School Counseling / Ms. Foley

Ms. Foley

Welcome Back Students and Parents

My name is Ellen Foley and I am one of the School Counselors

at Liberty Elementary. For the 2012-2013 school year, I will be working with Second Grade, Third Grade and Fifth Grade.

I am very excited to be working at Liberty. This is my sixth year as a School Counselor with Loudoun County Public Schools. Before working in Loudoun County, I worked in Montgomery County public schools with special needs students.

I will be going into the classrooms every other week for Guidance lessons.

Students can ask to see me any time by filling out a “self-referral” form which is in their classroom. They may fill this out and drop it in the white mailbox by my office door. Typically students come to see me if there is anything they need to talk to me about that seems to be getting in the way of them feeling happy and/or successful.

Topics we will be covering this year will be:
respect, responsibility, caring, cooperation, problem solving techniques, bullying, honesty, citizenship, conflict resolution, tattling vs. reporting, solving conflicts, careers, as well as many others.

In the fall a letter goes home to parents regarding lunch bunch groups. Groups will be held for 6 weeks, 30 minutes at a time. Parents must sign a permission form in order for their child to participate in a group.

Some of the topics for groups will be.

1. Self-esteem,
2. Problem-Solving~handling angry feelings,

3. Organization and study skills,
4. Friendships, and
5. Changing Families.
Specific information about groups go home in the fall.

I am excited to be working with all the students at Liberty and am looking forward to an exciting year! If you have any questions or concerns, you may email me at ellen.koch@lcps.org.