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Year: 2018

Year: 2018

School Climate and Culture and the School Counselor
November 19, 2018 Uncategorized lrankhorn

Does it seem like all of a sudden everyone is talking about positive school climate and culture? How can school counselors possibly impact school climate and culture. Keep reading as we share 3 tips for improving the overall feel of your school. Want more tips? Listen to our podcast on this same topic! We think

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Parkside and the Fantastic Beasts
November 17, 2018 Uncategorized lrankhorn

Kim is famous!  Well, her school is!  Have you watched the Today Show recently?  Are you a Harry Potter fan?  If the answer to either of these questions is yes, chances are you’ve heard of Parkside School in Alabama.  A couple of weeks ago the cast and crew of Fantastic Beasts: Crimes of Grindelwald visited

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Fun Fallapalooza Activities
November 7, 2018 Uncategorized lrankhorn

November is a short month.  If your school system is like ours, it’s a short month with a lot of deadlines looming overhead.  Ok, I’m starting to hyperventilate… On top of the scary end of the year deadlines, we have little people depending on us to hit our ASCA recommended time distribution.  There are two

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3 Favorite Fun and Games
October 9, 2018 Uncategorized newadmin

My very favorite college professor in my school counseling program is one of the most creative people I know.  She gave us so many ideas on how to use everyday items in our counseling program.  I now ask myself daily, “WWDTDWT?”  Or in simpler terms: What Would Dr. Townsend Do With This?  Each week she

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5 Easy Activities for Red Ribbon Week
October 3, 2018 Uncategorized newadmin

Red Ribbon Week is coming!  Red Ribbon Week is coming!  Did you feel like Paul Revere was here for a minute??  I’m not Paul Revere, BUT it is true that Red Ribbon Week is coming!  This is a great way to educate our students concerning the dangers of drugs and alcohol.  While it is rewarding

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There’s a Storm a Brewin’… A Brainstorm!
August 24, 2018 Uncategorized newadmin

Brainstorming is one of my very favorite things to do.  I love throwing an idea out and watching the faces of other people as that idea sparks something in their mind.  This process continues until we collectively arrive at a product or program we are proud of.  As we talked about before, having a team

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Meet the Counselor
August 22, 2018 Uncategorized newadmin

I have been doing the same lesson off and on for the past few years.  I love the book, Ms. Joyce Gives the Best High Fives, but I don’t want the students to get tired of it.  In one of those collaborating meetings we just talked about in our last post, we came up with a

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Stop, COLLABORATE, and Listen
August 19, 2018 Uncategorized newadmin

Doesn’t it seem like the to-do list never ends?  I’m not sure about you, but this summer it has felt like I have only added to my to-do list.  I don’t know that I have marked anything off as completely done. Check out our video about collaborating here. One goal we had set this summer was

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Welcome!
July 6, 2018 Uncategorized newadmin

Our very first post!  Our names are Kim and Laura.  We are school counselors in Alabama, which may explain our choice of a blog name, Counselor Accents.  We do speak with a little bit of a Southern Accent.  The other reason we chose this name is because we want to share ideas and techniques that accent what

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