It is the mission of Chimney Lakes Elementary school counselors to deliver a multi-layered, comprehensive, and accountable guidance program in which equity, access, and academic success for ALL students is the focus and includes the following services:

Counselors coordinate and conduct evaluations of individual students to identify programs to better serve their academic needs. The primary focus is directed toward assisting those students who exhibit problems traceable to social, emotional, physical, and developmental conditions which impede the learning process.  Counselors and the Student Services Department recognize that each child is unique in growth patterns, ability, and learning styles, these services attempt to meet the varied needs through assessment and appraisal, remedial interventions, home visits, screenings, follow-up, and referral.
Classroom guidance lessons help students understand themselves and others and to be safe in our world. Through classroom guidance students develop peer relationships; effective social, decision-making, and study skills; effective communications, conflict resolution, and coping strategies; and more.
Career counseling helps students set goals, establish academic and career plans, understand their own strengths and weaknesses, and prepare for the transition to the next stage of their life. Responsive services assist students with particular needs such as adjusting to a new school, coping with grief, and dealing with changing family structures, and other at-risk behaviors. System support enhances school climate and relationships among members of the school community.  School counselors coordinate parent outreach services, community support services, and consultations with other faculty and staff. As each student at Chimney Lakes Elementary is unique, our school counselors work hard to provide services or referrals to community agencies to meet their needs.

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