Helping Students Navigate the Middle Years...
ISB's Middle School has two counselors that are available to students for academic and personal counseling. Students are assigned a counselor for the year and are encouraged to visit the counselor for help with academic planning, class scheduling, and/or confidential personal counseling for any matter of concern. Our counselors:
Welcome new students and their families to the Middle School family, coordinate orientation activities, arrange for peer assistants and schedule students into appropriate classes
Introduce new students to their new teachers, providing teachers with background information
Advise and assist with long range academic planning
Serve as a parent resource for individual consultation, parent information/education or support meetings, as well as facilitating parent/teacher/student meetings
Intervene for student’s social and emotional well-being, transition concerns, and refer to appropriate resources
Support/consult with teachers regarding student needs (collaborate with IS, ESL, school psychologist and administration)
Represent student’ s well-being in school-wide program planning
Monitor standardized testing:
ISA (International School Assessment) for Grade 7
MAP (Measures of Academic Progress) in reading and math for Grades 6 - 8
