I'm thrilled to be joining the counseling team at Newport Mesa! Very excited for the year ahead! 😃

My Mood Meter is set to Yellow (excited, energized) to a be counselor at Newport-Mesa USD school sites implementing RULER. It’s going to be an amazing year! #elementarycounseling #SEL

Who else is feeling inspired by supporting student wellness at #smwc5? 🤩

My admin just stopped me to share that a mom stopped by grateful for the time I spent with her daughter yesterday. She said that it’s the first time she didn’t come to school dressed all in black, and seemed so much happier. The power of student connection! #schoolcounseling

Wearing a mask did not kill any student in school today, a gun did.

Biscuits with the team! 🎅🏻😊🎄#believe #tedlasso

Thanks Canva, they thought these were real!eTix just aren't very fun.

RT if you personally know someone with Covid right now.

If you didn’t support voting rights this week, don’t be quoting MLK next week.

Happy #NationalSchoolCounselorWeek! Thank you to our compassionate and dedicated #NMUSD counselors; we are so grateful for everything you do to support students to achieve academic success and social-emotional balance in life!

Like you, I am thinking about innocent people in the Ukraine, Russian protestors, & others facing violence. Peace is the only way.

Feeling excited and inspired listening to @marcbrackett ‘s keynote at #ruler2022 #beanunclemarvin.

Not Completely new for those of us in education, but interesting takes on the impact of the pandemic on schools. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thi…

Charter schools and private schools aren’t required to admit every child. They aren’t required to have a SpEd program or make accommodations. Public schools are required to accept every child and meet their needs…defunding public schools threatens the most vulnerable kids.

I ❤️ my job. Feeling appreciated 🥹

Next week's virtual parent education for features Stephanie Cariker, licensed clinical social worker at the Hoag Mental Health Center, sharing practical tools to help adults and children as they face difficult emotions. Register today: bit.ly/3Jb9G4m #NMUSDmentalhealth

This is amazing 🤯

These are elementary school children who woke up this morning. Who ate their favorite cereal. Who tied their shoes in double knots. Who laughed with friends on the bus. Now more than a dozen are dead. This isn’t normal. It doesn’t have to be this way. It can’t keep being this way

Kicking off the year with a SEL-ebration featuring @marcbrackett as keynote speaker. #nmusd #BeAnEmotionScientist

It was so great to have Dr. @marcbrackett as our keynote speaker today for our NMUSD SEL-ebration! #BeAnUncleMarvin