Hello Parents and Guardians,
I welcome you to another exciting year of teaching and learning! I am thrilled to embark on the 2025-2026 school year with you all. As your School Counselor, it is my goal to support and provide our scholars with classroom guidance and school wide programs that will highlight your child’s social and emotional growth, mental health learning, and academic achievement in various capacities.
In addition, your child’s overall success is important to me. I will work collaboratively and diligently with administration and teachers in order to assist your students’ needs. Supporting our scholars is very important to me and as an advocate and liaison for your child/children’s schooling, I can assist and provide tips and strategies on best practices when navigating through your child’s academic year.
I am also committed to working with our scholars and parents through Personal Educational Plan (PEP), Student Conferences, and Parent Conferences in hopes to monitor your child’s academic improvement and progress. All of the services I provide are aimed to promote growth for all students in the areas of social/emotional growth, academic achievement, mental health awareness, and college and career readiness.
If you have any questions and/or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me directly at zakiya.hutchinson@pgcps.org or at 301-702-3870
Very Respectfully,
Zakiya Hutchinson
Professional School Counselor
“Making one person smile can change the world – maybe not the whole world, but their world.”
-John Spence