PACIFIC MS COUNSELING DEPARTMENT BELIEFS & MISSION STATEMENT: 

Beliefs:

• All students have unique strengths that deserve to be recognized and supported. 

• All students are valuable and have dignity and worth. 

• All students have the right to a safe and nurturing school environment. 

• All students are capable of building self-advocacy skills to problem solve when facing challenges. 

• All students are capable of achieving and being successful learners. 

• All students’ ethnic, cultural, and racial differences are considered in the design and delivery of school counseling services. 

• The diverse needs of all learners should be addressed through the school counseling program with the goal of assisting students to reach their maximum potential in academic, career, and social/emotional development. 

• Effective school counseling should be a collaborative process that involves school counselors, students, families, teachers, administrators, support members, and/or key stakeholders.

Mission:

The mission of Pacific Middle School’s counseling department is to support students in becoming empathetic, respectful, productive, global citizens who advocate for and empower themselves and others. Counselors will aid in developing an equitable, safe, and nurturing school environment where all students have access to a data-driven, culturally responsive, evidence-based comprehensive school counseling program. Through collaboration with students, families, school staff, and key stakeholders, counselors will advocate for equity and access for the diverse needs of all learners. In highlighting student strengths and creating opportunities for development of critical thinking and self-advocacy skills, counselors will empower students to reach their academic, social/emotional, and post-secondary goals.