Connecting with the Counselors
A Communication from Robinson Elementary's Counseling Team
September 26, 2021
We hope you all enjoyed the beautiful weather this weekend.
Last week we were very busy in the counseling department. We (along with Child Abuse Prevention Program (CAPP) ) provided important and preventative education to all 25 of our classrooms! We also held our second round of New to Robinson (NTR) groups, we continued our BooSt Leadership training for 5th grade, and we had our Robinson Food Pantry open on Thursday evening. Whoosh, we are tired just recapping it!
An apology: If you reached out this past week and did not receive an answer from us yet, we are working on completing our communication from last week. Please know that we strive to return emails and phone calls in 24 hours. We also do our very best to see all children who request a visit with us as quickly as possible. We have to meet the needs of students in crisis in our building first and be sure that everyone is safe and able to learn.
Thank you for your understanding and patience. Please continue to reach out if we can be helpful. All of our contact information can be found at the end of this communication.
If you missed last week's communication, you can access it from this link:
Have an awesome week!
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REPEAT INFORMATION:
Contact Information for 2021-22 School Year
ROBINSON COUNSELING TEAM
Indria Harris
School Counselor, preK-2nd grade
Indria.harris@kirkwoodschools.org
314-213-6100, ext. 4061
School Counselor, 3rd-5th grade
julie.cohen@kirkwoodschools.org
314-213-6100, ext. 4470
Tonya Ampey-Elong
Social Worker, KSD
tonya.ampey@kirkwoodschools.org
314-213-6100, ext. 4042
*At Robinson on Mondays and Wednesdays
Ana Shields
Educational Support Counselor
ana.shields@kirkwoodschools.org
314-213-6100, ext. 4065
*At Robinson all day Monday and Tuesday and Wednesday's until noon