Meet Your Counselors

The mission of the CVSD K-8 School Counseling Program is to support learning for all students by providing services that promote student development in the following areas: personal/social, academic, and future planning. School Counselors, in collaboration with students, administrators, teachers, parents, and community members, facilitate a student-centered, mental health-based program. CVSD School Counselors are master-level counselors with specific skills and training to support children and families dealing with both acute and chronic mental health conditions.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging

School Counselors have an opportunity to be an important part of the solution to end racism and bias in schools. Through the implementation of a school counseling program, School Counselors promote equity and access for all students and make a significant impact on creating a school culture free from racism and bias.

School Counselors have specific training to recognize signs of racism and bias that harm students and impede our nation from reaching its potential, including gaps in achievement, opportunity and attainment, disproportionate rates of discipline and suspension for students of color, lower attendance rates, self-destructive behavior such as: acting out, withdrawal, nonparticipation in-class activities, gatekeeping of underrepresented students in access to and placement in rigorous curricula such as Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate, lower participation of underrepresented groups participating in higher education” (Eliminating Racism and Bias in Schools: The School Counselor's Role)