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A
Good
morning,
we're
going
to
get
started
very
informally
here
this
morning,
but
thank
you
for
coming.
I'm
christina
wilson,
I'm
the
chair
of
the
guidance
department
and
I
have
with
me
greg
carolla
one
of
the
counselors
and
alison
waye,
our
school
social
worker.
So
we're
all
going
to
talk
to
you
today
and
have
a
discussion,
not
a
presentation,
with
the
exception
of
maybe
what
greg
is
gonna
do.
A
But
you
know
for
as
long
as
I've
been
here
and
before
this
guidance
discussion
group
was
in
in
place
and
it
was
really
came
out
of
a
crisis
that
happened.
You
know
20
something
on
years
ago,
and
people
needed
and
parents
needed
to
get
together
and
hear
from
other
parents
about
ways
to
support
each
other
and
they
needed
to
hear
about
you,
know
the
school
and
what
the
school
was
doing
and
that's
really
where
this
discussion
group
came
from.
A
A
I
strongly
encourage
you
if
you
have
a
view
or
a
perspective
on
something
to
please
jump
in
and
help
out
your
you
know,
fellow
parents,
with
that
we'll
be
looking
for
that
over
the
course
of
the
four
discussion
groups
that
we
have
you
know
this
year
and
to
please
offer
your
perspective
on
that,
because
it's
not
just
our
perspective.
It's
your
perspective
as
parents.
So
just
a
few
things
one,
we
will
have
annoying
announcements
that
are
going
to
happen
at
9
15..
A
and
just
thoughts
and
kind
of
setting
up
kind
of
the
rules
of
engagement
for
our
discussion
is
that
we're
going
to
always
talk
and
listen
in
order
to
be
understood
and
to
understand
others,
and
that's
the
viewpoint
that
we're
coming
from
here
is
that
we're
going
to
have
a
respectful
dialogue.
We
might
not
all
agree
with
each
other.
Of
course,
that
happens
but
to
really
be
just
respectful
and
how
we
discuss
that
with
one
another.
A
So
today,
as
you
can
see
from
our
agenda,
we're
just
going
to
do
a
welcome,
and
you
know
that
was
what
we
just
did.
We're
going
to
have
a
discussion
about
mental
health.
Allison
is
going
to
lead
that
for
us
and
giving
us
a
sense
of
her
role
here
at
byram
hills,
but
then
also
kind
of
just
some
things
that
she's
seeing
on
the
mental
health
front.
I'm
going
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
9th
grade
transition.
I
am
one
of
the
9th
grade
counselors.
A
B
Awesome
so
good
morning
I'm
allison
waye,
I'm
the
school
social
worker.
I
joined
the
byram
hills
community.
Last
january
I
came
to
byram
from
the
new
york
city,
public
schools
and
I
worked
in
the
new
york
city,
public
schools
for
over
17
years,
and
so
I
I've
worked
with
young
people
since
2005,
so
going
on.
20.
C
B
And
I've
worked
with
young
people
around
anything
and
everything
under
the
sun,
and
my
role
here
is
really
to
make
sure
that
they're
successful
in
school.
So
if
there's
something
going
on
in
the
building,
my
office
is
a
space
for
students
to
come
to
to
kind
of
talk
and
feel
comfortable
and
for
me
to
help
support
them
around
whatever
the
issue
is,
if
there's
stuff
going
on
outside
of
school,
my
office
is
a
space
for
students
to
come
to
and
kind
of
talk
about
whatever
it
is.
That's
going
on.
B
I
work
with
students
around
a
lot
of
mental
health
issues,
so
some
of
the
stuff
that
I'm
I'm
seeing
coming
up
is
you
know
the
students
are
overwhelmed.
There's
anxiety,
there's
anxiety,
around
academics,
there's
anxiety
around
social.
You
know
social
interaction,
social
pressures,
that
piece
and
then
there's
just
anxiety
from
the
world
right.
B
B
I'm
also
a
yoga
teacher,
so
one
of
the
things
that's
really
important
to
me
is
mindfulness
and
working
with
students
on
how
to
like
self-regulate,
how
to
pick
up
on
when
my
leg
is
going.
What
does
that
mean?
