RES School Counseling Mission and Vision Statement

Mission Statement

The mission of the Ridgeland Elementary School Comprehensive School Counseling program is to provide a structured program of services which ensures that all students in grades Pre-K through 5 acquire the knowledge, skills, and social/ emotional competencies to become lifelong learners and productive citizens.

Vision Statement

The vision of the Ridgeland Elementary School Counseling Programs is to enable all student to reach their maximum potential academically and socially. 

Ridgeland Elementary School Counseling Belief Statements:

The School Counselors of Ridgeland Elementary School will help to provide a safe, warm and encouraging environment in which students will be expected to work to reach their fullest potential in the areas of academic, career and social/emotional development. We are committed to advocating for each and every one of our students and in helping them to live healthy, happy, responsible and productive lives as citizens who respect themselves and others.

1. We believe that ALL students can learn and achieve academic success when they are encouraged and nurtured in a respectful environment;

2. We believe that advocating for ALL students’ social and emotional health will encourage academic development as well as future success;

3. We believe the school counselor’s role is to provide a developmental school counseling program to meet the needs of ALL students through a data-driven guidance curriculum, individual student planning, responsive services and system support;

4. The school program at Ridgeland Elementary School will promote: an understanding of and respect for self and others; problem-solving and positive decision-making; skills for learning and emotional-management; and influencing the academic habits of career success.