Counselors' Corner

Welcome to Groveton ISD's Counselors' Corner! We now have three official counselors on campus. Click on the campus at the bottom of the page to view information for each individual campus. 

 

School Counselors

High School CounselorKrystle Pagekpage@grovetonisd.net
Jr High CounselorLina Snyderlsnyder@grovetonisd.net
Elementary CounselorMona McDaniel mmcdaniel@grovetonisd.net

 

Progress towards goal in CCMR

What is the role of a school counselor? 

School counselors help all students:

  • apply academic achievement strategies
  • manage emotions and apply interpersonal skills
  • plan for postsecondary options

Appropriate duties of a school counselor include providing:

  • individual student academic planning and goal setting
  • school counseling classroom lessons
  • short-term counseling for students
  • referrals for long-term support
  • collaboration with familes/teachers/administration/community for student success

For more information, please view the  ASCA School Counselor Role Statement

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Homelessness

A student is considered "homeless" if any one of these situations applies:

  • You are staying in a home that is not yours or your parent's (or legal guardian's) because you had to leave your home
  • You are in an unstable living situation, without a safe or steady home
  • You are sleeping in a motel, car, tent, abandoned building, or public place
  • You are staying in a shelter or transitional living program OR
  • You are in foster care

If you fit this description, more information on your rights as a homeless youth in Texas can be found at the following links:

Youth Rights- Unaccompanied Homeless Youth

Obtaining a Birth Certificate, Driver's License, or ID

McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act

(TEA's McKinney-Vento information site has been under construction so if the above link isn't working try ESC VI McKinney-Vento Act Information)

For more assistance or if you have any questions, please contact Krystle Page at kpage@grovetonisd.net or 936-642-1473 ext 8119. 

Testing

Testing Transparency - Title 1, Part A Recipients (20 U.S.C. § 6312(e)(2)(B))

Requires school districts that receive Title 1, Part A funds to post on the website of each school served information on each assessment required by the state to comply with 20 U.S.C. 6311, other assessments required by the state, and assessments required district-wide.

The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) program, which was implemented in spring 2012, includes annual assessments for
  • reading and mathematics, grades 3-8
  • writing at grades 4 and 7
  • science at grades 5 and 8
  • social studies at grade 8
  • end-of-course (EOC) assessments for English I, English II, Algebra I, Biology and U.S History.
The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, commonly referred to as its acronym STAAR, are a series of state-mandated standardized tests used in Texas public primary and secondary schools to assess a student's achievements and knowledge learned in the grade level. It tests curriculum taught from the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, which in turn is taught by public schools.
TEA designed the Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS) to assess the progress that limited English proficient (LEP) students make in learning the English language.
  • TELPAS grades K-12 assesses progress of limited English proficient students (LEP)
Classroom assessments are short tests administered throughout the school year that give teachers immediate feedback on how students are meeting academic standards. Regular use of classroom assessments is seen by many as a tool to measure student growth and design curriculum to meet individual learning needs.

Counselor Pages by Campus

High School
Jr. High
Elementary