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 The vision for Boulder Valley School District Counselors is to optimize school success for all students in the academic, career, and personal/social domains.  This will be accomplished through a Comprehensive School Counseling Program.  Therefore, a counselor's role will be:

• To provide curriculum in the areas of academic success, career development, and life skills.
• To teach, promote, and model the New Century Graduate skills.
• To advocate for all students.
• To promote district and school goals such as achievement, cultural diversity, equity, and school safety.

The door of opportunity won't open unless you do some pushing.

~Anonymous

We are well into trimester one here at Aspen Creek. 

All Students in 6th, 7th and 8th grade have established goals for the year with regard to their future.  They've thought about this in terms of extra curricular activity, personal social growth and academic progress as they relate to life after high school.  Later we will explore the College in Colorado website and delve deeper into careers and post secondary options. - Stay tuned!

**Please note - There is a link to College in Colorado at the bottom of this page - Cruise around in this fabulous website and try it out!

I pledge from this day forward to do my best to interrupt prejudice and to stop those who, because of hate, would hurt, harass, or violate the civil rights of anyone.  I will try at all times to be aware of my own biases against people who are different from myself.  I will ask questions about cultures, religions and races that I don't understand.  I will speak out against anyone who mocks, seeks to intimidate, or actually hurts someone of a different race, religion, ethnic group, or sexual orientation.  I will reach out to support those who are targets of harassment.  I will think about specific ways my school, other students, and my community can promote respect for people and create a predjudice-free zone.  I firmly believe that one person can make a difference and that no person can be an "innocent bystander" when it comes to opposing hate.

 Communication

Our focus is on understanding others and being understood.  We will be participating in discussions and activities centered on the many ways in which we communicate,  listening to what people are not saying, taking the time to consider other's points of view, and how to hone our communication skills so we can be more effective in school and the future workplace.

Did you know that only 7% of communication is done with the words we use?

Please Listen

When I ask you to listen and you start giving me advice, you have not done what I asked.

When I ask you to listen and you begin to tell me why I shouldn't feel that way, you are trampling on my feelings.

When I ask you to listen and you feel you have to do something to solve my problem, you have failed me, strange as it may seem.

Listen, All I ask is that you listen.

Don't talk or do.  Just hear me.

Communicating More Effectively With Your teen

When you use a problem solving approach in communicating with your teen, they're more likely to try the same approach with you....

Tips for Communicating in a positive way and working it out together !

• Step one - Invite your teen to give his point of view   

• Step two -State your point of view

• Step three - Invite your teen to brainstorm with you

• Step four - Write down all ideas, silly or sensible without evaluating

• Step five - Review your lists. Decide which ideas you can both agree to and how to put them into action