Today a student hugged me after her mediation with another peer. To watch students leave my office feeling more relieved and hopeful is so rewarding. We are always working on peace and respect!

4 trophies and 2 individual medals!! Our 8th grade band and choir came home from Music in the Parks with so much to celebrate!! After a day at Dorney Park I on the other hand cannot wait for a heating pad and foot massager!

Mental Health Awareness Week.

About 2 times a year I teach a “guidance lesson” and EVERY TIME I leave those classes thinking there is no way I could teach 6 periods a day, 184 days a year. Teaching truly is a super power for only the most special of people. Thank you teachers! Especially my WRMS coworkers ❤️

Getting that ✨ September first day of school excitement ✨ in May! Can’t wait to see these students walk through the halls of WRMS as 6th graders!

This weekend @ComfortZoneCamp we used @bretteldredge song Where The Light Meets The Sea at our bonfire to remember all our loved ones who passed away. This song touched one girl’s heart so much she used it to honor her grief at memorial service in front of friends and family. 💞

Navy SEALs have a saying. You may find it helpful. When something sucks, they look at each other and say: "FULL BENEFIT" It’s an instant mindset shift. • Hiking and it starts pouring rain? • Driving and your car breaks down? • Working on a project and lost a draft? FULL BENEFIT. *** LESSON: Adversity is an opportunity The message is simple. Every adversity is an opportunity. • To grow • To learn • To evolve • To get stronger • To become better These moments forge us if we let them. The next time you're facing something hard, welcome it. Work through the process. Learn the lessons. Reap the full benefit. *** Follow @TMitrosilis for more content like this.

Today our Advisory groups celebrated Happy Day! The winner of our day takes home a trophy for their collaboration and team work! The winners will hold the trophy until next year! 🏆

Westwood was proud to host the Bergen County K-8 School Counselor meeting. Today we learned about the services from the NYU Langone Child Study Center- NJ

We are so grateful for the WRMS PSO who sponsored our visit from @EricLeGrand52 ! We also appreciate his time and message!! Our students were captivated by his story and had many takeaways! We believe anything is possible!

Free children’s weekend bereavement camps are on the horizon!!! April will be here before we know it. Share @ComfortZoneCamp with a family in your community who might benefit from it!! ❤️💙💚

SEL can help build life skills & can be taught & applied at various developmental stages & across diverse cultural contexts. It can also be used to establish learning standards for academic success, school & civic engagement, wellness, & careers. Follow now for more SEL content.

Hello, my friends, I am remaining active with Stigma Free on the County level. Please share this contest with all your Bergen County friends! The grand prize is $150! #MentalHealthMatters

Big announcement— @Yale's FREE new happiness course for teenagers is finally here! The Science of Well-being for Teens is a 6-wk course on @coursera designed to give teens science-based strategies for reducing stress/feeling happier. Please RT & share: coursera.org/learn/the-scien…

Choosing to be a school counselor has been interesting… no one knows what we do…. and we literally have to know how to do almost everything.

A big thank you to the local paper for sharing my story! A great opportunity to share @ComfortZoneCamp with my community after running the @nycmarathon for them!!! thepressgroup.net/in-it-for-…

224 days of training, planning, preparing, & fundraising so that I could have this moment! 🏅🏃🏻‍♀️🍎🗽 @ComfortZoneCamp @nycmarathon

Today’s 𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 gives us some insight and wisdom about losing a loved one at a young age. #GrieveHealGrow

The WRMS staff is helping children to ROAR by raising funds for @ComfortZoneCamp through our Casual For A Cause Fridays! I’m so thankful for their support ❤️💙💚

𝗖𝗭𝗖 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 🗞️ On 9/11 anniversary, N.J. camp comforts kids who lost parents to COVID. Special thanks @DeionRJohnson of @njdotcom for sharing our story. Hear from staff members, campers and more below. nj.com/news/2022/09/on-911-a… #GrieveHealGrow

That’s me!! 👇🏻 I’m running the #NYCMarathon for CZC!