School Counseling Vision Statement

The vision of Helen Ball Elementary School counseling program is that all learners obtain the social emotional growth and academic skills necessary to become empathic, compassionate, and innovative leaders of tomorrow.   

School Counseling Mission Statement

The mission of the Helen Ball Elementary school counseling program is to inspire scholars to become empathic lifetime learners and create opportunities for success for students of every population, through academic and social/emotional programming to include classroom counseling, individual and group counseling lessons. Through collaboration with campus educators, students and families, school counselors establish a data-driven comprehensive school counseling program to engage all scholars and provide responsive counseling services aligned with ASCA national standards that meet the needs of all learners, empowering them to become college/career ready and lifetime learners.

Helen Ball Elementary School Counselor Beliefs

The school counselor at Helen Ball Elementary believes:

• All scholars have equal access to our campus counseling program services and resources regardless of ability, age, ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation. 

• All scholars add significant value to our campus.

• All scholars have specific strengths and abilities that can be applied to achieve their goals.

• All scholars succeed best when positive relationships are established and fostered by all campus stakeholders.

• School counselors advocate for every student.

• School counselors utilize student, educator, and parent data to develop a comprehensive school counseling program that serves the needs of every scholar.

• School counselors collaborate with educational stakeholders to increase opportunities for scholars.

• School counselors adhere to American School Counselor Association (ASCA) ethical standards of conduct.