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As school counselors, our main role is to advocate for students’ needs and support ALL students through their academic, personal and social development in middle school. Through classroom lessons, student groups, and individual counseling, we provide the following:
Self-regulation coping strategies Do’s and Don’ts
Problem solving School counselors do:
Personal issues and feelings * Listen to you
Organizing and studying * Help you help yourself and problem solve
Peer relations * Mediate in the case of a conflict
Worry about yourself or others * Teach you how to cope with life and be your best self
Planning for the future/goal setting * Provide resources for additional help
Recognize and respond to student mental health School counselors don’t:
needs and to assist families seeking resources * Judge you
* Punish you
Come see us if... * Provide therapy or long-term counseling
You’d like academic or organizational support
You’d like help with friends or peers
You feel really sad, worried, or angry
You’d like help with how to handle a situation
You’d just like to talk
* Support the CHMS mission
* Ensure equity and access for every student
* Provide academic, personal, social, emotional support for students, families and staff
* Teach students the skills they need to remove barriers to success
SCHOOL COUNSELING SERVICES INCLUDE:
Classroom LessonsGroup Counseling
Social/Emotional Support (i.e.: self-esteem, grief, divorce, stress, peer relations, etc.)
Academic Support (i.e.: checking grades, time management, prioritizing and organizing, etc.)
College & Career Support
School counselors do not provide therapy or long-term counseling in schools; however, we are prepared to recognize and respond to student mental health needs and to assist students and families seeking resources.
Calavera Hills Middle School is committed to a safe, comfortable learning environment for all students. Bullying and harassment incidents can be reported to a trusted staff member at CHMS or you may use the online form linked above.
Please be mindful of your use of the following terms as you consider reporting an incident.
Rude- Inadvertently saying or doing something that hurts someone else.
Mean- Purposefully saying or doing something to hurt someone once (or maybe twice).
Bullying- Intentionally aggressive behavior, repeated over time, that involves an imbalance of power. This can include verbal, physical or written electronic communication against another.
Cyberbullying- The use of electronic communication to harm or harass others in a deliberate, repeated, and hostile manner.
Harassment: includes actual or perceived negative actions that often, ridicule, or demean another individual with regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, religion.
Intimidation. Subjecting an individual to intentional action that seriously threatens and induces a sense of fear and/or inferiority.
After reading the above definitions, if you suspect that bullying has occurred, report it. Click the link above to report bullying and/or harassment.
Students are strongly encouraged to make an oral or written report to a teacher, staff member, or administrator whenever they feel that they or another student has been bullied.
All bullying complaints will be investigated and resolved by the Principal or designee.
State law and District regulations protect anyone who reports bullying or who participates in a bullying investigation from retaliation.
Anyone who is reporting a cyberbullying complaint should save and print any electronic or digital messages sent to them. These messages should be provided to the Principal or designee investigating the complaint.
Additional information on Bullying and Intimidation may be found in the Carlsbad Unified School District K-12 Student Handbook.
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