Meherrin Elementary

Role

Southampton County Public Schools offers a comprehensive K-12 school counseling program that addresses all students’ academic, career, and personal/social developmental needs.

·   The professional school counselor supports a safe learning environment and works to safeguard human rights of all members of the school community.

·   Collaborates with other stakeholders to promote student achievement and addresses the needs of all students through prevention and intervention programs.

Philosophy

Southampton County Public Schools believes that guidance and counseling is an essential and integral part of our district's instructional program. We understand that guidance and counseling is vital for our students to achieve personalized, relevant learning and to develop meaningful educational plans while in school and beyond. We believe that the academic, career, personal-social, and community involvement skills and knowledge that students need for success in schools and in life are attainable when guidance and counseling is provided in a consistent and developmental way for each and every student. We acknowledge that guidance and counseling is not a service offered by one person or department but a program coordinated with all educators in a building and articulated between buildings. We recognize that the program involves parents and other stakeholders in the community and content must be integrated into the curriculum.