvantaged: 56%
English language
learners: 29%
Gifted and Talented: 11%
Special Education: 12%
At Risk: 48%
McKinney Vento: 3%
Mobility Rate: 14%
Erin Somers, M.Ed, CSC
Last Names A-F
Masters of Education in School Counseling
- 2018 LISD Counselor of the Year
- AVID Site Team member
- Attendance Committee
Email: somerse@lisd.net
Website: https://www.lisd.net/Page/6435
Phone: 214-222-6822
Twitter: @ErinSomers_LHSH
Claudia Smith, M.Ed, CSC
Last names G-N
Masters of Education in School Counseling
- Lead Counselor at LHS Harmon since 2012
- Texas Counseling Association member
- Texas School Counselors Association member
- Northern Metro Counseling Association
(sub-chapter of TCA) Board member
Treasurer 2017-2019 - Building Leadership Team member
- Dual Credit Liaison
- AVID Site Team member
- Attendance Committee
Email: smithclaudia@lisd.net
Website: https://www.lisd.net/Page/6435
Phone: 214-222-6821
Twitter: @SmithLHSH
Nikita Jones, M.Ed, CSC
Masters of Education in School Counseling
Masters in Educational Leadership
- AVID site team member
- Attendance Committee
- Restorative Practices Committee
Email: jonesnn@lisd.net
Website: https://www.lisd.net/Page/6435
Phone: 214-222-6823
Leadership & Advocacy
The LHS Harmon counselors are an integral part of the leadership team, department head meetings, and many organizations on campus. Not only are the LHS Harmon counselors engaged on campus, but also on district level committees and professional organizations as well. An example of their leadership is in the planning and implementation of the No Place for Hate© initiative. Counselors plan guidance lessons and activities to engage the campus in discussions of injustice and bigotry. The LHS Harmon counselors have earned the CREST award for the last three years and the No Place for Hate© distinction the last two years.
Section II: Program Implementation Cycle
Counseling Advisory Council
Tony Fontana: Principal
Rachel Flanders: Assistant Principal
Toby Bauter: Assistant Principal
Melvin Owens: Assistant Principal
Claudia Smith: Lead Counselor
Ann Miller: Admistrative Associate
Laura Troy: Testing Coordinator
Tricia Felician: Dean Restorative Practices
Noel Figueredo: AVID Teacher
Sherri Hunter: English I
Jack Martin: English II
Jose Dominguez: Foreign Languages
Daniel Brennan: Social Studies
Kristen Stauffer: Social Studies
Brittni Smith: Science
Angie Marchany-Rivera: Science
Barbara Wright: Math
Mylla Harvison: Business/Elective
JoAnn Roper: Physical Education
Kyndra Reitz: Librarian
Hailey Pickard: ESL Liason
Julie Waid: ESL Liason
Geri Stopper: Special Education
Ben Harmon: Community Member
Chad Erickson: Parent Representative
Use of Implementation Cycle
Student Leaders Spreading Kindness
Starting the Day with Kindness
Kindness Ambassadors with Houston Kraft!
Section III: Foundational Components
Mission Statement
Through partnerships with students, staff, parents, and community, counselors will foster development of self-advocacy skills, personal-social-emotional wellness, and academic-career success in a compassionate and supportive environment.
Definition, Rationale, and Assumptions
Rationale: The Harmon School Counseling program recognizes the importance of supporting the emotional, social, and personal needs of students as a foundation to supporting academic success and supporting the overall educational experience. Counselors use multiple pieces of data collection as well as appropriate and current counseling theories to determine the needs of the student population and to develop goals for the annual school counseling program.
Assumptions:
In order for the LHS Harmon Counseling program to be effective in identified needs, the following conditions and resources are necessary:
- An annual school counseling program calendar that supports district needs and is approved and aligned with campus initiatives
- An appropriate support staff that works closely with counseling staff to complete clerical tasks
- A close collaboration with administration, parents, and teachers so that we address the needs of the whole child
- Reasonable access to ensure time with students for large group, small group, and individual activities
- Access to appropriate technology and materials to support the efficiency of the program
- Protocols and organizational structures developed by district level leadership
- Continued removal of testing coordination duties and clerical tasks,
- Access to all student data
- A comprehensive needs assessment and program evaluations to be used as data for future programming decisions
Development of Program Goals
As professional school counselors, it is imperative to address the emotional, academic, and social needs of our student population. If we want our SMART Goals to be effective and implemented successfully, it is important to utilize data to create the right programs, resources, and support for our campus culture. This approach is done through collecting individualized data via surveys from students, parents, and staff. In addition, we utilize numerous data reports such as attendance, at-risk, state assessments, Title One, Limited English Proficiency, academic reports, PEIMS (Public Education management Information system), Texas State Initiative scores (TSI), and college/career assessments. The counseling department works with community resources such as state social workers, school resource officers, probation officers, school leadership, residential placement facilities, Community In Schools (CIS), and other critical state and government departments that assist our students and families. The data and information gathered from current and previous academic school years help us develop and implement our SMART Goals needed to help students and our campus strive for success.
