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National School Counseling Week is always celebrated the first full week of February.
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American School Counselor Association

Guidance Counselors

Pine Tree ISD has an exemplary team of campus-based counselors who serve a variety of roles. The school counselor is available to assist students with a wide range of personal concerns, including such areas as social, family, or emotional issues, or substance abuse. The counselor may also make available information about community resources to address these concerns.

A student who wishes to meet with the counselor should sign for an appointment time in the counselors’ office. The school will not conduct a psychological examination, test, or treatment without first obtaining the parent’s written consent, unless required by state or federal law for special education purposes or by the Texas Education Agency for child abuse investigations and reports.

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PRIMARY (PK-K)

Gina Ozment

903-295-5095

     

ELEMENTARY(1st - 2nd)

Charae Hetmer

903-295-5120

     

INTERMEDIATE (3rd - 4th)

Margaret Soderberg

903-295-5151

     

MIDDLE (5th - 6th)

Barbara Lewis

903-295-5160

     

JUNIOR HIGH (7th - 8th)

Jennifer Roberts  & Valerie Ogle

903-295-5081

JUNIOR HIGH

Sherri Kirchhoff, JH Secretary

903-295-5081

     

HIGH SCHOOL (9th - 12th)

Debbie Connor,

903-295-5031 x 205

HIGH SCHOOL

Sandra Jennings

903-295-5031 x 232

HIGH SCHOOL

Cindy Martin

903-295-5031 x 231

HIGH SCHOOL Diana Dunn

903-295-5031 x 227

HIGH SCHOOL

Kathy Pepper, HS Secretary

903-295-5031

HIGH SCHOOL

Laurie McGaughey, HS Registrar

903-295-5031 x 263

Counselor Responsibilities

Responsibilities vary from campus to campus with most all providing the following:
• counseling of individual students or groups with regard to academic, social, and emotional concerns
• conferring with parents about their student's academic life and related concerns
• meeting with teachers and principal to plan appropriate interventions and make special referrals when needed
• maintaining accurate records on all our students, including exchanging records with other school districts when students move
• coordinating the administration of TAKS and any other standardized testing on the campus.

The school counselor is available to assist students with a wide range of personal concerns, including such areas as social, family, or emotional issues, or substance abuse. The counselor may also make available information about community resources to address these concerns.

Character Education

An essential part of a comprehensive safe and drug free schools prevention program is a comprehensive character education program taught across the curriculum PK-12.

Pine Tree ISD had adopted an excellent curricula,
Core Essentials: A Strategy for Teaching Character, PK-5, developed by a non-profit corporation and provided by Chick-fil-A. Under the leadership of Partners in Prevention, five area school districts are utilizing the same character attribute of the month so community partners can promote these attributes.