Ms. Muñoz: School Counselor

Email: [email protected]
Website: https://wright.emcsd.org/
Phone: (626) 575-2333

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"When you are kind to others, it not only changes you. It changes the world"

- Rabbi Harold Kushner

January

In January, we launched our Viking Venmo store, celebrated Lunar New Year, sent out a parent survey and began Giving Every Moment Crafting Club! The Viking Venmo store is full of all different kinds of goodies students can purchase by earning Viking Venmo though showing one of our 7 habits for healthy kids. For Lunar New Year, ALL of our students were provided red envelopes with a red Viking Venmo inside. They were also encouraged to participate in our Lunar New Year spirit day where they can dress in either red or traditional New Year clothing. Shout out to all of my Dragons out there. This is your year! (Link Below to Learn more About Lunar New Year)

February

In February, we celebrated National School Counselor Week, Kindness Week, and Black History Month! For National School Counselor Week, students were encouraged to write a thank you/words of appreciation for their school counselor.....ME!😍 I certainly felt the love.

Kindness Week focused on being kind to others and ourselves. Being kind has a ripple effect, like tossing a stone in still water. With one stone, just like one act of kindness, it has the ability to make positive waves beyond ourselves.

Happy Black History Month! You can celebrate BHM in many different ways, including learning more about the history of the African American community, supporting Black businesses, and being kind to all. A great resource can be the Smithsonian Museum. (Link Below)

I am very appreciative to all who signed my posters, thanked me for being their counselor, and acknowledged my hard work this year. In this job, I wear many many hats, from excellent listener to personal hype woman. I am always and will always cheer our students on as they figure out who they are, what they like, and where they can grow. As a counselor, I assist students with their academic, college/career, and social/emotional goals. This can range from wanting to learn more about how to manage time, all the way to practicing a healthy coping skill. I am here and dedicated to the whole child.

If you would like to take the time to learn a bit more about what school counselors do, feel free to CLICK HERE.

Giving Every Moment Crafting Club, otherwise known as GEM's, is a club that was offered to ALL students during their lunch three days out of the week, for up to 30 students each grade span (1-3, 4-6, 7/8). The purpose of this club is to teach students service skills, leadership, empathy, and healthy coping. All of our items are created with someone in mind. Currently, our littles are tying together quilts, and our bigger kids are learning to crochet beanies and neck warmers. In partnership with the Jeff Seymour Family Center, our cozy items will be donated to those in need.

All students made a pledge to be more kind to each other and themselves. Each were given a heart shaped paper where they could decorate with their names, kind words, stickers, and images. With the help of PTA, we were able to build a masterpiece in the front of the school stating the phrase, "Be Kind." Despite rainstorms and harsh cold, these words still stand! How powerful is that? Make sure to stop by the front of the school and check out our awesome art display.

Students were invited to come join during their recess and make bracelets for someone special. As you can see, many of our students had lots of fun with the beads, creating phrases, names, and putting together their favorite colors. This event is always a popular one!

During Kindergarten recess, students were invited to draw and play with chalk while some of their favorite music played in the background. During this event, I learned many of our littles are fantastic artists, while others were master tic tac toe players. To quote one of the students, "THIS IS THE BEST DAY EVER!"

This has to be one of my favorite and most popular events yet! Students were each given a canvas to create fun finger stamp art painting. Many were encouraged to create a canvas that showed something positive in their lives, whether that be friendship, family, learning, or hobbies. As you can see, our Wright students are very talented! You can find more photos from our events down below.

Mrs. Park - 1st Grade

Mr. Thay - 5th Grade

Mrs. Hall - 8th Grade

Last Month, we received over 70 responses for our parent survey, which asked parents what services they were wanting to see happen within this school year. I encourage each of you to continue to voice your opinions and needs for the wellbeing of our students. The survey has been given to every stakeholder within the school and each are taking proactive steps forward to try and make many of these wishes come true. Below is what we learned.

A special thank you to PTA who helped set up, work, and take down all of our Kindness Week events. You were an essential key to why our events went so smoothly and had huge turnouts. Thank you so much!