Guidance Corner
Welcome to counselor's corner. We included some of the best information
to help your Glenridge student. Please browse through our selections
for great information about our school, how to make good grades and the
latest research on how the brain works. You can even take a test to see
what you want to be when you grow up and how to achieve your goals.
Guidance
Services at GMS
Glenridge Middle School has a Comprehensive Guidance Program developed
to ensure
student success. This includes academic, social, personal and career
education activities.
Counselors attend parent conferences, analyze test results, prepare
schedules, determine
placement for classes and facilitate transition from grade to grade and
school to school.
Counselors oversee 504 plans and AIP plans, are part of the IEP and
ESOL teams.
Academic progress is monitored by counselors.
In addition to academic services, social personal counseling is
available to students
during the school day. Guidance counselors provide short term or crisis
counseling. Our
school is fortunate to also have on site professionals and therapists
who counsel our
students facing challenges.
*SAFE* Glenridge students may also
participate in the SAFE program. Counseling
services are provided which include peer mediation, anger management
and individual
counseling.
*SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST* Orange County
provides the services of a certified school
psychologist on a part time basis. Our psychologist is part of the
counseling team and
provides academic testing and consultation.
*SOCIAL WORKER* Glenridge has a social
worker who works with families in need of
services. She facilitates referrals for students with attendance issues
and makes home
visits to work with families to ensure school success.
*CHILL* The Winter Park Health Foundation
provides a counselor to Glenridge through
the CHILL program. The CHILL counselor is on campus daily. There is no
charge for
this service.
*STAR* GMS also has an independent
contract with a mental health provider, STAR
Consultants. STAR staff provide in home and in school counseling and
behavioral
consults. These services are paid by private insurance or Medicaid.
Counseling Staff
school counselors follow their students from grade to grade:
Brenda White- 6th grade counselor
Mary Anne McGowan- 7th grade counselor
Barbara Marshall- 8th grade counselor
Helen Pratt - SAFE Coordinator
Carol Kirschenbaum - CHILL counselor
Jill Williams -STAR consultants
Jay Hoover - School Psychologist
Brenda Hankinson - School Social Worker
GMS
Presentation
View and download the "Welcome to Glenridge" Powerpoint presentation
here
Links
Take an inventory to see what you want to be
when you grow up
Plan your future on this great website from
the Florida Department of Education!
Study Skills for Middle School
Study skills tips from University of South
Florida
Here’s a How to Study Video
Test Anxiety: How to Overcome Test Anxiety
Test Taking Skills
Learning Disabilities Information Page
Brain Connections: Read the latest research
on learning.
