News and Information

 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.

A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.  

~Benjamin Franklin

The Romero Project is revving up at Aspen Creek!  Planning is under way in each CONNECT class to begin a volunteer service learning project!  Students will be designing and participating in a variety of activities to benefit and better the Broomfield community and beyond.  This outreach also serves to honor our  friend, colleague and teacher Mike Romero, who was a role model for community involvement and volunteerism.  From pajamas, to animals, to peer support, great things are happening in our midst!  Ask your student what they've got going on!

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.

Volunteerism/Service Learning!

Teens who volunteer report gaining specific benefits from helping others;

• they learn to respect others
• theylearn to be helpful and kind
• they learn how to get along with and relate to others
• they gain satisfaction from helping others
• they learn to understand peple who are different from them

Separation or Divorce

One of the most difficult aspects of parenting is that you're often called upon to help and comfort your children when you feel least capable of doing so.  This challenge is seldom more painful than when you're going through a separation or divorce.

• Make sure you have enough support from friends, family and others who care about you.  You'll be in better shape to help your children if your own emotional needs are being met.
• Give your children plenty of reassurance; let them know you love them, and try to maintain as much continuity as possible in their lives.  Keep going to their games and school events, and try to eat meals together as much as possible
• Let your children know you're available to talk anytime.  When they do want to talk ,be sure to listen.  Give them your full attention. Remember you can't "fix" their feelings - you can't make the difficult feelings go away.  But you can hear what they have to say and let them know it's important, which is a powerful act of love.
• Avoid the temptation to speak harshly about your former or separated spouse to your children, however angry you may be.  Find  other places to express these feelings- with a friend, a counselor or in a journal.  You'll spare your children a lot of unnecessary pain and confusion if you don't put them in the middle.
• Try to help your adolescents develop supportive relationships with other trusted adults.  Talk to friends, relatives, school counselors, neighbors and people at your place of worship who care about your family.  Ask them to make contact with your children and show their interest and concern.
• Encourage your children to continue to explore their interests and take care of themselves.  resist the temptation to have them take care of you.