Hiawatha

School Counseling

A Message from Mrs. Rex...…….………1

Counseling Services Available………..…….1

Important Dates….....2

Web Resource of the Month.......................2

Great Books: Positive Behaviors.......3

Helpful Hints............3

NNCAW……………….....4

Classroom Guidance………….......4

Bullying Videos…......4

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A Message from

Mrs. Rex

Individual Counseling

• Teacher/Parent Referred or Self-Referred

Group Counseling • Often meet during lunch (usually into silent reading time)

Classroom-Based Counseling • Customizable. Usually 3 lessons over 3 weeks (30 min. each)

Want a Group or Classroom Lesson? Check out these topics and let me know what best suits your needs:

Bullying Self-Esteem Making and Keeping Friends Following Directions

Divorce Stress Positive School Behaviors Other: _____________

FEB 2011 Washington Local Schools Vol. 2 - Issue 6

Thank you for a wonderful No Name-Calling Week. This year, things were a little more “low key” to allow time for our student bullying lessons this month. However, we did have a morning message and great creative expression contest projects!

I appreciate the work you did, encouraging our students to participate in the contest. Hopefully, the number of entries will continue to grow, year after year!

Thank you for being a fabulous staff. Enjoy this month’s newsletter!

Have a great February!

Marissa Rex

Counseling Services Available

http://www.washloc.k12.oh.us/schools/hiawatha_counseling_center.htm

Hiawatha School Counseling

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Important Dates to Remember All: International Friendship Month 14th: Valentine’s Day

17th: Random Acts of Kindness Day

22nd: World Thinking Day

7th-11th : National School Counseling Week

Web Resource of the Month

Stop Cyberbullying is a place where teachers, parents, and students can go to learn more about

cyberbullying, a fast-growing (and often, according to contemporary research, more

detrimental) form of bullying.

There is an educator section, parent section, and multiple student sections based on age—there

is a 7-10 category as well as 11-13 and 14-17. Student can also take a quiz to learn more about

their behaviors, such as whether or not their actions could be considered cyberbullying.

Also, Stop Cyberbullying includes

information about the legal side of these

negative behaviors. For example, it

explains how to determine when

cyberbullying is occurring and therefore,

helps establish what consequence should

be given.

Visit Stop Cyberbullying at:

www.stopcyberbullying.org

Hiawatha School Counseling

Need some good test taking tips?! You’ve come to the right place.

Here is one helpful strategy to teach your students and yourself!

Tip: What to eat (and what NOT to eat) As you may have guessed, sugar is a bad thing to eat before a test. Sugar substitutes, like what you

would find in diet soda, are even worse. Both decrease your productivity and make memory recall

more difficult. Also, if you want a sandwich, avoid turkey—you will get tired fairly quickly.

Be sure to have a balanced breakfast before a test, consisting of healthy carbohydrates and ideally

some fruits and/or vegetables. Also, lemon, peppermint, and cinnamon are great flavors to include

because they boost your memory. Studying while smelling and/or ingesting those flavors will help as

well—then, when you take the test, you can suck on a lemon, peppermint, or cinnamon mint/hard

candy and improve your test performance.

Learn about more techniques: The Testing Zone (Bruce Boguski)

*available in my office*

Helpful Hints

Great Books (February Topic: Positive School Behaviors)

My Mouth is a Volcano! (J. Cook)*

Please Stop Laughing at Me (J. Blanco)*

It’s Mine! (L. Lionni)*

Flipped (W. Van Draanen)

The Very Greedy Bee (S. Smallman)*

There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom (L. Sachar)*

Sarah’s Little Ghosts (T. Robberecht)*

Personal Space Camp (J. Cook)*

Hank Zipster: I Got a ‘D’ in Salami (H. Winkler)*

Why Should I Share? (M. Gordon)*

*These books and more are available in my office.

Highlighted books are more advanced.

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No Name-Calling Awareness Week

Classroom Guidance

Check out some of our amazing entries!

You now have your own Counseling Café!

If you would like another menu of Hiawatha’s school counseling services, just let

me know. You can order an appetizer, main course, and/or dessert. It is up to you.

As stated in your menu, I am more than willing, as your “chef”, to provide custom

orders and substitutions. Bon appetite!

For access to the videos you saw at January’s staff

meeting, go to the Hiawatha shared drive (Hiawatha-staff

on 'Staff\Home\Shared'), click on “Bullying Documents,”

and enjoy!

Hiawatha Videos On Bullying