Sixth Grade

Sixth grade counseling competencies and lessons are designed to provide guidance in the area of understanding and recognizing feelings of self and others in relationship to behaviors and choices.  Students develop skills in the areas of handling conflict, peer pressure, and tolerance for one another, as well as friendship skills.  Career exploration activities allow 6^th grade students the opportunity to explore the relationships between interests and talents.

As students move from the elementary school to the middle school, we strive to make this experience and school year as smooth as possible.  This is a period in children’s lives when they need structure and the feeling of “connection. They will need to develop skills that will allow them to become independent learners.  Our services are aimed at helping children learn and develop to their highest potential.

Seventh Grade

Seventh grade is a time of excitement and new experiences for students. They are honing their academic skills, continuing to focus on preparing for their future. They are also expanding their interpersonal skills and encountering new, and often challenging, social situations. Seventh grade guidance and counseling competencies support continued development in both areas. Students learn to set goals, and learn how to put into place plans to achieve them. They take an interest test, The Self-Directed Search, which helps them to see how their current interests may relate to their future career choices. They also learn how to navigate through the Georgia Career Information System database, which contains up-to-date information about jobs and post-secondary training options. Additional guidance lessons focus on the importance of showing respect for each other. Students learn about what behaviors may be unacceptable to others, and how to handle conflicts when they arise. It is our goal to facilitate the learning process by helping students to develop skills to handle the personal, academic and social challenges of daily life.

 Eighth Grade

In the eighth grade, the focus of the guidance and counseling program is to prepare students for high school.  Student lessons focus on handling conflict, decision-making skills and problem solving as they relate to future plans, relationships, and life changes.  Students participate in the KUDER Career Exploration activity that allows them to investigate career interest and work values.