counseling

OUR LEARNERS' SUPPORT SYSTEM

What do our counselors do?

A student-centered Program

Counselors look after the well-being of learners. They support:

academic growth,
social-emotional growth,
career achievement through evidence-based lessons, activities, and support services.

Elementary SCHOOL

Middle SCHOOL

High SCHOOL

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PROGRAM

Counselors collaborate and consult with families and teachers to foster child success.

Counselors act as advocates for all students.
Prevention and intervention programs to address the needs of all learners.
Provide a safe learning environment and work to safeguard all members of the school community.
Administer classroom, small group and individual interventions through the Counseling Program.
Coordinate Transition Groups for students and parents.
Organize a Parenting Group.

MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM

Lincoln’s Middle School Counseling Program works closely with teachers, parents, and students to both plan activities for all and to meet the individual needs of students.

Advisory lessons and activities related to Lincoln Character Traits (open, fair, reflective, compassionate, resilient, committed to integrity).
Small group work (social skills, emotional management, student success skills).
Individual meetings with students to support success.
Collaboration and consultation meetings with teachers and parents to support individual student success.
Parent education and support workshops.
Sponsor of school clubs and after school activities for students: Leadership Development; Student Council.
Coordinate school-wide initiatives and activities: World Kindness Day, Mix It Up at Lunch Day, Cultural Diversity Day.
Safeguarding and crisis intervention.

Special focus is placed on organization and study habits, identity development, diversity and inclusion, and self-advocacy.

HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM

Assigned during freshman year, counselors remain with students for their whole high school years, developing a personal relationship in order to more effectively advise and guide them.

The counselors work with the students starting in tenth grade to plan for their post-Lincoln education, guiding them and their families through the processes of college search, college application and matriculation from Lincoln.

Individual counseling as well as classroom and small group interventions
Working with parents and teachers to strategize best ways forward according to the needs of the student
Sessions on career and college planning (students and parents)
Academic advising and scheduling
Designing and helping to implement sessions on social and emotional learning through advisory
Reviewing applications for admission and assisting students and families through the transition of entering Lincoln
Safeguarding and Crisis Intervention which includes sessions for students on staying safe in risky situations and in daily life, consistent training of teachers and staff on safeguarding best practices, and intervening when there is a safeguarding concern.

OUR COUNSELING TEAM ALSO OFFERS:

Transition Groups & Programs

1stFriend program: counselors support getting to know other students.
Students leaving Lincoln meet with counselors to help them experience a smooth transition.

COMPREHENSIVE PARENTING GROUP

Each semester, we organize a comprehensive parenting group for people with children ages 5-12, using interactive material from Active Parenting 4th edition.

Transition Meetings for families

We meet with families joining or leaving our community to talk about topics surrounding this transition, such as raising children outside of one’s ‘home culture’ and emotions during a transition.

Parent Coffees & meetings

Families are invited each month to discuss pertinent topics according to the time of year, as well as Sessions on Special Topics.

UNIVERSITY FAIRS

Lincoln hosts visits from colleges and universities from across the globe each year.

CAREER FAIRS

Every year, the Career Fair brings in professionals from various career fields to speak to students in small groups about their careers and how they entered their fields

Are you a university and want to visit?

To schedule a visit to Lincoln, please contact our counselors secretary Ángeles Sarquis.

CONTACT

A SAFE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

Lincoln's Counseling Program works to safeguard the rights of all members of the school community, fostering a welcoming, inclusive school climate that prioritizes student dignity and culture.

Our counselors address the needs of all students through prevention and intervention programs that are part of a comprehensive school counseling curriculum, based on the International School Counselor Association's (ISCA) International Model for School Counseling Programs.

READ THE SAFEGUARDING HANDBOOK