Counseling Office Intern

We would like to extend a warm welcome to our new counseling office intern, Yetunde Rotimi. Ms. Rotimi is a graduate of Michigan State and is completing her Master's in School Counseling at Western. She has years of experience working in Grand Rapids Public Schools as an after-school program coordinator, substitute teacher, and youth advocate. We are very excited to have her working with us in Lowell for the next couple of months.

Anti-Bullying/Respect Lesson

The counselors will be visiting the 6th grade science classrooms this week to present a lesson on anti-bullying and respect. We will be in Mr. Lake's room on Tuesday and Mrs. Walters' room on Wednesday. Students will be hearing about the different types of bullying, learn about why people bully, and be given strategies for dealing with and reporting bullying. We will also discuss how the students can take responsibility to make LMS a positive place, filled with people who show respect for each other. Please ask your 6th grader what they learned this week and help facilitate even more good discussion about this very important topic.

The STARS program was a big success again this year. We wrapped up with our last session before winter break. Wonderful friendships were formed, and helpful tools were given for the girls to move forward and make positive choices in their lives. We will have a reunion for all of the STARS girls sometime in the spring!