School Counseling

School Counseling Office

Welcome to the Oglethorpe Charter School Counseling office! Our office seeks to support our students with their academic, career, personal, and social development. The primary focus is to facilitate improved student performance and healthy development. With a comprehensive approach, our counselor partners with parents, teachers, administrators, community members, and students to enhance collaboration among all stakeholders.

Keys to Success

• Rest well.
• Being prepared for class each day.
• Have a positive attitude.
• Use of agenda book to record assignments and homework.
• Use of organizational skills.
• Use of budgeting time for school assignments, extra-curricular activities and social life.
• Seek help when needed from teachers or other school personnel.
• Active communication and participation between school and home.
• Providing opportunities to show strengths and talents.
• Make connections between learning and real-life experiences.
• Become involved with clubs and activities.
• Monitor the amount of time watching TV, playing games, talking on the phone and texting/chatting with friends, social media, etc.
• Use of appropriate social skills and conflict resolution.
• Learn to identify when you are stressed and what to do to relieve stress.

Do you have your keys?

The Role of the School Counselor

School counselors collaborate with ALL students, parents, teachers, administrators, and the community to help students with their academic and personal success. School Counselors provide individual counseling, group counseling and classroom lessons to students throughout the year based on their needs. Academic, Career, and Social/Personal are the 3 domains in which school counselors work with students. School Counselors build comprehensive school counseling programs and curriculum that are developed around each schools specific needs within these 3 domains.

The School Counselor's role is to support the academic  development of students which can mean  identifying social and emotional issues and trauma that may hinder academic success. School counselors work with students on issues that may impede their ability to be successful in classrooms. School Counselors also work with the community to make referrals if more intensive interventions and supports are necessary.

Comprehensive School Counseling Program services include but are not limited to...

• Academic Tracking/Advisement
• Small group lessons
• Referrals to outside community agencies
• Psychoeducation for Students
• Crisis screening and response
• Schoolwide Classroom Lessons
• Anger and anxiety de-escalation
• Restorative Justice
• College and Career Inventory and Planning
• Student Clubs
• SEL Lessons
• ...and so much more!

For additional information about the Role of a School Counselor, please visit the American School Counselor Association webpage. 

What Do School Counselors Do? The Truth!