Meet Hillside's Home Liaison

Hello! My name is Mrs. Rohal and I am the Home Liaison at Hillside Middle School! My role is to help reduce the barriers to student success; including but not limited to addressing attendance concerns, providing resource information to students and parents, offering social emotional support, and assisting in other programs and activities to promote student and family engagement within the school setting.

Google Classroom: xkxtp53

Remind: @66kc7h4  

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Dana Rohal 

Hillside Middle School 

Home Liaison 

rohald@parmacityschools.org

cell: 440-723-0365

office: 440-843-3946

SCHOOL ACADEMIC RESOURCES

BrainFuse: Live help from expert tutors, skills building, writing, homework and language help, state and national test prep, including GED, and more.

Axis 360, OneClick Digital, OverDrive: Audio and ebooks (elementary and above, including adults).

Live Chat with a Librarian: 24/7 live chat reference service with a librarian (elementary and above).

AP Images: The greatest events of the past 185 years through photographs, audio, video, and graphics (elementary and above).

Contemporary Authors Online: Provides access to biographical and bibliographical information on more than 145,000 of today’s most influential authors (middle school and above).

Middle School Student Research: Reliable information on thousands of topics covering a wide range of subjects including art and music, literature, language arts, geography, history, social studies, world cultures and languages, science, technology, engineering, mathematics, health, and sports.

SIRS Discoverer: General reference database including over 2,100 newspapers, magazines, and reference materials, covering reading, language arts, current events, science, social studies, history, health, and technology (elementary and above).

Primary Search Main Edition: Provides full-text access to popular magazines for research dating back to 1990 (elementary).

Middle Search Main Edition: Provides full text access to popular magazines, thousands of biographies and historical essays, and an image collection with over 960,000 photos, maps, and flags (middle school).

How to Actually Enjoy Studying: Tips on how to make the best out of your studying.

Organize Your Study Space: Organize Your Study Space: 9 Tips to Make Your Environment Perfect for Studying.

Need Hope or Help?

Here are resources to help you!

National Suicide Hotline

Call 988 

It Gets Better Project: 

https://itgetsbetter.org/

Trevor Project: 

https://www.thetrevorproject.org/

Cleveland LGBTQ+ Community Center

https://lgbtcleveland.org/

PFLAG- Parent and Friend Resources

https://pflag.org/

HRC- Human Rights Campaign 

https://www.hrc.org/

Middle School Parent Links

Helping your teen succeed in school:

https://www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/teen/school/Pages/Helping-Your-Teen-Succeed-In-School.aspx 

10 Ways to Help your Child Succeed in Middle School

https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/school-help-middle.html

10 Tips to Help Your Teen Sleep Better

https://healthblog.uofmhealth.org/childrens-health/10-tips-to-help-your-teen-sleep-better

Helping Your Child Cope with Anxiety

https://childmind.org/article/what-to-do-and-not-do-when-children-are-anxious/

Helping Your Child Cope with Depression

https://www.nami.org/Blogs/NAMI-Blog/December-2018/5-Things-You-Can-Do-to-Help-Your-Child-with-Depression

Helping your kids be assertive to kids who are unkind

https://coffeeandcarpool.com/5-tips-to-help-your-kids-deal-with-mean-kids/

If you are struggling with anxiety and/or depression or just need a daily lift, below is a link to the podcast, "Your Morning Nudge." This podcast will give you a daily breath and a "nudge" or words of encouragement to get you through the day. "Your Morning Nudge" podcast is available on Apple, Spotify and all of the podcast platforms. 

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-morning-nudge-breathe-believe/id1530814995

Supports, Services and Clubs

Supports/Services: 

Homework Club - Tuesday - Thursday before and after school

Guidestone Counseling-For students with government insurance like Caresource

Potential Support Groups/Individual Counseling:

*If you are interested in any of the groups below for your child, please contact Mr. Armstrong or Mrs. Kellem at 440-885-2373.

ADHD - Students will learn how their ADHD symptoms can impact their social, emotional, and academic development and learn effective coping skills to improve in all of these areas.

Anger Management - Do you feel that you could use some help expressing your anger    appropriately?  This group helps you recognize your triggers and helps you develop skills for managing your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors more effectively.

Family Dynamics - Our families come in a variety of forms: single parent, blended, divorced, etc. This group helps students cope with those issues encountered in the modern family.

Grief - This group is for students who have lost a friend or family member and would like additional support to get back to feeling better. This group supports students through the stages of grief in an effort to reach a “new normal”.

LGBTQ - This group engages in a variety activities and discussions to help those students in the LGBTQ community.  

Self-Esteem - Do you put yourself down a lot? Are you overly hard on yourself and consistently focus on the negatives in your life?  If so, this group will help you learn skills to emphasize the positive traits that others see in you.

Social Skills - Do you have trouble making and/or keeping friends? Are you shy and reserved and have a difficult time joining new activities? This group will help you learn skills that will make you feel more comfortable in social situations.

Stress/Anxiety - Do you feel overwhelmed and stressed with school and life? Are you diagnosed with an Anxiety Disorder or feel that you are more stressed than others? In this group you will learn how to identify your life stressors and learn and practice skills and techniques that will help you reduce your stress and anxiety.

Resources for Students