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GUIDANCE PROGRAM
Bogue Sound's counselor is Mrs. Sharon Fulcher. The students go to her
room for guidance classes. Listed below are lessons and activities
that will be happening in our guidance program this year. Not all of
these activities go on in each grade level. If you have any
questions about the guidance program at BSE, please feel free to call the
school and ask for Ms. Sharon. We have monthly guidance lessons,
small group counseling and individual counseling sessions as well.
Personal
body safety and drug awareness classes are taught each year in each
grade. Other lessons include: cooperation skills, and a
Positive Kids program that enhances student self-esteem by enabling them
to positively solve problems that they encounter. This program gives
them a sense of competence and confidence. We also use a McGee and
Me series that teaches: being honest, the importance of family and
friends, keeping the right perspective, the value of love and kindness,
being responsible, being loyal and the meaning of commitment, and not
trying to become someone you are not. Other lessons include
interpersonal effectiveness, manner, respect, positive attitudes,
diversity, compassion, truthfulness, perseverance, dependability,
initiative, bullying, dealing with criticism, anger with others and anger
with self (our Cub Pride letters!).
Special Notes From The
Counselor:
In this adult world of ours, we sometimes grow
impatient over the struggles of our children to make themselves
understood. If we don't listen to what a child really has on his
mind, we can completely miss our calling as parents. The following
memos from such a child underscore the confusion he experiences in his
encounters with his elders.
~Don't be afraid to be firm with me. I prefer
it. It makes me feel secure.
~Don't let me form bad habits. I have to rely on
you to detect them in the early stages.
~Don't make me feel my mistakes are sins. It
upsets my sense of values.
~Don't protect me from my consequences. I need to
learn the painful way sometimes.
~Remember that I feel badly let down when promises are
broken.
~Don't be inconsistent. That completely confuses
me and makes me lose faith in you.
~Don't forget I love experimenting. I couldn't
get on without it, so please put up with it.
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