John Glenn Counselor's Corner
With Ms. Bass and Mrs. Grenwelge
Meet your John Glenn Counselors
Laura Bass- Bilingual Counselor
email: laura.bass@nisd.net
phone: 210-397-2275
About Me:
I received my graduate degree from UTSA and my undergraduate degree from St. Mary's University. I was a teacher with Southwest ISD before I began my School Counseling career with NISD. I have a fur-baby named Nacho, a long-haired Dachshund.
Form to request to see a counselor
Erin Grenwelge - Counselor
email: erin.grenwelge@nisd.net
phone: 210-397-2276
About Me:
I am a graduate of UTSA and a longtime NISD educator. I am also a product of NISD schools! It is a great privilege to serve at Glenn Elementary School. I enjoy spending time with my husband and two teenagers, along with our two cats and three dogs (two of them being pugs!)
Our Vision
Our MIssion
Guidance
Our official guidance lessons will begin the week of September 19th. Pre-K - 2nd Grade students will be learning about conflict resolution by using Kelso's Choices. 3rd Grade - 5th Grade students will read "Lockdown Drill At Superhero School" where we will be incorporating the importance of safety and being kind to everyone.
Self Care
Our Services
Guidance Lessons
Guidance classes are a part of Northside's Comprehensive Guidance Program in which the counselors teach students skills to enrich their educational and social emotional lives. These skills are taught to entire classes. The guidance curriculum is intended to support the objectives of academic instruction and to help students develop to their full educational and personal potential. Parents are invited to preview the materials that are used for guidance lessons during Parent Orientation or by appointment.
Guidance Lessons are intended to cover the following four skill goals:
Intrapersonal Effectiveness:
- Positive student self-concept
- Effective executive functioning skills
- Appropriate behavior to the situation and environment
Interpersonal Effectiveness:
- Effective interactions with diverse populations
- Effective and appropriate communication skills
- Recognition of personal boundaries, individual rights and privacy needs of others
- Effective conflict resolution skills
- Development of healthy relationships
Post Secondary Planning and Career Readiness:
- Motivation to succeed in personal endeavors
- Demonstration of career exploration skills
- Possession of the knowledge and skills to gather information for the purpose of postsecondary education and career planning
- Demonstration of awareness of the importance of postsecondary education
- Understanding of the relationship of academics to the world of work and to life at home and in the community
Personal Health and Safety:
- Incorporation of wellness practices into daily living
- Demonstration of resilience and positive coping skills
- Possession of assertiveness skills necessary for personal protection
Small Group Counseling
The counselors at Glenn Elementary will provide small group counseling beginning in October. The topics will be forthcoming!
Students can be referred for small group or individual counseling by parents, teachers, counselors, administrators or through self-referral. Students will not be seen in a small counseling group without the written permission of a parent or guardian. All meetings with the school counselor are confidential.