Greetings St. Joe’s Families and Students,
I’m so grateful to be serving as your Professional School Counselor, and will be in my office (also known as “the Calming Room”) on Tuesdays-Fridays at this school year. This will be my 20th year of school counseling, and I serve our students through individual counseling meetings, small groups, and classroom guidance. I’m also privileged to be teaching a middle school theater class, and will be co-directing the Talent Show and a Musical Theater production here at SJS this year! I have worked with students, PreK-8th in areas such as:
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Conflict resolution
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Building social skills
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Arranging academic support/organization
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Learning life skills (response to disappointment, anger, fear)
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Strengthening peer relationships
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Increasing self-esteem
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Managing anxiety
If you have any questions, comments, concerns, I’m here for you! Please reach out to me at sgilpin@sjsknox.org.
What Does the School Counselor Do?
Blessings,
Sarah Gilpin
SJS Professional School Counselor
For Students
For our SJS Virtual Students who want to pursue a virtual secure ZOOM meeting with Ms. Sarah: Please fill out and submit this form. Please do this with your parent/caregiver if you are in grades PreK-5th.
- https://family.gonoodle.com/
channels/flow GoNoodle is an awesome way to get moving to keep your brain happy and healthy! This link will guide you into unwinding your mind. Includes links in Spanish. - https://www.gonoodle.com/blog/
gonoodle-games-movement-app- for-kids/ This link has ONLINE GAMES for kids from GoNoodle - https://nathanfriend.io/
inspirograph/ An online spirograph to make some beautiful art and calm your mind. - https://www.
montereybayaquarium.org/ animals/live-cams/open-sea-cam . Monterey Bay live sea-cam. Watch, learn, and relax.
For Families
- https://www.pbs.org/parents/ Provides helpful, updated information for parents (including resources for parents in how to deal with the pandemic with regard to their children).
- https://kidshealth.org/en/
parents/ Provides information about healthy growth/development for children and teens. - https://keltymentalhealth.ca/
parents-caregivers Includes a resource library for parents/caregivers of primary and middle school age children, including a family toolkit. - https://www.kidcentraltn.com/:
Links with information on Health, Education, Development, and Support for families with children ages K-12.