WELCOME BACK STUDENTS AND PARENTS

WELCOME BACK STUDENTS AND PARENTS

Dear Parent(s)/Guardian(s),    
                          
I would like to welcome everyone to a new and exciting school year! We have many great things in store for your child as they begin school. As your child’s counselor, I believe in helping students make their lives easier and more productive by providing a counseling program that will enhance their academic, personal, and social development. My goal is to maintain a safe and secure environment where students can grow and develop into happy, healthy, and independent learners.

You may contact me for concerns over your child’s achievement, concerns over behavior issues, discussion of special needs of your child, potential crisis, or any family difficulties or concerns. At any time, students may walk in to see me with any issues that they might have. Students may be referred to the counseling office by parents, teachers, or administrators.

As your child’s school counselor, I will be:

Counseling individual students dealing with personal/social and academic issues.
Maintaining confidentiality at all times.
Facilitating group counseling sessions designed to address specific concerns or issues.
Conducting classroom guidance lessons to enhance social development, address students needs, teacher concerns, or current events.
Coordinating educational programs (assemblies,workshops,presentations…)
Providing information and resources to parents, students, and teachers.
Supplying college and career information through presentations and enrichment activities. 
School counseling services are available to all students. Please refer to my counseling blog for more details of services and provided resources. I look forward to working with you and helping in any way that I can. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or concerns. I can be reached at kross@laalliance.org or by phone (323) 920-4388 on campus, in room 211.


Thank you for entrusting your child to us. We are looking forward to a wonderful school year together!

Best Regards,

Kelly Ross
School Counselor

Alliance Leadership Middle Academy