Meet the Counselors!

Back to School with the BAMS Counseling Team

Welcome back, Breakers! 🌊

This is Sarah Bordelon, Rebecca Wu, and Jazmine Pacheco and we are your counseling team! We are so excited for the 2024-2025 school year and can't wait to get to know our BAMS students and families.

Keep up with the department by following our INSTAGRAM!

Counseling Department Instagram

Get to know us! 👇🏽

Ms. Bordelon

Last Names A-K

sjbordelon@capousd.org

Ms. Wu

Last Names L-Z

rewu@capousd.org

Mrs. Pacheco

School Counseling Intern

Meet the Counselors Video 24-25

Student Tips for Success: Back to School Edition

Check Canvas often to stay on top of grades and upcoming assignments and tests.
Communicate with your teachers if you think you will need additional support in your classes. Remember, your teachers want to help you succeed!
Get organized and prepared: have a separate folder for each class, utilize your BAMS planner, write out a to-do list every day... whatever works for you! (Your school counselor can help you get organized if you don't know where to start).
Take advantage of SWELL to receive extra help with classes you're struggling in and keep from falling behind.
Figure out what study strategy works for you. Do you like flashcards? Writing notes? Watching videos/listening to audio? Reading about a topic? Everyone is different and everyone's study strategy will look different.
Pair up with a friend or a group of friends to work on assignments and study together. You can keep each other accountable and have more fun.
Check in with yourself: how are you doing academically? Physically? Emotionally?
Make time for self-care: spend time with your family and/or friends, do the things you love just for fun, get good sleep, or get exercising!
If you need help, reach out to a trusted adult right away! This could be a family member, a teacher or staff member you trust, your counselor, etc. We want to help you be happy and healthy.
If you want more support academically, socially, emotionally, or just need someone to talk to, visit your school counselor or fill out the counseling referral form. Our doors are always open 🙂

Student of the Month 📆

Exciting news... we will be starting up student of the month again in September! Students are recognized every month based on the character trait for that month. Each trait is announced over the intercom in the mornings, so make sure to listen to morning announcements! If you're nominated, you'll be getting a personalized certificate from your teacher!

Office Hours ⏰

The Counseling Office is open from 8 AM - 3:30 PM

Students can come and see us:

Outside of class: students can drop in before school, at break, or during lunch!
During class: students must get a hall pass from their classroom teacher or receive a call slip from their counselor
Emergency: Tell a trusted adult right away