- Stephen Foster Elementary
- Counselor's Corner
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SCHOOL COUNSELORS
Welcome to the Stephen Foster School Counseling page!School Counselors support students with:- Managing anxiety or stress
- Behavior support
- Classroom skills (organization, testing anxiety, focusing, etc.)
- Using self-control
- Conflict mediations
- Managing emotions
- Coping skills
- Motivation, self-esteem, and confidence
- Family support
- Friendship-making skills
- Problem solving skills
- Social skills
- Character education
- Bullying prevention
- College and career exploration
Along with individual counseling, the school counselor also does classroom presentations, crisis intervention, runs social skills groups and provides resources to parents and teachers. The school counselor is a student advocate to help your child with their social and emotional well-being. School Counselors split their caseload between grade-levels, however both provide school-wide support and guidance lessons, assemblies, and other fun opportunities throughout the year for your child to participate in! Please do not hesitate to reach out to either of us for your students' needs!

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Degrees and Certifications:
Mrs. Jennifer Gannon

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Degrees and Certifications:
Mr. Josue Ayala
Social-Emotional Learning Curriculum
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Stephen Foster, along with BUSD, have adopted the Second Step program for whole-school social-emotional learning! Second Step is an evidence-based guidance curriculum that effectively addresses students' social-emotional needs through weekly guidance lessons. Second Step lessons are conducted within the students' classrooms, by their teachers with assistance from the School Counselors. You can find out more information regarding Second Step at the link below:
Second Step information for Families
Social-Emotional Learning (SEL): What It Is and Why It Matters
Announcements
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Bolts, get excited! Our 7th annual College & Career Week at Stephen Foster, April 24th-28th, 2023! This is an exciting week for our students, with lots of activities where students can participate and learn about college and career terms and information, as well as guest speakers who come and share their career or organization!
We are currently looking for guest speakers to come. Please see the flyer link below and scan the QR code or use the link to the Google form to submit your interest in signing up! One received, the School Counselors will contact you.
College & Career Week Parent/Guest Speaker Flyer
Stephen Foster College & Career Week Guest Speaker Interest Form!