Mike McKenna	Sheri Lamie	Beth Funcannon	Patti Simmons
693-4405 x-30156  Michael.McKenna@psd150.org Google phone number 1-815-570-9622	693-4405 x-30152 Sheri.lamie@psd150.org Google phone number 1-815-570-9373	693-4405 x-30151 Beth.Funcannon@psd150.org   Google phone number  1-815-570-9814	693-4405 x-30153   Patricia.Simmons@psd150.org Google phone number  1-843-790-3097
Counseling Representative for Students: A-E  Mr. McKenna's page	Counseling Representative for                Students: F-Li	Counseling Representative for Students: Ll-R	Counseling Representative for Students: S-Z

Counseling Secretary: Mrs. Tracy Bishop 309-693-4405 ex. 30150 

Social Worker: Jenn Hood direct link to her webpage https://www.peoriapublicschools.org/Domain/5163

SEL Lesson/Activity

Recommendations for Staff and Families

This document can be used as a resource for social emotional learning lessons and activities. Educators and families have the discretion to utilize other activities or lessons if they desire. Lions Quest will add additional resources each week to share. 

Weekly Recommendations SEL Activities/Lessons/Resources

Week of 4/6/20 – 4/10/20 · Young children experience stress just like adults do. Stress management begins when children can identify their feelings of confusion, fear, anger and frustration. This document provides positive ways to teach students to constructively express and control impulses. PK-2 Teaching Calm · It’s completely normal during times like this to feel difficult emotions. Identifying and naming these feelings, as well as learning ways to respond calmly are useful self-management skills that will help. This document shares ways for naming, calming, and reflecting on emotions. 3-5 Calming and Reflecting

· Teen stress can affect their health, behavior, thoughts and feelings. Helping your teen learn to recognize and develop strategies for managing stress in healthy ways can lead to life-long physical and psychological well-being. Here are some strategies for managing stress. 6-12 Coping With Stress

Additional Resources · This resource is to share a Mindfulness resource that promotes our capacity to bring awareness to our everyday experience. Mindfulness_Practices_SEL · Yoga Learning Adventures (Angie Swearingian) New classes will be released each Tuesday and Thursday at 3:45pm on the Yoga Learning Adventures' YouTube channel and Facebook www.youtube.com/c/YogaLearningAdventures · This resource has a variety of ideas and strategies for parents on how to support students and adults. SEL Ideas For Parents

Update from ISAC 4/1/2020

Hey students! ISAC services are still available to you, it will just be done virtually until school resumes. Feel free to call/text/email me. My phone number is 309-370-5216 and email is Emily.Blankenship@illinois.gov. We can also schedule a zoom meeting or FaceTime meeting. I can help with any questions about FAFSA, scholarships, and other miscellaneous topics about college or trade school. Don't hesitate to contact me with any questions.

Attention Seniors: Are you beginning to receive those college award letters? If you answered yes, here is a user friendly broken down explanation of how to interpret the letter. If you have further questions be sure to ask your counselor, we would be happy to assist you. 

Breaking Down Your Award Letter

Congratulations to our 2019-20 National Honor Society Inductees.

2020-21 FAFSA IS NOW OPEN

IF YOU NEED HELP, PLEASE CONTACT THE COUNSELING OFFICE 

Academic, Cultural, Technological, and Scientific Olympics (ACT-SO) 

It is time once again for the local branch of the NAACP and the Arts and Letters Committee of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. to host another year of 

Academic, Cultural, Technological, and Scientific Olympics (ACT-SO) enrichment program.  

We are launching our third season on Saturday morning, 10:30-12:00 at Carver Center with an orientation meeting, explaining all of the benefits of this program.  Regular sessions of bi-monthly programming will begin on January 11.

Each year, we have students who earned gold medals at the local level, advancing to the national level with all expense paid trips to the National ACT-SO competition.  This past summer, one of our student scholars won a silver medal at the National level!  We are again looking forward to working with Peoria's finest students to advance their enhanced educational opportunities.

 If you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact us for more information.

www.naacp.org/act-so/act-so-history

Thank you.

Sharon S. Reed, Chairperson         smsreed1@yahoo.com       

Deloris Turner, Co-Chairperson      deloris.turner37@yahoo.com 

The Guided Pathway Support Program is now accepting applications from the Classes of 2020 and 2021!   The Guided Pathway Support Program (GPS) is a free college access program that empowers African-American high school juniors, seniors, and their parents through the college application process by providing the inspiration and information needed to reach their best-fit colleges.    Direct services through every stage of the college and scholarship application process, such as college essay and resume reviews Scholarship search and application assistance Financial aid & FAFSA counseling Weekly college advising webinars Access to GPS Educational Partner colleges Connect to the Ron Brown Scholar Program leadership community     Eligible applicants must: Identify as African American Have a strong academic record (no minimum GPA requirement) Be a current sophomore or junior in high school Have demonstrated leadership and active involvement at school and/or in the community.   Apply to GPS today at rbsgps.com   Questions? Email GPSprogram@ronbrown.org or call (434) 964-1588

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