• Chronically absent = missing 2 or more days each month totaling 18 days or 10% of the school year

• Student attendance impacts their learning:

  • Kindergarten and first grade students who are chronically absent have an 81% chance of reading below grade level in third grade

School counselors may seem like therapists, but they are two totally different jobs. School counselors helps students with many different things. The main goals of a school counselor are to help your student by collaborating, advocating, connecting, communicating, and coaching. 

Here are a few examples:  

• If a student is going through a tough time, school counselors are a short term (4-6 week) resource to help students learn coping skills

• They help families/students with resources; school supplies, The Backpack Program, winter gear, lists of therapists/outside resources etc 

• They develop and teach social emotional curriculum to classes 

• They help students create goals and think about their futures

• They help with student crisis 

• They help small groups of students learn new skills

• They evaluate data

• They help teachers with student concerns 

• They collaborate with parents and other steakholders to ensure students feel safe, loved, and successful at school