Dragon Connection
Carroll Senior High School, Counselors' Newsletter
MARCH 2019
WELCOME DRAGON STUDENTS & PARENTS
Mental Health and Wellness Monthly Topics
- March: Bullying and Conflict Resolution - Individuality
- April: Child Abuse/Safety and Self Defense - Hope
- May: Current topics, Summer Tips, Transitions - Perseverance
How to develop individuality in kids
Knowing how to help kids develop individuality helps them to have healthy self-esteem. Every child is an individual with his own personality, interests, preferences, approaches to situations and perspectives. However, internal conflict and external demands on your child can cause him to trade his individuality for what he thinks others want him to be. Protect your child's sense of self by providing an environment and activities that develops his individuality.
Create a low-stress environment to help your child feel confident in his individuality. Steve Baskins of the American Camp Association, writing for "Psychology Today" says you can do this by limiting planned activities and lessons and being open to what your child enjoys or wants to learn. He notes that while keeping to a schedule and being organized is important at times, it is also necessary to give your child room to discover his interests and talents.
Allow your child to express himself without limiting interests and activities by gender. Listen to your child's comments about gender-related activities without being critical or mocking him. For example if your son wants to learn how to cook or sew, encourage him to do so and point out men who are successful in these careers or hobbies.
Give your child positive living and historical role models in your family, community, country and culture, who have overcome restrictions due to gender, ethnicity religion and class. For example, teach your child about women who have succeeded as pilots, engineers or mathematicians.
Encourage your child to create his own play and let him daydream and think without filling up his time with toys, electronics and screens.
Introduce your child to music, stories, clothing and foods from a wide range of cultures. Take him to culture and art shows to show him the diversity of people and places. Limit how much canned pop culture he gets from the TV and Internet.
Some children may feel they need to conform and hide their individuality out of fear of being mocked or bullied by other children. If your child has low-self esteem or is being bullied, talk to him and try to get to the root of the problem. Talk to school officials about bullying, and seek professional help if necessary. Bullying can lead to depression.
Resource:
https://howtoadult.com/develop-individuality-kids-2304536.html
What is Bullying?
Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance.
Bullying includes actions such as making threats, spreading rumors, attacking someone physically or verbally, and excluding someone from a group on purpose.
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What kids can do!! be empowered to stop bullying!
- Treat Everyone With Respect
- Stand Up for Others
- Seek help from adults (parents, teachers, counselors)
- Stay away from places where bullying happens
- Get involved at your school to use your voice against bullying
Conflict Resolution
Conflict resolution is an important skill that students need to learn. It is beneficial to them within the classroom as well as in everyday life. The conflict resolution skills they learn in elementary school will help them solve problems as adults.
how do you teach conflict resolution?
Teach Understanding – Students need to understand what conflict is and how it can have a negative effect on a person. This type of understanding will help them know why conflict resolution is so important.
Teach Empathy – After understanding comes empathy. Once students understand conflict, they should learn to empathize with all other students involved.
The POWER of 1 Club
2019-2020 Course Selection/Arena Scheduling Timeline
Counselors in Class:
Junior Presentations – January 29-30
Sophomore Presentations – February 12-13
Freshmen Presentations – January 29-30
CMS 8th Grade Presentations – January 31st, February 6th, February 12th
DMS 8th Grade Presentations – February 1st, February 4th, February 13th
Parent Meetings:
10th-11th Grade: February 13 at 6:00 pm in the CSHS SAC
9th Grade: January 30th at 6:00pm – Parent Meeting - CHS Cafeteria
8th Grade: February 6th at 6:00pm – Parent Meeting – CHS Cafeteria
8th Grade: February 14th at 9am - Parent Q&A Session – CHS Lecture Hall
Course Requests:
Open: February 18, 2019
Close on: February 28, 2019
Online Class Scheduling:
Current Juniors: March 26-29
Current Sophomores: April 4-8
Current Freshmen: April 15-18
Current 8th Graders: April 25-29
Adjustment Window:
First: June 3-7
Second: August 5-9
Resources
How-to printables:
Course offerings:
Carroll Senior High School Course Selections 2018-2019
Help
Contact your counselor directly
THE RESILIENCY PROJECT
We tend to idealize childhood as a carefree time, but youth alone offers no shield against the emotional hurts and traumas many children face. Children can be asked to deal with problems ranging from adapting to a new classroom to bullying by classmates or even abuse at home. Add to that the uncertainties that are part of growing up, and childhood can be anything but carefree. The ability to thrive despite these challenges arises from the skills of resilience.
The good news is that resilience skills can be learned.
Building resilience — the ability to adapt well to adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats or even significant sources of stress — can help our children manage stress and feelings of anxiety and uncertainty. However, being resilient does not mean that children won't experience difficulty or distress. Emotional pain and sadness are common when we have suffered major trauma or personal loss, or even when we hear of someone else's loss or trauma.
DRAGON TIP LINE - 817-406-2512
The Dragon Tip Line system is designed to help students, parents and community members anonymously report past, present and predicted concerns in our school community. Information about bullying, harassment, drugs, violence, weapons, theft, or any other potential threat to school safety should be reported.
Report concerns anonymously, anytime 24/7.
A New Type of Help: Crisis Text Line
Text 741-741, ANYTIME YOU ARE IN A CRISIS
With today's teenagers living in the age of texting, the Crisis Text Line has noticed they feel more comfortable texting rather than calling into a helpline when they are in need of help. The great thing about this support is it is available 24/7 to anyone in any type of crisis. You can text confidentially between classes, in the middle of a situation without anyone knowing who you are talking to. Crisis counselors are on stand by 24/7 to help you from the heat of the moment to until you are calm.
Crisis doesn’t just mean suicide: it’s any painful emotion for which you need support.
SAT & ACT INFORMATION & DATES
Visit our CSHS Counseling Website for information on ACT/SAT Testing and More
Click here for 2018-2019 SAT/ACT Testing Dates and Deadlines
$ PAYING FOR COLLEGE $
Visit your Naviance Account for a full list of scholarships available to you. There is a TON of money out there, APPLY and maybe you will be selected!
Check the Scholarship list in Naviance Monthly:
- Log in
- Click on the Colleges Tab
- Then click Scholarships and Money.
**Seniors this list will grow, make sure you check at least once per month.
You can also visit:
Our Counseling Team
Serving Students Last Names A-D
Tracey.Flores@southlakecarroll.edu
Melissa Woodward, M. Ed.
Serving Students Last Names E-K
Melissa.Woodward@southlakecarroll.edu
Keri Bettencourt, M. Ed.
Serving Students Last Names L-Q
Keri.Bettencourt@southlakecarroll.edu
Tammy Grasmick, M. S.
Serving Students Last Names R-Z
Tamara.Grasmick@southlakecarroll.edu
Guidance Office Support Staff
Deidra Mulloy
Registrar
Deidra.Mulloy@southlakecarroll.edu
Anne Fore
Receptionist
Patricia.Fore@southlakecarroll.edu
Shela Daniel
Secretary
Shela.Daniel@southlakecarroll.edu
Website: https://www.southlakecarroll.edu/domain/736
Location: 1501 West Southlake Boulevard, Southlake, TX, United States
Phone: 817-949-5813
Twitter: @CounselingCSHS