I love my
job! Of course, like with every other
adult you have ever met, there are parts of my job and random days that are not
as ideal as others, but as a whole… I am SO LUCKY! I truly love what I get to do every day. To walk into WKHS and to work with my students
is the best job anyone could ever hope to have in their life. Last week was National School Counselor Week. It is actually a week when school counselors
are supposed to be advocating for our profession and helping tell people what
it is we really do because most people cannot even imagine what the job involves. But with registration craziness and the
non-stop meetings with my students, even having a moment to pause to share what
the profession means to me just didn’t seem realistic. But instead, the administrators, teachers and
students decided to surprise all of the Kilbourne counselors with wonderful words
of affirmation and appreciation. Our
halls are currently lined with the most generous and meaningful notes from
students who have shared their thoughts on how their school counselor has
helped them. I don’t know if any of them
were specifically for me (although I did spot at least 1 note that highlighted
Lexi which made me smile), but what I can tell you is that I hope you know how
much I appreciate the kind words. They made
me smile and touched my heart and yet I don’t do this job for the pay or even
those incredibly meaningful notes – I do this job with the hope that in the
smallest of ways I can try to be a positive presence and to try to help make
your life even a little easier. So it
doesn’t matter to me if we are focused on your academic success, your college
and career plans, or the issues connected to your personal/ social emotional development, all of
it is a joy for me to be able to work with you!
YOU are the reason I love coming to work every day! To get to know you, to walk alongside you in your
journey throughout high school, to hope that you will know that you are cared about
and believed in is so important to me. And
so I want you to know that every day, each time you drop by to say hi, to share
a part of your life with me – that is the greatest gift and helps give me the
focus to always try to bring my best effort to the day. I know that I am far from perfect and there are
always times and people who wish I could be in more places or do more things,
but I promise you that I will always try to help you in whatever way I
can. Thank you for giving so much back to me – through
your actions of allowing me to be a part of your life and also with the sweet
messages for National School Counselor Week.
Switching
gears – I also wanted to make sure that all of you are aware that tomorrow is
the last day to drop a class without it appearing on your transcript! Tomorrow is also the deadline for students to
be able to switch their schedules from traditional grading to pass/ fail
grading. So, if this was something you
were considering, please be sure to download the forms from the Counselor
website and submit them by the end of the day tomorrow!
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