IRVINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS GUIDANCE DEPARTMENT

• Expose students to various career & college opportunities

• Identify & address students’ social-emotional needs

• Prepare students to make positive contributions to their community

• Celebrate student success

Maggie E. DockSupervisor of Guidance/HSSC

Anti-Bullying Coordinator~Connect with Kindness~

CAREER & COLLEGE PREPARATIONGOALS:

• Increase student exposure to career & college opportunities

• Increase the number of students taking the SATs

• Increase the number of college applications processed

• Establish a Career Center for students with computers and various career/college planning resources

• Organize a Career Fair in both Middle Schools

• More than 15 College presentations featured state and private institutions, such as Rutgers, Seton Hall, and Harvard.

• A total of 90 on-site college admission interviews were conducted.• 8 Instant-decision days resulted in 22 offers of admission and 21 EOF

Referrals. • Financial Aid awards exceeded $100,000 in scholarships, with an additional

savings of $4,500 in application fees• Both Middle Schools hosted a Career Fair• 179 SATs were administered to IHS Students , an increase from 103.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

WHAT’S NEXT…

• Increase number of college workshops for students

• Increase in college applications

• Increase the number of students taking the SATs

• Utilize a Web-based Career & College Planning Program

• Professional Development to enhance the preparation of students with 21st Century Life & Career Skills

IHS COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY PRESENTATIONS

“Dreams Don’t Work

Unless You Do”~Angela Lawrence,

IHS Counselor

“Prepare to be Surprised!”

~Carmen Fazzolari,

IHS Counselor

ANNUAL CAREER & COLLEGE FAIRThe Guidance Department

welcomed 32 college, military, and

career-related representatives

Over 500 students met with representatives

“Make it Happen”

~ Jamal Angoy,

IHS Counselor

“The purpose of Life is a Life of

Purpose”~Desiraee Holt, IHS Counselor

Annual TOP 12 Banquet

June, 2014

IHS Student College/Trade/Military

Acceptance Notifications

513 Applications 303 Acceptances

Kettelyn Derisse, IHS Counselor

“Doing good things and treating

people with respect are the keys to success” Patricia Padovani,

IHS Counselor

IRVINGTON HIGH SCHOOL’S FIRST “GIRL OF THE MONTH”

BREAKFASTJUNE , 2014

Belinda Azzollini, IHS Counselor

UNIVERSITY MIDDLE SCHOOL CAREER DAY JUNE, 2014

Our Current Leaders…

…Inspired our Future Leaders

UMS Guidance TeamVanessa Boussougou Emelyn De La Cruz

Ann DiGioreSandra Lopez

At the Chancellor Avenue School, it is our

belief that meeting people of diverse

educational backgrounds will open our students’ minds to different opportunities

and reinforce the importance of a solid

education.

CHANCELLOR AVENUE SCHOOLCAREER DAY

Our Career Day Team welcomes community members who would like

to share with our students. Hilda Quinones,

HSSC

“Conductor for a Day”

GOALS:• Demonstrate an

improvement in school climate with reductions in substantiated HIB incidents

• Provide professional development to improve the understanding and implementation of the HIB Laws.

• Decrease in HIB Reports filed.

• Identify Community Resources for Counselors/HSSCs

Accomplishments:• Reduction in HIB

Reports from 122 to 39.

• Reduction in HIB substantiated cases from 94 to 14.

• District HIB Grading increased from 60 to 66 (Max 75)

• Developed Community Resource Guide for mental health referrals

WHAT’S NEXT…

• Continue with established School Climate Programs

• Provide continued Professional Development to enhance School Safety Teams (SSTs) and their role in enhancing school climate

• Administer district-wide research-based culture & climate survey

• Invite Community Resource representatives to department meetings to elaborate on program offerings

ENHANCE SCHOOL CLIMATE

BERKELEY TERRACE EMBRACES STUDENTS’ STRENGTHS

“Do not let your hearts be troubled”

Avis Price, HSSC

BTS BREAKFAST PATROL!

“Basketball Buddies”Her smile says it all...

Claire Hamm,

School Counselor

“ Fall Into Love and Kindness “

Friendship Poster Contest February 2014

“ Be the Star in Another’s Eye “~Sari Greggs,

School Counselor

1st Place Ms. Venturi’s

1st Grade Class

Chancellor Avenue Elementary

BILINGUAL CLASS POSTER

Florence Avenue Elementary

Sharon Zadlock,

Counselor

Respect/ Violence Prevention Week

Hilda Quinones,

HSSC

Madison Avenue Elementary

Zero HIB Incidents

Our “Week of Respect Week” activities reinforced the importance of comfortable, valued, accepted, and secure students

“Make what Ought to be, What is.”~Michael Skibicki, School Counselor

MOUNT VERNON AVENUE SCHOOLEAGLES SOAR!

"NORMAL changes from day to day- it becomes your NEW

NORMAL !! Make today your: POWERFUL, AMAZING, CREATIVE,

ACHIEVING - New Normal !!"

Jehita Kitchen, School Counselor

&Ilene Tamburri,

HSSC

Pride in providing an environment which promotes social, emotional ,

and academic success.

THURGOOD MARSHALL ELEMENTARY

“RIDING INTO THE FUTURE BEING SAFE, RESPECTFUL, AND KIND”

The school wide positive behavior support

is a behavior reinforcement system

implemented in our school to promote a positive learning environment.

PBSIS WINNERS!

Dachi Sampeur,

Counselor

UNIVERSITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL“WEEK OF RESPECT”

Parents/guardians shared quotes about respect which were

prominently displayed in the school.

Jewel Pasler, UES Counselor

Augusta Pre-school Academy Parent Workshop

AUGUSTA PRE-SCHOOL ACADEMY CELEBRATES

“AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH”

Jackie Ray-Edwards,HSSC

WISHING

Do you wish the world were happy?

Then remember day by day

Just to scatter seeds of kindness

As you pass along the way,

For the pleasures of the many

May be often times traced

to one.As the hand that plants

an acornShelters armies

from the sun.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Our seedlings today….

…Perhaps, TOP 12 Students

tomorrow?