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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.
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Karen L. White, Council Member At Large
The South Bend Common Council
South Bend, Indiana