How
does
that
travel
up
my
body?
How
is
it
hitting
my
heart
and
how
do
when
we
start
feeling
that?
B
B
If
we
need
to
make
referrals
out
and
resources
out
to
the
community,
so
I
I
can
be
like
a
one-stop
shop,
I
think,
of
a
school
social
worker
as
kind
of
like
a
conduit
that
I
can
partner
in
all
of
these
different
spaces
right.
So
if
a
student
needs
a
mental
health
referral
outside,
I
can
help
provide
that
my
role
is
really
to
help
in
school
and
kind
of
be
a
band-aid
around
that.
So,
if
we
need
extra
supports,
I
would
reach
out
to
the
family
and
work
with
the
student
and
family
around
that
piece.
B
I
really
like
to
have
good
relationships
with
families,
and
I
I
have
an
open
policy
around
that
and
I
really
believe
that,
if
we're
sending
the
same
messages
at
school
and
we're
reinforcing
them
at
home,
our
students
will
thrive.
I
have
a
tough
last
name
so
I've
the
students,
call
me
miss
m
and
my
email
is
a-m-u-e-l-l-e.
B
At
byron,
hills.net,
thank
you
and
I'm
in
116b,
I'm
in
that
I
I've
been
meeting
the
freshman
students
and
all
morning
I
keep
telling
them
I'm
across
the
street
from
the
principal
I'm
across
the
hall
from
the
administration
offices.
So
it's
that
first
office
when
you
first
come
down
that
main
hallway.
Thank.
A
A
A
She's
here
to
support
a
student
who
might
have
difficulty
during
the
school
day.
She
might
be
in
touch
with
an
outside
therapist
to
make
sure
that
we're
supporting
the
student
in
the
way
that
they
need
to
be
supported,
and
certainly
if
a
student
is
in
crisis
or
having
a
problem
throughout
the
day,
they
would
go
to
allison
or
obviously
a
counselor.
But
allison
doesn't
conduct
she's.
She
doesn't
take
the
place
of
the
much
needed
therapy
that
might
be
needed
for
a
student
on
the
outside.
A
B
Yeah,
but
I'm
happy
to
partner-
and
I
have
partnered
with
outside
therapists-
to
help
again
like
send
the
same
messages
that
the
therapist
might
be
building
with
a
student
so
that
I
can
help
reinforce
whatever
the
intervention
is
whatever
the
behavioral
management
plan.
Is
I'm
happy
to
support
around
that
piece.
A
Honestly,
this
class
has
been
lovely,
we've
been
pushing
into
the
ninth
grade
classes
into
the
mentor
classes,
to
introduce
ourselves,
hopefully
you're,
hearing
about
that
from
your
child.
Mr
walsh,
was
in
classes.
Yesterday,
the
assistant
principals,
miss
hunt,
kira
hunt,
the
other
ninth
grade
counselor
and
myself.
We're
introducing
ourselves.
Allison
is
going
in
so
this
week
is
really
about
your
child.
A
If
you
have
a
ninth
grade
student,
seeing
all
all
the
people
you
know
who
are
you
know
here
to
run
and
and
support
your
child
in
ninth
grade
some
things
that
are
coming
up.
We
do
have
a
club
fair
on
september
21st,
and
it
is
a
fair
for
all
students
not
just
for
ninth
grade
students,
but
it
is
going
to
be
an
opportunity
for
your
ninth
grader
to
go
and
speak
to
people
who
are
representing
all
the
different
clubs
and
activities
and
just
to
hear
about
it.
Sign
up.
A
If
there's
a
club
or
activity
that
your
child
wants
to
start
and
they
have
a
bunch
of
people
who
are
interested,
they
can
start
their
own
club
or
activity,
and
you
know
that's
certainly
an
option
as
well.
So
if
there's
not
something
that
is
appealing
to
them,
although
I
think
we
probably
have
something
like
40
clubs,
so
chances
are
there's
going
to
be
something
for
them.
So
that's
something
that
we
have
coming
up.
The
the
mentor
program,
as
you
know,
is
ongoing.
A
It's
an
ongoing
support
for
your
child
and
we
will
continue
as
guidance
counselors
school
counselors
to
push
in
specifically
to
the
mentor
classes
to
work
with
your
child.
