James Elementary School Comprehensive School Counseling Program 2026-2027
The James Elementary School's Comprehensive School Counseling Program is designed to equip students with the necessary tools and resources for academic success, social-emotional development, and college and career readiness, fostering strong connections with parents, school, and community. Driven by student data and Texas Education Agency (TEA) standards, the program's strategic goals for the 2026-2027 school year include significantly increasing student participation in counseling groups, integrating mindfulness practices through weekly breathing strategies in morning assemblies, and ensuring a high percentage of students can identify and apply essential character and social-emotional skills such as kindness, responsibility, respect, self-regulation, gratitude, optimism, empathy, and hope. Key focus areas include Intrapersonal Effectiveness, Personal Health & Safety, Interpersonal Effectiveness, and Post Secondary Education & Career Readiness.