Holly Grove Middle comprehensive school counseling program has experienced great success by offering a variety of counseling services for all students.  Under the leadership of Mr. Proulx, principal and the school counseling advisory board that includes:  teachers, parents, administration and community leaders, the counseling program supports the school’s mission and goals.  School counselors, Chauncey Hatcher, Margaret Ray-Nobles and Joy Trexler help to facilitate academics, social/personal and career development for all students.  Recently the counseling program has earned recognition from the American School Counseling Association for providing a data driven comprehensive school counseling program to meet the needs of all students.  On July 2, Holly Grove Middle will receive a plaque recognizing our accomplishments at the American School Counselor Association National conference in Philadelphia, PA.

Along with supporting students, teachers, and parents, the school counselors provide activities that help to enhance the social growth and development of students. Included in the department is Kelly Dunbar, school social worker, Dr. Esther Kelly, psychologist and Regina Jackson, guidance technician. These individuals use their expertise in helping to enhance the department’s outreach.  The student support staff use data  to identify student academic and social gaps that might prevent a student from being successful in school.   Mr. Hatcher’s Mentor program is designed to promote the skills required to be leader in all situations.  It teaches social responsibility, academic excellence and personal growth.  The group is currently comprised of over 10 percent of the student population.   Mrs. Ray-Nobles leads the PAWS (Positive Attitude will Succeed) group.  This program affords the Lady Bulldogs an opportunity to develop skills that will help them gain new friendships, be mentored by positive female high school students and staff members, develop positive self talk and serve as mentors to elementary students.  She also advises the Hip Hop club.  Mrs. Trexler advises the Rowdy Dawgs, a pep club that makes spirit posters for athletic events.  She also provide group sessions for our Latino students encouraging them to be more integrated in school activities, promote academics, and discuss topics of interest to them.  On  November 30th, the school counselors, social worker, teachers and parent volunteers traveled to Atlanta, Ga. with 83 students.  In Atlanta, students and staff visited Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site, Georgia Aquarium, The World of Coca-Cola and the historical restaurant “The Varsity”.  This trip was a great way for students to experience real life application of   the science and social studies curriculum taught by our classroom teachers and to gain knowledge of the historical significance of some of Americans’ leaders who helped change our country.

Holly Grove Middle School comprehensive school counseling program continues to use data to improve its quality services for students, parents, teachers and the community.

The State Department of Public Instruction has informed WCPSS that there will be a delay in notification of EOG scores this year due to the new Common Core Curriculum implementation.  For complete information, please see the EOG Delayed Score Letter for Parents. 

Students in grades 6-8 Social Studies and Grades 6 and 7 Science will be a taking year-end assessment, the Measures of Student Learning Assessments (MSLs).  For complete information, please see the MSL Information Letter for Parents. 

Track 2, 3 & 4 - June 27, 2013

8-4 - 8:30-10:00

8-2 & 8-3 - 10:30-11:30

6th Grade - 12:00-1:00

7th Grade - 1:30-2:30

Track 1/2/3 - Tuesday, July 2nd - 4:00PM until 6:00PM

Track 4 - Thursday, July 25th - 4:00PM until 6:00PM

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