Counselor
Alisha Cox
School Counselor PK-8
Middle School STUCO Representative
620-456-2966 ext: 1019 (KTE)
620-456-2965 ext: 2107 (CSMS)
email: cox@usd356.org
K-TIP Report
https://kansasregents.org/workforce_development/k-tip-report
Degree prospectus
https://ksdegreestats.org/program_search.jsp
Kansas Post-Secondary Exploration Guide
2024-2025 CSMS STuCo
President: Paige Rusco
Vice President: Colson Jones
Secretary: Essie Herndon
Treasurer: Samantha Howard
8th Grade Representatives:
Chloe Allen
Ella Linn
Kade Osner
Sophia Gerlach
7th Grade Representatives:
Caven Wolke
Hunter Herndon
Piper Lynch
6th Grade Representatives:
Hannah Ivie
Brooklyn Pauly
Elyse Lange
The purpose of the student council is to give students an opportunity to develop leadership by organizing and carrying out school activities and service projects. In addition to planning events that contribute to school spirit and community welfare, the student council is the voice of the student body.
Counseling Program
7th and 8th Graders will have the option to take a 9-week Course entitled SEL with the Counselor. This year the program the students will use is from a curriculum from Choose Love for School, Mindprint Learning, Pathways to Success, Kansas Department of Education, and other variety of sources
This program promotes social-emotional learning through several steps, which are teacher-led and student-led. It includes Character Education, Bullying Prevention, Digital Citizenship, and learning about mental health.
Are you concerned about your student? Please fill out this referral form:
It’s not difficult for students to get swept up into situations that require tough decisions, online or offline. Social Emotional Learning Program allows your students to practice their decision-making skills in different situations that surround digital safety, bullying prevention, and character culture with a variety of activities.
Digital Wellness
With more and more students becoming active internet users, they must understand the importance of being safe on the web. Digital wellness involves making wise decisions on the internet, limiting the use of technology, and more. Below are a few activities that you can use in your classroom to give your students practice with digital safety.
Bullying Prevention
Students shouldn’t have to have their education or lives compromised as a result of bullying. According to the National Center for Education Statistics and Bureau of Justice, about 20% of students ages 12-18 have experienced bullying. Help your students rally against bullying in their school community and foster an anti-bullying environment in your classroom with the following activities.
Character Culture
Good character encompasses traits like honesty and integrity, but also conscientiousness when communicating with others and making decisions. By empowering young students with techniques to engage in effective communication and sound decision-making, you can ensure that students become effective adults prepared to handle life’s challenges.
Mental Health
In class, we educate students on a variety of mental health topics including coping skills and strategies that can be used for managing bullying, learning emotional regulation, coping with family issues, and any other challenges kids face.
Why Does Social Emotional Learning Matter?
Social-emotional learning affects the lives of students, teachers, parents and the larger community in meaningful ways that improve relationships and societies as a whole. SEL doesn’t happen overnight, but schools and parents that stick with the principles have identified numerous positive outcomes that arise over time.
Academic improvement
A 2011 analysis of 213 studies that surveyed more than 270,000 learners found that, on average, students who took part in SEL-informed curricula saw an 11 percent jump in academic achievement when compared to learners who didn’t participate.
Better social interactions
As evidenced by the reports of teachers, fellow students, friends, families and community members, SEL curricula help encourage positive behavior across the lifespan. For students to have good role models when considering how they should behave, it is important that teachers and parents display empathy, conscientiousness, thoughtfulness and kindness.
Ability to care for themselves
A 2015 study in the American Journal of Public Health found that students who learned pro-social skills at an early age were far less likely to ever live in public housing, use public assistance, interact with the police while still minors or find themselves in detention facilities.
Greater results for students with early-identified problems
The same CASEL study found that for students who had already been identified as having problems, the use of SEL principles for early interventions led to a reduction of conduct problems, better attitudes toward themselves and others, fewer outbreaks due to emotional distress, and overall enhanced academic performance.
Improved classroom behavior
The same study mentioned above also found that students who took part in SEL curricula exhibited improved behavior in the classroom, a greater ability to properly manage stress and depression, and healthier opinions of themselves and others.
Less aggressive and/or disruptive behavior
An article by Options for Youth notes that students taking part in SEL programs have long-term improvement in areas of aggression and disruption. A study found that students who engaged in SEL at either the elementary or secondary level still saw a 10 percent reduction in behavioral, psychological, and substance abuse problems by the age of 25.
Additional Counseling Services are provided through a partnership with Sumner County Mental Health Center
Sumner Mental Health offers a wide range of Community-Based Services (CBS) for children and adolescents who meet specific state criteria for having a Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED). Individuals receive a variety of services in the home, at school, and other places in the community as determined by their treatment plan.
The services are provided to preschool through 12th-grade students in school systems within Sumner County. This collaboration allows students, teachers, and families to work together in both the classroom and the community. It also provides convenient access for students and their families who otherwise might not seek treatment.
How to Access Services:
To receive services, the youth must be a consumer of Sumner Mental Health Center, attend one of the following school districts: Argonia, Belle Plaine, Caldwell, Conway Springs, Oxford, South Haven, or Wellington school, live within Sumner County, and meet functional impairment guidelines. Please contact Angela Baker, Director of Children’s Services at 620-326-7448 ext 241 to discuss the process or talk to your school counselor about the referral process and becoming a consumer. If you have decided you are certain you would like to start services, then you can request and intake appointment by contacting Amber Crowl, Sumner Mental Health Center Patient Accounts at 620-326-7448 ext. 251.