Evaluation of Program
Section IV: Four Service Components
SMART Goals by Delivery Components
Individual Planning: The LHS Harmon counseling team will meet with all 9th and 10th grade students to ensure they have a selected endorsement by the end of the first semester, December 2019. The LHS Harmon counseling team will meet with all 10th grade students and provide academic guidance for their four year graduation plans by the end of the academic school year, May 2020.
Responsive Services: By the end of the academic school year, May 2020, the LHS Harmon counseling team will train a hundred percent of school staff on the importance of mental health awareness. School staff will be able to identify warning signs of mental illness and contact counselors for support when students are in crisis or in need of services.
System Support: The LHS Harmon counseling team will increase parent involvement by providing five opportunities through parent engagement meetings known as Spotlight Lunch Bunch by the end of the academic school year, May 2020. The topics will include graduation requirements, career/college readiness, college admission process, and social media/cyber-safety.
Activity by Service Components
- Guidance Lessons through Farmer Flex as well as informational videos about endorsements, graduation requirements, and course registration through our school broadcast journalism newscasts.
- Guidance lessons through health education classes every nine weeks about mental wellness/coping with stress.
- Individual and group lessons to discuss courses, graduation requirements, four year plans, and the dual credit application process.
- Individual and group lessons through Advisory to guide students through Choices 360 program which explores College and Career readiness.
- Suicide Prevention Curriculum and Red Ribbon Week lessons designed by LISD counselors.
- No Place for Hate© Guidance Lessons (minimum of 3 per year) to earn distinction.
Individual Planning:
- Individual and group meetings with all students to develop academic, personal, career, and social skills.
- Help students with the dual credit application process, TSI testing, and admission process. Counselors have maintained an increase in enrollment over the last four years.
- Assist students with development of four year plans in Skyward---100% completion for all students.
- Coordinate with LHS Main counselors to meet with students promoting to eleventh grade so that they can meet with individual students and verify course requests for the following school year.
- Coordinate with all middle school feeder counselors to present registration information material and then meet with all students individually to verify course requests and endorsements for high school.
Responsive Services:
- Referrals from teachers and staff regarding student concerns.
- Responses from students through QR code requests or office visits to see counselors regarding personal issues.
- Response to Intervention (RTI) meetings for both academic and social/emotional interventions.
- Work with Communities in Schools (CIS) to provide students with food, clothing, school supplies, and community resources when we see a need and/or new to the school.
- Work with Angel Tree and Communities in Schools to coordinate referrals with staff for students.
- Monitor student grades and call in students at risk of failing courses to promote academic success.
System Support:
- Collaborate with Communities in Schools (CIS) social worker for all students, especially those who are in need of McKinney-Vento services.
- All counselors are AVID trained and are an active part of the AVID site-based team.
- Parent Spotlight Lunch Meetings---Presentations for parents on various topics.
- Active members of the campus leadership team, building leadership team, attendance committee, Farmer Flex Committee (advisory planning), and Kindness Club.
- What's Your Plan? Night---Collaborative effort with LHS Main and LHS Killough for parents and students within our feeder pattern (K-12) about careers, high school, military, and college opportunities.
- Partnership with the University of North Texas Go Center that sends college students to the Harmon campus to present information to students and parents about college information, financial aid, and college life.
Guidance Highlight with Data
Parent Collaboration Highlight!
2018-2019 Spotlight Lunch Bunch Schedule
January Spotlight Lunch Bunch Presentation
UNT Go Center Lunch Bunch Presentation
Section V: Program Curriculum
Counselors' Role with School Stakeholders
These collaborative partnerships have helped the LHS Harmon counselors identify and achieve mutual goals that best serve our student population and enhance the overall student experience and counseling program. We communicate with parents and other stakeholders through a variety of means: automated call outs, email announcements, a monthly counselor newsletter that includes upcoming events and opportunities, and social media to broadcast events and reminders.