The Deep Creek School Counseling Team’s mission is to enhance the educational environment in three domains: academic, personal/social and career. The comprehensive program at Deep Creek provides counseling, instruction, support and information to access community resources for our K-5th grade students and their families. Because of our collaborative approach teachers, parents and counselors work together to help students succeed in areas of: academic achievement, accountability, productivity, dependability, self-expression, self-control, social integrity, decision-making, conflict resolution and/or self-determination. The ultimate objective is to foster the development of personal responsibility and to promote skills required to become successful 21st century citizens.

Our school counseling program is planned and coordinated by state certified school counselors in consultation with other representatives of the school and community. The team engages students in classroom, group and/or individual activities to enhance student learning and provides academic, career, personal and social development for every student.

Our school counselors believe:

• All students have dignity and worth and have the right to be served by a comprehensive school counseling program.

• All students have a capacity to learn and are entitled to academic support.

• All students will be provided with a school counseling program that will be consistent with expected developmental stages of learning and differences in learning styles.

And that all school counselors…

• Abide by the professional school counseling ethics as advocated by the American School Counselor Association.

• Shall participate in professional development essential to maintain a quality school counseling program.