Counselor Corner

National School Counseling Week is February 3rd-7th! During this week, we will celebrate being kind to each other and practice skills students have learned during their classroom lessons with Mrs. Filuta.

Do you know what a School Counselor does? School Counselors focus on the social/emotional wellbeing of all students in a school. All students receive monthly classroom lessons that focus on social/emotional, academic, or career related topics. Students who would benefit from additional support may participate in small group instruction or short-term individual counseling.

Please check out our upcoming spirit week to celebrate National School Counseling Week!

Monday 2/3: Kindness rocks! Wear your favorite celebrity or band shirt.

Tuesday 2/4: Put yourself in someone else's shoes! Students, dress like your teacher. Staff, dress like your students.

Wednesday 2/5: Cheer for another day! Wear your favorite sports team gear today.

Thursday 2/6: Crazy for kindness day! Come to school with crazy hair or a crazy hat today.

Friday 2/7: Mustangs are kind to each other! Wear your Strongsville spirit gear today.

Ms. Kayla Goff will begin working with Mrs. Filuta beginning in February. She will be at Surrarrer once a week learning how to be a school counselor. Ms. Goff sent a message to parents below:

Hello I'm Kayla Goff, and I'll be completing my practicum with the students at Surrarrer in Strongsville. I have an Associate of Arts in Psychology and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a Concentration in Child Psychology from Kent State University. I am completing my Master of Special Education in School Counseling at Grand Canyon University. Currently, I am working as a Team Coordinator at Lifeworks, working with adults diagnosed with autism. I have a passion for helping others and look forward to getting to know your children and working with them. Some fun facts about me, I live in North Royalton with my cat, Hummingbird, and in my free time, I enjoy cooking and crocheting. I’m excited to start learning more about this field as well as working with your children and the parents as needed.

Kindergarten: With adult support, students will be able to give at least one reason why they think kind acts are important.

First Grade: With adult support, students will be able to demonstrate two kind acts: offering to help and inviting to join.

Second Grade: With adult support, students will be able to describe how empathy has led them to show kindness to others.

Third Grade: Students will be able to identify kind acts that can build a new friendship.

Fourth Grade: Students will be able to generate questions a person could ask to better understand someone’s point of view when it’s hard to empathize.

Fifth Grade: Students will be able to describe different points of view to build empathy for the people affected by a community problem.

Kindergarten: Help your child think of a kind act they can do for someone and support them in carrying it out. With your child, discuss how they think the receiver of the kind act felt. Ask your child how they felt doing a kind act for someone.

First Grade: Help your child think of a kind act they can do for someone involving offering to help or inviting them to join. Support your child in carrying out the kind act.

Second Grade: Ask your child to tell you about a time they had empathy for someone.

Third Grade: Ask your child what kind things they could they do to build a friendship with someone.

Fourth Grade: Tell your child about a time when learning more about a different point of view helped you have empathy. Encourage your child to think of future situations where it might be helpful to learn more about a different point of view in order to get along and show they care.

Fifth Grade: With your child, think about a problem in your community and make a list together of what you could do to learn more about someone else’s point of view. If possible, try out one of your strategies.

Phone: (440) 572- 7170

Email: cfiluta@scsmustangs.org

Address: 9306 Priem Rd, Strongsville, OH, 44149