Counselor's Corner
Harmony Elementary School Counseling Mission Statement
The mission of the Harmony Elementary School Counseling Program is to provide all students with equal access to a data-driven comprehensive school counseling program that fosters a culture of universal achievement and promotes the success of academic, career, and social/emotional goals of all students through the use of data-driven decision-making and targeted evidence-based programs and practices.
Mission, Vision, Beliefs
Harmony Elementary School Counseling Mission Statement
The mission of the Harmony Elementary School Counseling Program is to provide all students with equal access to a data-driven comprehensive school counseling program that fosters a culture of universal achievement and promotes the success of
academic, career, and social/emotional goals of all students through the use of data driven decision-making and targeted evidence-based programs and practices.
Harmony Elementary School Counseling Vision Statement
Harmony Elementary School’s Counseling Program will empower students to achieve educational goals in order to be college and career ready in the 21st century.
Harmony Elementary Counseling Program will realize success when:
All students believe they are capable of learning and achieving success.
All students can recognize and apply their strengths to overcome barriers to success.
All students can identify positive relationships with adults whom they can seek out for help.
All students have support from educational stakeholders including staff, parents, and community.
All students promote a safe, orderly, supportive, and positive school environment.All students are prepared with 21st century skills to be successful in all aspects of life, college, and career.
Harmony Elementary School Counseling Beliefs
All students have value and worth.
All students have the right to equal access to comprehensive school counseling services that promote academic achievement, social/emotional growth, and career development.
All students learn best when parents, staff, and community work together to support students in becoming lifelong learners.
All students have the right to a safe, orderly, and supportive and positive school environment.
School counselor advocates for the academic, career, and social/emotional needs of every student.
School counselor collaborates with educational stakeholders to increase equity and access to opportunity.
School counselor delivers a proactive and evolving school counseling program aligned with the American School Counselor Association National Model.
The comprehensive school counseling program utilizes needs assessments, evidence-based programs, and evolves through data-analysis of outcomes in order to meet student's academic, career, and social/emotional needs.
The comprehensive school counseling program abides by the American School Counselor Association ethical standards.
About me
Mr. Ramirez has been a school counselor for eight years. This is his fifth year as the school counselor at Harmony Elementary. Mr. Ramirez attended school in Hemet Unified School District and is a graduate of West Valley High School. Mr. Ramirez started his college journey at Mt. San Jacinto Community College where he earned Associate Degrees in Arts, Humanities, Behavioral Science, and Mathematics. He earned his Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Washington State University. After working as a youth outreach counselor for three years, he earned his Master’s Degree in School Counseling and started working for Hemet Unified School District.
Services
Harmony Elementary offers a wide variety of counseling services that are available for your child. Small support groups as well as individual counseling sessions are available for students at Harmony Elementary School.
Our goal is to serve students and their parents with interventions focused on social skill development, conflict resolution, and other counseling related services to promote academic and social emotional success.
The Elementary Counselor’s Role in helping support a Safe and Positive School Climate include but are not limited to:
• PATTS (Peaceful Alternatives to Tough Situations) Groups
• Girl Empowerment groups
• Grief Counseling
• Life Skills/Social Skills
• Peace Patrol Program
• Conflict Mediation
• Individual Counseling
• Special groups as needed
PATTS - helps children learn nonviolent conflict resolution skills, demonstrate more forgiveness in conflict situations and take responsibility for their choices and behavior.
Students will learn:
• Expressing Emotions & Seeking Support
• Anger Cues & Ways to Calm Down
• Responsibility & Self Control
• Soothing & Stinking Thinking
• Positive Ways to Handle Conflicts
• Forgiveness
• Peer Refusal Skills
Life Skills/Social Skills– helps increase self-esteem, develop healthy attitudes, and improve their knowledge of essential life skills – all of which promote healthy and positive personal development.
Personal Self-Management Skills: Students develop skills that enhance self-esteem, develop problem-solving skills, help them reduce stress and anxiety, and manage anger.
General Social Skills: Students gain skills to meet personal challenges such as overcoming shyness, communicating clearly, building relationships, and avoiding violence.
Contact Information
951-791-1830
1500 S. Cawston Ave. Hemet, CA 92545
