Guidance Counselor Email A message to all Elementary School Families;
Now that we’ve begun the new school year, let me wish you a warm welcome back! As for me, I’m so glad to be back again, and looking forward to re-connecting with the students and families in our elementary buildings. It just feels good to see the students in the buildings again, and I see good things ahead for their futures.
I’m very thankful for this work I get to do each day. Being a school counselor has been a privilege for me, and providing effective and meaningful school counseling services is something I take very seriously. My deepest wish is to keep learning and staying current in the professional practices of school counseling so I can continue to provide the best and most current programming I can. A lot makes up a fully functioning school counseling program, and it is a continual work in progress.
This year I want to strive to make the elementary programming that occurs a more visible thing for you. I will always be available should you need me. School counselors are a vital piece of an effective counseling program, but they are one of many pieces.
If you ever want to discuss what elementary school counseling programming is, please contact me through any one of the elementary schools, because I’d love to have that conversation. To close, let me say thank you for all that you do. You are truly an irreplaceable partner in the big picture!
Dave Peppler
Pre K-6 School Counselor
School District of Westfield