We
had
them
just
yesterday,
make
sure
that
they
could
still
access
their
naviance
accounts
and
they've
all
taken
personality
assessments
in
eighth
grade.
We
had
them
pull
up
those
personality
assessments
and
read
off.
A
You
know
some
information
as
a
reminder
about
that
assessment
and
we
asked
them
to
start
taking
any
of
the
assessments
that
are
in
there.
It's
not
required,
but
there's
a
bunch
of
resources
in
naviance
that
we
would
love
your
children
to
use.
So
I
think
all
in
all,
we
have
had
a
successful.
Was
this
day
seven.
This.
A
Or
on
day
seven,
so
we
haven't
gone
through
a
full
cycle.
Yet
tomorrow
will
be
the
the
full
cycle
and
I
don't
think
there
are
any
lost.
Ninth
graders
in
the
hallways
they're
all
you
know
they.
The
schedule
is
definitely
challenging
and
they
got
through
that
the
first
few
days
and
they
seem
to
really
know
where
they're
going,
you
know,
really
have
not
had
any
issues
with
a
9th
grade
class.
In
fact,
I
think
that
they're
they're
lively,
they're
fun.
A
I
think
every
one
of
them
that
I
talk
to
they're
like
there's
so
much
freedom
in
the
high
school,
and
so
I
always
like
to
say
there
is
but
there's
the
support
here.
If
you
need
it,
but
we're
also
going
to
give
you
that
opportunity
to
experience
that
freedom
to
do
some
things
on
your
on
your
own
first
and
foremost,
and
ask
for
help.
A
C
That's
relatively
brand
new,
it's
called
our
school
counseling
advance
website.
I
remember
a
couple
years
ago
when
the
pandemic
was
raging
and
everybody
was
in
mass
and
the
students
were
learning
from
home
remotely
we
decided
as
a
department
that
we
needed
to
re-imagine
how
we
were
delivering
our
college
counseling
services.
So
we
put
a
lot
of
our
college
counseling
nuts
and
bolts
and
to-do
lists
onto
a
website.
We
call
it
the
college
counseling
website.
It
only
had
about
six
pages.
C
So
a
couple
years
ago
we
sort
of
dipped
our
toe
in
the
pool,
and
we
figured
that
we
needed
to
reimagine
how
we
were
offering
our
services
and
tools
online
and
since
then,
we've
wanted
to
expand
what
we
offer.
So
we
created
this
website
called
the
advanced
website.
So
what
I'd
like
to
do
for
just
a
few
minutes
is
take
you
through
some
of
the
tabs
and
as
I'm
doing
that
maybe
you're
thinking
about
your
son,
your
daughter
and
how
this
might
apply
to
them
over
the
years.
C
C
One
of
the
tabs
I'll
bring
to
your
attention
is
called
college
rep
visits.
We
have
over
a
hundred
colleges
coming
in
the
fall
they
started
on
monday.
The
seniors
are
starting
to
sign
up
and
see
the
reps
as
they
come
to
the
building
they're
back
in
the
building.
Now,
only
a
few
are
still
doing
it
virtually,
but
most
of
the
college
visits
now
are
in
person,
which
is
great
I'll,
also
mention
our
application
clinic.
C
This
is
something
we've
done
for
the
last
couple
of
years.
Application
clinics
are
small
workshops
that
we
offer
during
the
months
of
september
and
october,
where
seniors
can
come
in
and
get
lots
of,
help
on
their
common
app
and
their
naviance.
This
is
in
addition
to
knocking
on
the
counselor's
door,
which
happens
all
the
time.
In
the
fall
saying.
I
have
a
question
about
my
common
app.
I
have
a
question
about
naviance.
C
I
have
a
question
about
submitting
transcripts
letters
of
recommendation,
so
we
like
to
provide
that
one-on-one
support,
and
then
we
also
have
these
application
clinics.
Something
we've
added
in
the
last
couple
in
the
last
couple
of
years
and
there's
obviously
more
that
we
can
go
on,
but
for
the
sake
of
time
I
just
want
to
give
you
the
highlights.
