Greetings St. Joe’s families. I’m thankful to be serving as your Professional School Counselor. I will be in my office, also known as the “calming room” at St. Joe’s, on Tuesdays and Thursdays each week. I will also be available to meet with our students who have gone the virtual route via secure ZOOM meetings. This is my 14th year of school counseling, and I have worked with students ages Pre-K-12th grade addressing such topics as:
- Building social skills
- Helping arrange academic support when needed
- Learning life skills (i.e. response to disappointment, anger, fear, etc).
- Increasing self esteem
- Strengthening peer relationships
- Managing Anxiety
This will be a unique school year, but I’m here to help. Please see the attached links both for our students and parents. In addition, here is a link to the paperwork parents need to sign in order for their child to meet with the professional school counselor.
If you have any questions, comments, concerns, I’m here for you! Please reach out to me at counselorgilpin@gmail.com.
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://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=hvr2cwOnqlk A safe link with healing music and visuals that you can put on in the background while doing your paper/pencil homework, or take a moment to relax after a long day. - 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.jedfoundation.org/
jeds-covid-19-resource-guide/ Covid Resource Guide for parents to encourage mental health at home. -
https://www.cdc.gov/
coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily- life-coping/parental-resource- kit/childhood.html: Social, Emotional, and Mental Well-Being of Children during Covid-19, with suggestions for how to stay mentally healthy during quarantine.
Link in Español: https://espanol.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/ daily-life-coping/parental- resource-kit/childhood.html
