Canton Elementary School starts back on healthy track
School counselors provide essential services to support academic success
CANTON, Miss. — To succeed at school, children must be fit and healthy – both physically and mentally.
The staff Canton Elementary School know that children today face many emotional challenges that can affect their performance in the classroom. Using the Coordinated School Health (CSH) model, developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has helped Canton Elementary School address all components health, including counseling, psychological, and social services. School counselors promote student success in the classroom by focusing on the critical connection between a young person’s mental health and their ability to effectively take advantage of opportunities to learn.
“Our school counselor is a vital member of the education team,” said Principal Dorothy Smith, “From the very first day of the school year, the counseling staff helps our students think smart and be healthy.” School counselors provide a variety of individual and group services to children, families, and educators. They may help students improve their study habits, provide financial aid and scholarship information to families, and assist teachers in coping with crisis situations that involve the children in their classrooms.
“As this school year starts, we are focusing our counseling efforts on ways and means of experiencing academic success, conflict resolution, and career development,” said LaQuandra Jones, school counselor. “We know from experience and school-wide assessments using the School Health Index) that this issue is critically important to how well our students perform in the classroom.”
Other frequently utilized counseling services at Canton Elementary School include our partnership with Region 8 Mental Health Organization to provide students with needed psychological, counsel, and social services. Examples of services provided include assistance to individual students who have been misplaced due to death or illness in families; referrals to community programs or mental health professionals; training for teachers on a topic such as teen suicide; or parenting classes for families.
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