C
A
C
Really
more
for
the
seniors
thinking
more
about
juniors,
sophomores
and
thinking
about
this
theme
of
expanding
our
website,
expanding
our
counseling
services,
our
delivery
of
services.
What
can
we
do
when
the
students
be
for
students
before
their
seniors
to
talk
about
the
college
search
process?
How
can
we
make
that
a
more
robust
process
for
students
and
families?
C
So
we
created
some
resources
because
we
want
students
to
be
able
to
do
this
online
by
themselves
with
their
counselor.
One
of
the
themes
I
talk
to
students
a
lot
about
is
this
best
for
which,
if
you're
interested
in
computer
science
or
nursing
or
engineering,
what
are
some
of
those
schools
that
are
best
for
those
programs,
and
we
talk
about
that
and
we
discuss
that
and
we
look
at
the
resources
on
this
site.
C
C
So
it
could
be
a
freshman
student
working
with
mrs
wilson
or
miss
hunt
or
a
sophomore
working
with
the
counselor
of
some
of
the
other
counselors
who
articulates
the
desire
to
pursue
business.
Let's
make
a
plan,
let's
think
about
what
are
the
math
courses
you're
going
to
have
to
take?
Are
you
going
to
get
to
that
precalc
level
which
business
schools
are
going
to
want?
What
are
some
elective
courses
that
you
might
want
to
take?
C
What's
some
of
the
planning
we're
going
to
do
over
the
next
couple
years,
we're
trying
to
dovetail
a
student's
academic
interest
with
the
college
planning
interest
and,
of
course,
colleges
as
well?
That's
sort
of
that
best
for
not
that
that
list
is
exhaustive,
but
if
a
student
says
I'm
interested
in
the
kelly
school
of
business
at
indiana
or
the
ross
school
of
business
at
michigan,
let's
dig
into
that.
Let's,
let's
take
a
granular
granular.
Look
at
that.
C
Let's
look
at
past
students
who
are
accepted,
that's
the
level
of
of
service
that
we
want
to
provide,
and
we
want
this
site
to
be
more
than
just
college
and
career.
It's
expanding!
It's
growing.
Like
I
said
two
years
ago
we
had
about
six
pages.
Now
we
have
over
33
pages,
so
we
want
to.
We
want
this
project
to
grow
over
the
years,
help
kids,
with
topics
such
as
community
service,
job
opportunities,
extracurriculars,
etc,
etc,
and
I
just
want
to
bring
up
two
more
pages
that
I
think
are
really
really
cool.
C
We
have
a
page
for
pre-college
and
summer
programs.
It's
something
that
freshmen
sophomores
and
juniors
can
look
at
a
lot
of
high
school
guidance
departments.
They
just
give
you
links
this
was
this
was
a
lot
of
work
for
us.
We
really
wanted
to
create
something
that
was
germane
to
our
students
and
specific
to
the
kids
of
byram.
So
one
of
the
counselors
put
together
this
resource
about
summer
opportunities
and
it
speaks
to
all
the
different
opportunities
that
are
out
there
at
different
colleges.
C
So
we
might
know
that
you
know
if
this
is
something
I've
spoke
to
students
and
families
about
for
years,
greg
what
are
some
of
the
summer
programs
that
are
out
there.
I
know
well,
georgetown
has
a
great
program
on
international
relations
and
bu
has
a
great
program
on
writing.
Now.
I
have
this
incredible
resource
that
sorts
out
all
the
different
programs
and
links
to
those
programs,
and
does
it
also
by
content
area.
So
whether
your
interest
is
visual
arts
or
business
or
international
relations,
etc,
etc.
C
So
it's
a
really
cool
resource
that
I
hope
that
you
take
a
look
at
gary
mccarthy.
Put
this
together
and
again,
I
think
about
my
experience
as
a
counselor
over
the
years
a
student
will
a
family
will
say
to
me.
My
son
or
daughter,
has
an
iep
I'm
worried
when
they
go
to
college.
What
will
that
support?
C
Look
like
and
again
I
would
say:
well,
here's
here's
the
best
book
and
here's
a
few
schools
that
I
know
about,
but
kudos
to
mr
mccarthy,
who
put
this
site
together
about
some
of
the
best
programs
that
are
out
there
in
the
college
at
the
colleges
and
he
sorted
it
by
state
and
he
provided
the
links
and
for
students
on
the
autism
spectrum.
