Mr. Fox joins the NHS guidance department

The new guidance counselor, Mr. Cameron Fox, is a temporary substitute for Mrs. Cartland while she is on maternity leave until Christmas break. Mr. Fox really enjoys the NHS community and appreciates “the relationships you are able to build with kids- it is a great experience.” 

This is his first year as a guidance counselor but he has plenty of experience in other jobs. Mr. Fox graduated in 2011 from the University of Rhode Island with a bachelor's degree in communications. From 2011-2018 he worked jobs including coaching college baseball, working in minor league baseball, teaching special education classes, and working in insurance. 

“Throughout that whole time I've always coached and I've always felt like coaching is counseling… While you coach to help someone succeed in the best way possible, if you get to know them more you can really help them in all different aspects of life." 

Mr. Fox has always wanted to work in the high school setting so he quit his job and went back to college to get his masters degree. In 2018, he earned his masters degree at Providence College in school counseling and was interning at NHS last year for his hours. He is now the temporary guidance counselor as Mrs. Cartland is on maternity leave and enjoys spending time with all the different students and getting to know them. 

Although Corona has made seeing every student a little more difficult, he is still “able to meet the kids [Mrs. Cartland] has talked about and get to see them. It's cool being able to see it from a written document and translating it into real life.” 

Evaluating students in real life is key for counselors and it is harder to develop relationships through a screen. Mr. Fox still meets with 3-4 students a day and is especially busy on WIN block days. The guidance office is like an open door, students should feel comfortable going to see their guidance counselors if there are any issues at any time. 

Some advice Mr. Fox has for students is “always keep your options open, don't ever narrow it down to anything specific… you never know who you meet, what you'll experience and what opportunities you can do to change.”