Columbia Counselor Corner
January 2022
Our Smore will provide counseling updates from each building.
High School Updates: Wendy Diefenthaler
Mrs. Diefenthaler
Seniors!! Welcome Back!! College applications can still be filled out, let Mary or I know if you need some help with those.
The College and Career Access Center with Mary have many upcoming workshops that will cover Scholarships, FAFSA, Career Assessment and Major Mapping. If you are interested please check out their website. https://www.jcisd.org/CCAC There will also be a FAFSA event day on February 21 from 11:00am-7:00pm.
John George Jr. Student Loans are ready as well. This is a private loan that you can borrow up to $6000 for four years, a total of $24000, with a 2% interest rate. Definitely a great way to help bridge the gap. http://www.johngeorge.org/
Scholarships: The big push will be in February. You can always check out my weebly, I update this as quickly as I get information, and remember NEVER pay for scholarship searches, they are scams. wdiefenthaler.weebly.com
Juniors! I know this time of year starts to really drag. It's easy to start loosing interest in the SAT prep class. Here are a few apps that you could look into to help spice up your studies!
SAT Practice Prep through Varsity Tutors, SAT Exam Prep through Magoosh, and Remember That by Cerego, Inc. These might give you a different way to look at reviewing over the holiday break.
Sophomores! We will visit the Career Center on February 1st. In March you will have the opportunity to sign up for your Junior year to attend the career center. There are many certificates and college credit that you can earn when you attend the career center. There will be an open house for parents and students to visit and learn more about all the different programs and offerings on February 24, 2022 from 4:00-7:00. You can also still sign up for Early College if that is the direction your choose to go.
After School Help: Tuesday and Thursday we have FREE after school help. Tuesday's our Math teachers stay after until 3:35 for drop in math tutoring and on Thursday Mrs. Wallace stays for all other subjects. If you need a little extra help every now and then be sure to stop in!
8th hour, credit recovery has begun. If you have a class that you need to repeat, stop in and see me so we can get you started. This meets on Monday and Thursday's in Mr. McDevitt's classroom.
Junior High School Updates: Storm Caryl
Mrs. Caryl
I am the Junior High School Counselor. I work with 7th-9th grades. Please reach out if you have any questions or concerns.
Email: storm.caryl@myeagles.org
Phone: 517-769-8613
Student Groups: Healthy Relationships/ Conflict Resolution
This time we are foucsing on healthy relationships and conflict resolution.
Let me know if you want to be apart of this or if you want your student to join! We already started for the year but I do them all year long.
Minute Meetings: January/ February
Mental Wellness Tip
Upper Elementary Updates: Krista Schatzle
Happy Holidays!
Mindfulness Moment
Lower Elementary Updates: Ashley Phelps
HELLO LITTLE EAGLES!!
I am super excited to announce that all counseling groups have restarted. If your student is participating in a group you will begin seeing things come home from what we work on each meeting. If you feel your student could benefit from a group please reach out with any questions.
This Months Family Wellness
2022 Family Bucket List
To start the year off create a family Bucket List. This can be made up of all the things your family would like to do this year, things you want to make changes on, and things you are already looking forward to. Take turns each adding an item to the list so that each member of your family is invested. At the end of the year it is so fun to look back and see how many goals your family has accomplished together!
Mental Health and Crisis Intervention Resource List
Mental Health Resource List
The following document provides a list of different mental health resources available in our surrounding area. If immediate danger is suspected please call 911. For additional guidance and support, our district counselors are available through school email.
Storm Caryl-School Counselor, storm.caryl@myeagles.org
Wendy Diefenthaler-School Counselor, wendy.diefenthaler@myeagles.org
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Community Action Agency Jackson, Lenawee & Hillsdale Counties
1214 Greenwood Ave. Jackson, MI. 49203
400 W. South St. Adrian, MI. 49221
55 Barnard St. Hillsdale, MI. 49242
517-784-4800
517-263-7861
517-437-3346
Services: Education, Economic Self-Sufficiency, Housing, Health & Nutrition, and Community Development.
LifeWays CMH
1200 North West Ave. Jackson, MI. 49202
25 Care Drive Hillsdale, MI. 49242
517-789-1200
517-439-2641
Behavioral Health Services in areas such as severe mental issues, intellectual/developmental disability, substance use disorder, and co-occurring disorders.
Family Service & Children's Aid
330 W. Michigan Ave.
Jackson, MI. 49201
517-787-7920
Born Free: Counseling & treatment for females (ages 14+) 12-step recovery program into daily life; Intro to Alcoholics & Narcotics Anonymous and Al-Anon; Families & Schools Together: families attend an 8-week group focusing on family bonding, communication, discipline and nurturing; Other services by referral only: drug screening, counseling (group & individual), First Time Offenders Program, and Breakout Drug Free Education Program in schools (6-12th grade); Child abuse and neglect educational presentations
Lenawee County Community Mental Health
517-263-8905
Behavioral Health Services in areas such as severe mental issues, intellectual/developmental disability, substance use disorder, and co-occurring disorders.
LJ Gallagher PsyD and Associates PLLC
451 Marshall Street
Brooklyn, MI 49230
(517) 414-0697
A Healing Place, LLC
207/209 First St. Jackson, MI. 49201
1218 Greenwood Ave. Jackson, MI. 49201
517-998-4673
Services: Individual Psychotherapy, Psychological Testing, Children/Adolescent Therapy, Family Counseling, Couples Counseling and Group Therapy for Eating Disorders.
Accepted Insurances (Varies by Therapist): BCBS, BCN, Priority Health, HAP, Aetna, Cofinity, PCN/PHP, JHN, Medicare, Magellan, Meridian