Ms. Jarvis
School Counselor
Welcome to the School Counseling Page
I am looking forward to a wonderful 2020-2021 school year. Although school will look different this year due to COVID 19, I am confident that all students will choose a learning opportunity that best suits their needs. This year all students in grades K-4 will continue participating in the Second Step program. Second Step is a universal, classroom based program designed to increase student success in school and decrease problem behaviors. The program involves the teaching of social-emotional skills such as managing emotions, solving interpersonal problems, making friends, and getting along with others as well as self-regulation skills such as monitoring and managing feelings, thoughts, and behaviors. By teaching both social-emotional skills and self-regulation skills, we hope to reinforce each student's ability to learn, have empathy, manage emotions, solve problems, and get along with peers. I have included a link to Second Step below.
This school year, 2020-2021, I hope to visit classrooms to talk with students about mindsets and behaviors that are important for academic success, college and career readiness, and social/emotional development. My discussions will be based on the American School Counselors Association (ASCA) standards: Mindsets and Behaviors for Student Success.
If you and/or your child should need any assistance/advice for any issue, please feel free to contact me. I am always happy to help :)
(603) 483-2251 ext. 1008
High School Information:
Our students now attend Pinkerton Academy located in Derry, New Hampshire. There will be visits to Pinkerton throughout the year and scheduling will likely begin in early 2021. I am your contact person for everything related to high school and will post information here as soon as I receive it.
8th Grade Parents and Students - Save These Dates
Additionally, Mrs. Brassard and I will be your Moore School graduation coordinators (class trip, dinner dance, and graduation). Both Mrs. Brassard and I have created Graduation Information pages and will post events, dates and times as they are determined. Graduation will be held on the evening prior to the last day of school. A date will be announced as soon as we feel the snow days have ended. Hopefully this will be announced prior to April vacation!
About Ms. Jarvis:
I was born in Beverly, Massachusetts and moved to Windham, New Hampshire when I was in the second grade. I attended Pinkerton Academy, graduating in 1982. From there, I attended the University of New Hampshire majoring in Psychology along with two minors, Business Administration and Justice Studies. I graduated from UNH in 1986 earning a Bachelor's degree in Psychology. I worked for a time in retail management and decided to continue working while I returned to school part time. In 1991, I earned my Master's degree in counseling. This school year, 2020-2021, begins my 29th year as a school counselor, the last 18 years being in Candia.
In the fall of 2017 I let you all know that I was entering new territory as a parent as my daughter was heading off to college! I am happy to report that we both survived her freshman year:-) My daughter, Megan, did very well both academically and in lacrosse (they won the championship and went to NCAA competition). We also survived her sophomore year! She transferred to Rivier University where she continued her nursing studies. She continues to do well with her studies, however, she decided not to continue playing lacrosse. It was a difficult decision, but it turned out to be a good one. The demands of a nursing program coupled with a college level sport was stressful. Her junior year, 2019-2020, continued to be a great year academically! Due to COVID 19, she became a remote learner for the last 6 weeks of her junior year. It is hard to believe that this school year, 2020-2021, is her senior year of college and that she will graduate in May 2021 and become a nurse.