Welcome to the Blue Jacket Counseling Corner!

Welcome to the Blue Jacket Counseling Corner, the online home of the Aynor Middle School Counseling Department!

At Aynor Middle School, we believe that every student deserves to be known, supported, challenged, and encouraged to reach their full potential. Our counseling department is committed to helping students thrive academically, socially, emotionally, and in planning for their future.

As school counselors, we partner with students, families, teachers, and our community to provide a comprehensive counseling program that promotes personal growth, academic achievement, career exploration, and positive decision-making. Whether a student needs assistance with friendships, goal setting, organization, conflict resolution, high school planning, career exploration, or simply someone to talk to, we are here to help.

This website was created to serve as a central resource for our Blue Jacket families. Here you will find important announcements, counseling resources, college and career readiness information, parent resources, classroom guidance lessons, testing information, community resources, and ways to connect with your school counselors.

We invite you to explore our website and visit often for updates throughout the school year. Together, we can help every Blue Jacket develop the confidence, character, and skills needed to succeed both inside and outside the classroom.

Helping Every Blue Jacket Learn • Grow • Lead • Succeed

The Role of a Middle School Counselor

Each new school year presents new challenges and experiences for students; middle school is such an exciting time! Students grow & change and set full steam ahead on the journey of figuring out who they are, where their interests lie and how they would like their life path to look.

Middle school often comes with its own special set of challenges – from academics & friendships, to family dynamics & future career paths. During this time, families begin to see their children move towards adolescence and into the teenage years. Co-curricular activities, peer relationships and social interactions seem to suddenly become more prominent in the lives of students than they ever were before.

Middle school counselors are skilled and trained to support students, families, and school communities in navigating this exciting time! School counselors play a multifaceted role in helping students achieve their full potential, both in and out of the classroom. They help students set goals, improve behavior and social skills, develop time-management skills and much more.