Counselors will present safety lessons to all students using the Safer Smarter Teens curriculum. Below is more information on the curriculum. Contact your child’s counselor if you have any questions or any information you would like to share.
School counselor lessons focused on teaching students who to see for help and how to reach out, what bullying is versus conflict and rude or mean behavior, how to report, and not taking out upset feelings on yourself or others but to instead use healthy coping skills that were taught.
Intro20182019 lesson – Click here for slides
The 2018 National Suicide Prevention Week is September 10-14. Counselors will teach in Social Studies classrooms direct instruction on managing feelings, using social skills to resolve conflict, and on strengthening coping skills. Students will be provided with a information on many healthy ways to cope with feelings, situations, and conflicts.
Schedule of Lessons
| Monday 9/10: | Mr. Meyers’ classes, | Mr. Loth’s classes |
| Tuesday 9/11: | Mr. Alexander’s classes, | Mr. Vipperman’s classes |
| Wednesday 9/12: | Ms. Singleton’s classes, | Ms. Williams’ classes |
| Thursday 9/13: | Mr. Bailey’s classes, | Ms. Erdmann’s classes |
| And… | ||
| Friday 9/14: | Progress Reports for Q1 go home |
Below are the parent letters for the second installment this year of the counselor-led classroom presentations of Safer Smarter Teens lessons.
Safer Smarter Teens lessons are being taught to students throughout Pasco county. Below are the letters for 6th grade (Letter 1) and for 8th grade (Letter 3):
Here is the letter for parents of 7th and 8th grade:
Administration rescheduled the Town Hall meetings for 8/21 to the week of August 28th.
During the week of 8/28, Mrs. Holzum, Mrs. Lessem, and Mrs. Pinsky will be out of the office teaching in classrooms. Counselors will be on-call on Monday to provide support as needed. Tuesday-Friday, our school social worker Mrs. Campbell and one counselor (on a rotating basis) will be on-call for student emergencies.
During presentations this week, students will:
During the week of 9/12, counselors will teach lessons to their grade level through social studies classes on a rotating basis. The first lesson will address Bullying/Suicide Prevention –stay posted next week for parent resources and information.
During the week of 8/21, Mrs. Holzum, Mrs. Lessem, and Mrs. Pinsky will be out of the office teaching in classrooms. Counselors will be on-call on Monday to provide support as needed. Tuesday-Friday, our school social worker Mrs. Campbell and one counselor (on a rotating basis) will be on-call for student emergencies.
During presentations this week, students will:
Next week (8/28-9/1), counselors will teach lessons to their grade level through social studies classes on a rotating basis. The first lesson will address Bullying/Suicide Prevention –stay posted next week for parent resources and information.
In November and December, all students had the second Safer, Smarter Teens lesson which focused on the topic of Fitting In and Acceptance. Continue reading Safer, Smarter Teens Lesson 2
In November, counselors will be teaching safety lessons on “Safer, Smarter Teens.” We were one of the middle schools in Pasco County to pilot this important curriculum, which will be expanded to all Pasco County Schools in 2017-18.
This age-appropriate personal safety curriculum empowers students to protect themselves in potentially unsafe situations and provides practical strategies to help teens protect themselves without being explicit or frightening.
To learn more about Safer, Smarter Teens and the organization that developed the curriculum, Lauren’s Kids, please visit: https://safersmarterteens.org
Parent letter
Starting in October, school counselors will work on rotation to teach the first lesson of the year. 8th grade lessons are the Safer Smarter Teens curriculum, which teach students about safety skills for teens. 6th and 7th grade lessons are the Orientation lesson, teaching students who their counselor is, how to access counseling support, what a counselor helps with, and ways to solve conflict.
6th Grade Conflict Lesson