Counselor's Corner
Meet Your Counselor
Ashley Gilgore
717-656-2068
Email: Ashley_Gilgore@conestogavalley.org
Mission Statement:
To support all students in the academic, career and personal/social domains as they strive for personal excellence, while becoming caring and contributing citizens in a global community.
Elementary school years set the tone for developing the knowledge, attitudes and skills necessary for children to become healthy, competent and confident learners. Through a comprehensive developmental school counseling program, school counselors work as a team with the school staff, parents and the community to create a caring climate and atmosphere. By providing education, prevention, early identification and intervention, school counselors can help all children achieve academic success. (source)
Elementary School Counselors...
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Encourage academic, personal/social, and career development based on the National Standards developed by the American School Counselor's Association.
- Provide a systematic array of curriculum, interventions and services based on student needs.
- Provide individual counseling, group counseling, classroom guidance, consultation, coordination, and curriculum development.
Career, Academic and Personal/Social Categories
The American School Counselor Association’s Mindsets & Behaviors are organized in three broad domains: academic, career and social/emotional development. These domains promote mindsets and behaviors that enhance the learning process and create a culture of college and career readiness for all students. The definitions of each domain are as follows: Academic Development – Standards guiding school counseling programs to implement strategies and activities to support and maximize each student’s ability to learn. Career Development – Standards guiding school counseling programs to help students 1) understand the connection between school and the world of work and 2) plan for and make a successful transition from school to postsecondary education and/or the world of work and from job to job across the life span. Social/Emotional Development – Standards guiding school counseling programs to help students manage emotions and learn and apply interpersonal skills. (source)
Quick Links
School Psychologist
Katrina Gile
717-656-2068
Email: katrina_gile@conestogavalley.org
Homeless
As part of the No Child Left Behind Act, provisions have been made to ensure that homeless students have no barriers to getting an education comparable with any other students. The McKinney-Vento Act, a federal act that protects the rights of homeless students, classifies families as homeless if they have a precipitating event [Abandonment, Act of Nature/Natural Disaster, Death of Parent/Guardian, Domestic Violence, Eviction, Fire, Hospitalization of Parent/Guardian, Incarceration of Parent/Guardian, Left Home, Military, Parental Job Loss/Loss of Income, Parent Divorce/Separation, Separated from Family, Other Poverty-related Situation, Other, and Unknown]. Along with the precipitating event, the family also must be experiencing one of the following.
- Sharing the house of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship or a similar reason, called “doubled up”
- Living in motels, hotels, trailer parks or campgrounds to due lack of alternative adequate
accommodations - Living in emergency or transitional shelters
- Living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or similar settings
Conestoga Valley School District will work with students defined as homeless to remove barriers that may prevent them from receiving education services. Anyone who feels their child may qualify as homeless should contact:
Carla DiClemente, Homeless Liaison for High School
717-397-5231 x1001
carla_diclemente@conestogavalley.org
717-397-5231 x1001
carla_diclemente@conestogavalley.org
Jena Mable, Homeless Liason for Middle School
717-397-1294 x2011
Jena_Mable@conestogavalley.org
Katie Reiff, Homeless Liaison for Elementary
717-394-0555 ext.6840
katharine_reiff@conestogavalley.org.
717-397-1294 x2011
Jena_Mable@conestogavalley.org
Katie Reiff, Homeless Liaison for Elementary
717-394-0555 ext.6840
katharine_reiff@conestogavalley.org.