03-2017 Proclamation declaring National School Counseling Week

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� y MACC < 186' - SPECIAL PROCLAMATION NO. 3-2017 A SPECIAL PROCLAMATION AWARDED BY SOUTH BEND COUNCIL MEMBER AT LARGE KAREN L. WHITE DECLARING THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 6-10,2017 AS NATIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELING WEEK IN SOUTH BEND,INDIANA G�, the National School Counseling Week sponsored by the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) is celebrated from February 6-10, 2017, with this year's theme "School Counseling: Helping Students Realize Their Potential" to focus public attention on the unique contribution of school counselors within U.S. school systems; and 6�, the National School Counseling Week highlights the tremendous impact school counselors can have in helping students achieve school success and plan for a career. School counselors are employed in public and private schools to help students reach their full potential; and N school counselors are actively committed to helping students explore their abilities,strengths,interests, and talents as these traits relate to career awareness and development. School counselors help parents focus on ways to further the educational,personal and social growth of their children; and W school counselors work with teachers and other educators to help students explore their potential and set realistic goals for themselves. School counselors seek to identify and utilize community resources that can enhance and complement comprehensive school counseling programs and help students become productive members of society. Comprehensive developmental school counseling programs are considered an integral part of the educational process that enables all students to achieve success in school. Section I. On behalf of the citizens of the City of South Bend, Indiana, and as an elected Council Member At Large of the South Bend Common Council, I publicly thank and commend all of the school counselors employed in our public and private school systems for positively engaging with our youth, their parents, and fellow educators in helping further and enhance the educational, personal and social growth of students and youth across our great nation. Section II. As an elected Council Member At Large of the South Bend Common Council, I hereby declare the week of February 6-10, 2017 as National School Counseling Week in South Bend, Indiana, and sincerely thank all school counselors for their many contributions aimed at the betterment of our youth, and especially thank all school counselors working in the City of South Bend, Indiana, for their dedication and service. 01 #f6 d�91° &&ofe 2017&&ae ol Karen L. White, Council Member At Large The South Bend Common Council South Bend, Indiana