Anna C. Scott School

Guidance Support Groups

*A Fun Place To Share & Learn*

Guidance groups are social skills related support groups for the further development of personal, social, and emotional skills.  Groups are grouped by grade and meet once per week during lunchtime or at the end of the school day.  Groups last for 6 to 8 weeks.  Their is a maximum allowance for the groups so they can function in a compfortable manner for all. 

Students come to the guidance room with their lunch to participate in conversations related to a topic.  Videos or storybooks introduce a concept.  Role playing, art projects, journaling, and cooperative games reinforce the strategies discussed and modeled.  Group topics may change based on the population of the groups and topics of importance.

All groups allow for a comfortable setting to exchange feelings and thoughts while developing specific social and/or coping skills.

Students join a group based on teacher or family request.  A guardian must sign a group form allowing the child to participate.

Groups  Fall: October to January        Spring: March to May

STARS (Success Through Acting Responsibly) for kindergarten students needing to learn socially appropriate ways to act in school. 

CANDO Club for first graders needing self-esteem building skills.

LUNCH BUNCH for second and third graders needing self awareness, stress and anger management.

FRIENDS for second and third graders needing friendship building skills.

COOL (Chill Out Open up & Listen) for fourth and fifth graders needing confidence building and social decision making skills.

WONDERS for all grade levels who have had a recent change in the family unit.

Additional Group In The Spring:

YOU GO GIRL! 4th and 5th grade girls needing additional ways to handle social issues during the tween years.