Parent Teacher Conference

WOULD NOT BE CUT. THIS WEEK IS NATIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELING WEEK A TIME TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPACT SCHOOL COUNSELORS HAVE ON STUDENTS AND THANK THEM FOR ALL THEY DO. AND A SCHOOL COUNSELOR FROM GREENVILLE HAS JUST WON TWO STATEWIDE AWARDS. COURTNEY PFEIFFER WAS NAMED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COUNSELOR OF THE YEAR AND SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL COUNSELOR OF THE YEAR BY THE PALMETTO STATE SCHOOL COUNSELOR ASSOCIATION. SHE HAS WORKED AT EAST NORTH STREET ACADEMY FOR SIX YEARS, AND SHE RECEIVED HER DEGREES AT CLEMSON UNIVERSITY. COURTNEY SAYS ITS A NEW AGE OF SCHOOL COUNSELORS. SHE SAYS THEY ARE NO LONGER CALLED GUIDANCE COUNSELORS, AND THESE DAYS THERE IS A MUCH GREATER FOCUS ON THE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL WELLNESS OF STUDENTS. IN ADDITION TO CAREER EDUCATION, SHE SAYS, THIS JOB IS A CALLING THATS THE ROLE IS REALLY TO BE A SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS AND TO POUR LOVE INTO CHILDREN IN UM, AND TO BE A SAFE PERSON FOR THEM TO COME TO AND TALK TO, UM, JUST SOMEBODY THAT THEY KNOW IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE IN THEIR CORNER. THAT IS WHAT YOU KNOW, MY GOAL IS FOR MY STUDENTS TO FEEL FROM ME. AND SO IF THATS SOMETHING THAT SOMEBODY WOULD WANT TO DO, THEN ABSOLUTELY, PLEASE JOIN. WE NEED MORE SCHOOL COUNSELORS AND TO RECRUIT MORE SCHOOL COUNSELORS. LAST YEAR, GREENVILLE COUNTY SCHOOLS PARTNERED WITH CLEMSON UNIVERSITY TO RECEIVE A FEDERAL GRANT THAT ALLOWS CURRENT GREENVILLE COUNTY SCHOOL EMPLOYEES TO GET THEIR MASTERS IN SCHOOL COUNSELING AT CLEMSON, THE DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL COUNSELING SERVICES FOR GREENVILLE COUNTY SCHOOLS TELLS US THIS PROGRAM IS RUNNING STRO