The Springhouse Middle School Guidance Department strives to help in the emotional, educational, and academic growth between elementary and high school. Through individual student meetings and parent and teacher consultation, the counseling department addresses issues related to social skills, homework, organization, family concerns, and crisis.
As part of the middle school transition, the counseling department conducts course registration presentations and student meetings to aid the students in selecting classes that meet their academic and/or individual career goals.
The sixth and seventh grade Friendship Groups are designed to help students gain a variety of social skills. These skills include making friends, maintaining friendships, anger management, emotional expression, communication skills, and conflict resolution skills.
The sixth, seventh, and eighth grade Changing Families Groups are designed to help students adjust to changes that have occurred within their families over the last two years such as divorce, death, or re-marriages.
The seventh grade guidance classes address a variety of topics crucial to the development of middle school students. Topics of tolerance and diversity, career interest and research, drug and alcohol resistance skills, respect, communication, teamwork, and emotional coping skills encompass the guidance curriculum.
Peers volunteer their time and services to help their fellow students with academic assistance through our Peer Tutoring Program. Our peer tutoring volunteers contribute to the social and academic growth of our school community.
