Advisory Council

Last spring the WKHS Counselors wanted to start an Advisory Council to bring together parents, teachers, students and administration to help provide us with insights, feedback, and guidance on the counseling program that we put into practice every day.  Since we value the input from ALL stakeholders, we tried to get a representative mix of voices to represent different grade levels, backgrounds, feeder schools, etc.  And, because we get to talk to administrators, teachers and students every day, we made sure to have the bulk of the advisory council consist of parents/ guardians.

Having never implemented an advisory council in our building, we were honestly nervous about how it would go and what input they would share with us.  But I have to tell you that it was INCREDIBLE!  It was helpful to hear varying perspectives, to get ideas and feedback, and to be able to be challenged with new ways of how we can try to approach best meeting the needs of every student.

Throughout the year, we had 18 advisory council members volunteer their time to attend 4 meetings.  The Kilbourne counselors are so grateful to each individual who so generously agreed to join us in this endeavor!  Some of the advisory council members are pictured above, but below is the complete list of our incredible Advisory Council:

Parents/ Guardians: Stoyna Arnaudova, Dan Beck, Rebecca Billingslea, Alison Heller, Vikki James, Rick Kellner, Mandy McGlone, Stacy Niemantsverdriet, Angela Pope, Jennifer Shaw, and Elizabeth Woodyard

Students: EJ Adams, Esther Ferreira Alves, and Ranim Pharra

Teachers: Ben Berens, John Jordan, and Yo Smith

Administrator: Josh Almanson

Thank you to all of the 2023-2024 Advisory Council members for helping serve us this year!