Counseling

Welcome to the counseling department at Sacajawea Middle School. The goal of our department is to provide a comprehensive developmental school counseling program for our middle school students. As a counseling team, we work to meet the academic, social and emotional needs of all students. We do this in developmentally appropriate ways that foster personal growth and academic success. Our efforts in these areas for our students are a part of a collaborative model that includes our families, teachers, administrators and community in the process.

College & Career

SchooLinks is the district’s college and career readiness software. Every student in 8th-12th grade has access to the platform via the SchooLinks button on their school’s website. If the student is not on a school computer, their login is their student ID number and their password is their six-digit birthdate.

SchooLinks provides:

  • Career Assessment

  • College Search

  • Career Search

  • Scholarship Search

  • Course Planning

  • Year-round support and live chat to SchooLinks support, colleges, and career professionals.

Resources

College Bound Scholarship

The College Bound Scholarship program is an early commitment of state financial aid to eligible students who sign up in middle school and fulfill the scholarship pledge.

Find more information here

Social & Emotional

Middle School Counselors:

  • Facilitate, coordinate and manage 504 process

  • Refer families to community services

  • Offer substance use/abuse prevention & referral

  • Support needs of homeless students

  • Provide individual and whole school crisis intervention

  • Teach self-awareness, self-management and emotional regulation skills

  • Teach decision making and relationship skills

  • Collaborate with parents/guardians

  • Provide individual and group counseling

  • Facilitate meetings, conferences and mediations between all stakeholders

  • Provide intervention support for student truancy

  • Perform classroom observations to assess student behavior and provide recommendations for intervention plans

  • Recognize mental health needs and provide referral resources

  • Refer families and/or child for legal services and facilitate protective services

  • Facilitate transitions between grade levels and program placements

School Transitions

Getting Ready for Middle School: Part 2 The School Day

Getting Ready for Middle School: Part 3 Friends and Activities