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The role of a school counselor is complex and multidimensional. It is often the one role that is ambiguously defined yet extremely impactful. School counselors are responsible for addressing the academic, career and personal/social development of students. 

This website highlights the unique contributions of school counselors. Follow the links below to learn more about the academic, civic and service learning projects of GCS school counselors.

Counselor Contributions:

• GCS Asks Community to Raise Schools Up in 2012
  Article features Leslie Keller, school counselor from High Point Central High

• Grants Awarded to Lisa Pegram, School Counselor at Jesse Wharton for Character Education 

• Counselor Wins Grant for Students of the Quarter
  Article features Patricia Taylor, school counselor from Washington Montessori
  
  
• From the Students' Perspective
  Features students from Jamestown Middle and GCS school counselors
  
  
• Shadybrook Elementary Students Make a Difference
  Projects led by counselor Terra Roy
  
  
• Student Council Project Teaches about Foster Care
  Project led by counselor Elizabeth Brown
  
  
• GCS Targets Bullying at Early Age
  Article features Vandalia Elementary counselor Kelly Ingram
  
  
• Oprah's "O" Ambassadors and Vandalia Elementary
  Project let by school counselor Kelly Ingram
  
  
• Vandalia Elementary's Cougars Care Club
  
  
• Transition to High School
  Video by school counselor Brent Irwin

Publications:

• Young Ladies of Destiny
  Article by school counselor Patricia Washington
  
  
• Grieving Lessons in Any Language
  Article by Dr. Karen Meadows, supervisor of K-8 counseling
  
  
• Dealing With Difference During Supervision
  Article by school counselor Cory Notestine
  
  
• The Trouble with Boys: A Surprising Report Card on Our Sons, Their Problems at School and What Parents and Educators Must Do
  Article by former GCS school counselor Stephen Kennedy
  
  
• RAMP Matters
  Article by school counselor Cory Notestine
  
  
• Bulletin Boards That Make an Impact
  Article by school counselor Dena Parson
  
  
• Career Preparation in a Difficult Market
  Article by school counselor Cory Notestine

Governing Roles:

• Dena Parson, Middle Level Chair, North Carolina School Counselor Association
  
  
• Cory Notestine, Treasurer, North Carolina School Counselor Association
  
  
• Dr. Karen Meadows, District Supervisor Liaison, North Carolina Counselor Association
  
  
• Stephen Kennedy, former GCS school counselor, serves on the executive board of the North Carolina School Counselor Association

Media Clips

• GCS Students Send Packages to Troops
  
  
• Grimsley Student Wins Career Fair Business Contest