April Counselor's Corner 2025

Email: jakneedl@garlandisd.net
Website: https://www.garlandisdschools.net/clubhill
Location: 1330 Colonel Dr, Garland, TX 75043, USA
Phone: (972) 926-2520
Twitter: @MsKneedler

Mission

The mission of the Club Hill Elementary Counseling Program is to provide a proactive, comprehensive, and developmentally appropriate program to support students' academic, personal/social needs, and career goals so that they become successful and lifelong learners in a diverse and changing world.

Vision

To support student success in a diverse and evolving society.

April 3rd - Principal's 200 Party

April 7th 1:00-3:00pm- Open Computer Lab for 5th Grade Parents

April 8th 9:00-11:00am and 1:00-3:00pm - Open computer Lab for 5th Grade Parents

April 9th - STAAR Reading

April 10th - STAAR Reading Make-ups

April 16th - STAAR Science (5th Grade)

April 17th - STAAR Science Make-ups (5th Grade)

April 18th - No School

April 23rd - STAAR Math

April 24th - STAAR math Make-ups

April 25th - PBISD Party #3

Club Hill STEM is offering two opportunities for parents to use the computer lab to select electives for their 5th graders moving on to 6th grade for the 2025-2026 school year. This is a great chance to review teacher recommendations and choose electives for middle school. To ensure we have enough staff available to assist, please RSVP for one of the following sessions using the link: https://forms.gle/vhsx7cmy5ZNpjFEUA

⚠ Important: If you do not select electives during the window of March 26th - April 8th, the School Counselor (Ms. Kneedler) will make selections for your student. We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity and look forward to assisting you!

If your 5th grader has chosen Band as their elective for next year, be sure to check out the attached flier! It contains important details about the GISD Middle School Band screening for each middle school. Don’t miss this opportunity to help your child get ready for an exciting musical journey!

This month's guidance lessons will focus on conflict resolution. The first major hurdle in teaching students how to resolve conflicts peacefully is that they have to want to resolve conflicts peacefully. The next obstacle to tackle is teaching 2 disputing people how to calm down. Lessons this month will consist of students role-playing the act of calming down, what is happening in their brains, and practicing self-regulation skills to help them effectively put these skills into real-life situations. Students will also learn and understand the part their brain plays in stressful situations. The prefrontal cortex, or the "rational part" of the brain, can't problem solve when the Amygdala, or "feeling part" of the brain, takes over. The goal is for students to learn to be mindful, relax, calm down, and let the rational part of their brains regain control before being able to solve conflicts.

1. Give kids the chance to come up with their own solutions.

2. Help children break down large problems into small, more manageable ones.

3. Allow for failure.

4. Share your problem-solving experiences.

5. Seek a child's advice, when appropriate. It can provide a sense of triumph when they solve a problem for someone else.

6. Make problems fun by posing hypothetical situations and asking kids how they would handle them.