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The
Counseling Department strives to motivate students to maintain
a positive self-image, to enhance decision-making skills and
to have students recognize and to attain their highest levels
as a person. In
working with students in these areas we are preparing them
for personal success.
It is our hope that each student will become attentive
listeners of Gods Word and act on that Word.
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The
department seeks to assist in meeting individual needs
and in developing self-confidence and God-given talents.
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To
provide an environment where students, faculty and parents
can understand the scope of the four year guidance program
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To
provide the occasions and the instruments for students,
faculty and parents to better understand the students’
individual abilities and the responsibility required to
use this knowledge.
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To
provide an environment in which the young women and young
men of Connolly may fully realize the possibilities of
their individual selves.
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Students
need counseling and guidance for personal, emotional, social,
spiritual, educational and vocational issues.
In addition to providing personal counseling and access
to information and assistance in the decision-making process,
the counselor develops and implements a comprehensive developmental
counseling program to assist students in developing interpersonal
relationship skills an awareness of personal strengths and
weaknesses, problem solving and decision-making skills.
Some of these activities are addressed in small group
settings.
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All
students in grades 9 through 12 are completing their basic
education and are preparing to meet the challenges of life
in order to become independent adults. The student needs
to know that in their counselor they have an advocate when
difficult situations arise, and that their counselor is
also there to praise them when they receive recognition
for accomplishments.
They also need to be aware that they are responsible
for their actions and behavior.
This awareness includes recognition that they always
have a choice surrounding their actions.
A major component of counseling is based on the young
person’s need to assert her/his independence while setting
appropriate goals and making sound decisions.
The major areas of developmental need, which determine
counselor interventions, are: personal, emotional, social,
spiritual, educational and vocational.
Developmental needs of all students in high school
include the following:
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Assimilating
self-knowledge.
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Development
of specific goals.
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Adjusting
to changing conditions.
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Planning
program to achieve goals.
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Problem
solving and decision-making skills.
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