He
highlighted
those
programs
as
well
so
just
a
really
cool
resource
that
we
that
we've
been
able
to
add.
C
So
thanks
for
giving
me
a
few
minutes
to
highlight
this,
this
this
brand
new
tool
and
what
what
is
nafion's
naviance
is
a
software.
It's
a
college
and
career
software
that
all
students
at
byron
have
access
to
and
really
the
kids
of
buyer
use
it
most
mostly
on
the
college
side.
They
use
it
to
create
a
list
of
colleges,
they
use
it
when
they
sit
with
their
counselor
and
they
request
transcripts
letters
of
recommendation.
C
C
A
Also,
there's
also
a
part
of
naviance:
we've
started
to
use
naviance
in
eighth
grade,
so
in
eighth
grade
they
get
logged
on
to
naviance,
because
there
are
personality
assessments,
strengths
assessments,
career
college,
career
and
life,
readiness
assessments
and
also
exploration.
That
happens.
We're
trying
to
get
students
used
to
it
much
earlier
and
then
throughout
9th
10th
and
11th
grade
they're
building
their
resume.
They
can
be
adding
colleges
at
this
point.
They
could
be
taking
more
assessments.
A
A
C
Just
wanted
to
add:
I'm
really
glad
that
you
that
you
mentioned
that
the
process
has
to
be
student-centered
and
not
college-centered.
So
as
counselors
we
want
the
child
as
they're
thinking
about
college
and
exploring
this.
The
goal
should
be
happy
healthy
and
whole,
and
not
I
have
to
get
to
this
college.
C
B
And
I've
had
an
opportunity
to
partner
with
the
guidance
counselors
around
students
who
are
experiencing
stress
and
anxiety
around
the
application
process,
and
I
talked
to
them
about
this
concept
of
like
do.
We
want
to
go
to
college
and
survive,
or
do
we
want
to
go
to
college
and
thrive,
and
so
we
want
to,
and
it's
you
know
it
partners
with
that
idea
of
like
we're.
Looking
at
the
student
holistically,
we're
looking
at
the
student
we're
starting
with
the
student
of
like
what
are
you
interested
in?
What
are
you
gonna
like?
B
What
are
you
gonna?
Where
are
you
gonna
thrive
right,
because
no
one
will
I'm
sure,
as
parents
also,
we
don't
want
to
feel
like
my
my
child's
just
surviving
at
college
right.
We
want.
This
is
an
opportunity
for
young
people
to
thrive
and
so
that
that's
the
layer
I
can
provide
when
the
anxiety
around
the
college
piece
starts
bubbling
up.
A
We
just
have
really
struggled
to
know
how
to
do
that.
I
think
the
advance
website
is
our
first
step
in
in
doing
that,
and
we,
we
hope
to
kind
of
solicit
some
more
information
about
what
what
other
resources,
what
other
information
are
parents?
Looking
for
that,
you
feel
like
it's
hard
to
find
and
is
that
something
that
we
can
get.
Is
that
something
that
we
can
provide
for
you?
A
A
We
didn't
even
have
that
level
of
transparency,
so
we're
trying
to
do
that,
but
we're
also
very
committed,
obviously
to
maintaining
the
confidentiality
of
our
students
in
this
process.
It's
our
utmost
concern.
So
if
there's
something
that
we
can't
do
we're
going
to
talk
to
you
about
why
we
can't
do
it,
but
I
think
greg's
point
is
well
taken.
A
A
Well,
I
hope
you
enjoyed
this.
This
is
kind
of
going
to
be
the
setup
for
these
discussions.
I
hope
you'll
come
back
and
again,
if
there's
a
topic
that
you
know
and
I'm
definitely
hearing
that
executive
function,
time
management
might
be.
You
know
something
to
look
into
in
the
future,
for
us
as
parents
or
for
you,
as
parents,
but
also
just
speaking
with
chris
walsh,
and
making
sure
that
we're
really
doing
enough
for
our
students
in
in
this
regard.