HIGHTOWER TRAIL MIDDLE SCHOOL COUNSELING DEPARTMENT
Mission Statement
This mission of the Hightower Trail Middle School Counseling Team is to provide a comprehensive, standards-based, data-driven, and collaborative school counseling program that:
Vision Statement
Hightower Trail Middle School's students are high-achieving, life-long learners who are well prepared to meet the high expectations and challenges of high school and beyond in order to become productive citizens. All students participate in a rigorous, challenging, and engaging academic curriculum and in a comprehensive school counseling program which facilitates healthy academic, career, and personal/social growth and balance. This balanced design offers students the intellectual tools required for success in an ever-evolving world, while empowering them to fulfill their dreams. As successful and productive members citizens, our students reach their fullest potential personally and professionally and make a positive difference in their community. The skills they acquire in middle school through their academic curriculum and the comprehensive school counseling program enable them to thrive as successful, fulfilled, and contributing members of the community in high school, post-secondary pursuits, and life.
School Counseling Program Beliefs
Mission Statement
This mission of the Hightower Trail Middle School Counseling Team is to provide a comprehensive, standards-based, data-driven, and collaborative school counseling program that:
- Advocates for students and inspires them to reach their full potential.
- Incorporates classroom lessons, small groups, and individual session to address the needs of all students in the domains of academic, personal/social, and career development.
- Assists students in acquiring appropriate attitudes, knowledge, and communication skills to promote a positive self-concept and foster healthy relationships.
- Enhances student knowledge about high school, college and careers while enabling students to identify and utilize resources needed for school and career success.
- Creates positive relationships with students that encourages a belief in personal growth, service to others, and academic achievement.
- Collaborates and consults with other educators, parents, and community members to assist students in becoming productive, contributing, and successful members of society.
Vision Statement
Hightower Trail Middle School's students are high-achieving, life-long learners who are well prepared to meet the high expectations and challenges of high school and beyond in order to become productive citizens. All students participate in a rigorous, challenging, and engaging academic curriculum and in a comprehensive school counseling program which facilitates healthy academic, career, and personal/social growth and balance. This balanced design offers students the intellectual tools required for success in an ever-evolving world, while empowering them to fulfill their dreams. As successful and productive members citizens, our students reach their fullest potential personally and professionally and make a positive difference in their community. The skills they acquire in middle school through their academic curriculum and the comprehensive school counseling program enable them to thrive as successful, fulfilled, and contributing members of the community in high school, post-secondary pursuits, and life.
School Counseling Program Beliefs
- All students have the ability to learn and achieve.
- All students have a right to a safe and supportive learning environment.
- All students have a right to developmentally aligned program that supports academic, career, and personal/social growth.
- All students have the right to be heard and treated with dignity and respect.
- All students have the right to a Professional School Counselor who collaborates with other educators, families, and the community.
- Effective school counseling programs are comprehensive and data driven.