Welcome to Vaughan's Counselor's Corner! This year at Vaughan, Mrs. Pickles is the counselor for Kindergarten and 4th grades, Mrs. Sirmans is the counselor for 1st and 3rd grades, and Mrs. Oakes is the counselor for 2nd and 5th grades.

Classroom Guidance:

Mrs. Sirmans, Mrs. Pickles, and Mrs. Oakes are in the classrooms teaching lessons twice a month. We cover topics under three main content areas: Self-Knowledge, Career Exploration, and Career Education. Our curriculum can be found at http://picasso.cobbk12.org/
 

Parenting Resources:

Positive Parenting-Discipline and my child.

• Positive Discipline
• Positive Parenting
• Parenting Matters
• Love and Logic

• Divorce Support
• Helping Your Child Through Divorce

• CHADD-info. & suppport for parents
• AD/HD on  WebMD

Study Skills

• Help Your Child With Homework
• Help Your Child Succeed in School
• Homework

• Child Lures-it isn't only strangers who hurt our kids...how do we protect them?
• Internet Safety
• TV & Movies

• Moving
• Back-to-School

• Stress
• School Phobia

Rocketeers:

The Rocketeers is a bus-ridership program designed to enlist the help of older students to keep the bus ride safe for all students. All 4th and 5th grade students who ride the bus have the opportunity to apply to be a Rocketeer. Rocketeers are selected at least two times a year and are chosen based on their application. The Rocketeers are leaders who take on responsibilities to make the bus ride safer and more pleasant for everyone. All applications MUST be signed by the bus driver and a parent. No late applications will be accepted.

Rocketeer applications are due Tuesday, August 21st. If you are selected to be a Rocketeer, training is Thursday and Friday, August 23rd and 24th, from 7:30-8:00 am.
 
 
 

AugustNews:

Welcome back to school! If you are having a difficult time adjusting to Vaughan, please make an appointment with your counselor. You can sign up to see your counselor in the pupil personnel, which is right across from the clinic.
 
 
 

Middle School Articulation:

All of Vaughan's 5th grade students will attend Lost Mountain Middle School (LMMS). The 5th grade counselor, Mrs. Oakes, will be doing several classroom guidance activities that will help prepare the 5th graders for this transition.

• Every student needs proof of their 2nd MMR and Varicella immunization to enroll in middle school
• All 5th graders need to have an Eye, Ear, and Dental record on file to go to LMMS
• A recommended reading for all 5th grade parents of girls: Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive the Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and Other Realities of Adolescence by Rosalind Wiseman

Check out K12 Advisement guide for information on school transition

Safety Patrol:

Safety patrol is a hallway safety program designed to help build leadership qualities in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students. All students in those grade levels have the opportunity to try out to become a safety patrol. If chosen, they will attend a short mandatory training and will be on duty at least one morning or afternoon shift per week. Safety patrols will be changed out at least twice a year.