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Have fun this summer reading!Be sure to check out the Summer Reading Program 2020 at https://hebreads.org/CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURES! PICK YOUR OWN PRIZES! MAY 20 – AUGUST 20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6GbH6YiBCI  Registration InformationFamilies will receive an email about the on-line registration process in early July.  If families are able to successfully complete the on-line registration and upload the required documents, they will not need to come to the in person registration.Returning Student Registration July 27, 2020 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM Due to COVID-19 please frequently check https//www.hebisd.edu for any updates to scheduled dates and processes. Elementary New Student Registration July 29, 2020 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM Due to COVID-19 please frequently check https//www.hebisd.edu for any updates to scheduled dates and processes. To be eligible as NEW to the district, a student must NOT have been enrolled in a HEB ISD school on the last day of the prior school year.

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Have fun this summer reading!Be sure to check out the Summer Reading Program 2020 at https://hebreads.org/CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURES! PICK YOUR OWN PRIZES! MAY 20 – AUGUST 20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6GbH6YiBCI  Registration InformationFamilies will receive an email about the on-line registration process in early July.  If families are able to successfully complete the on-line registration and upload the required documents, they will not need to come to the in person registration.Returning Student Registration July 27, 2020 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM Due to COVID-19 please frequently check https//www.hebisd.edu for any updates to scheduled dates and processes. Elementary New Student Registration July 29, 2020 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM Due to COVID-19 please frequently check https//www.hebisd.edu for any updates to scheduled dates and processes. To be eligible as NEW to the district, a student must NOT have been enrolled in a HEB ISD school on the last day of the prior school year.

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Utilize this workbook to work with your child dealing with grief.

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Free downloaded PDF on grief.

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Click here to watch my video on Grief.

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Grief and Trauma - Tips for Parents & Families

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Join the ADDitude Network for 8-week parenting tips for children with ADHD.
Topics include:

Organization & Chores

Positive Parenting

Sleep & Routines

Discipline for Better Behavior

Nutrition for Growing ADHD Brains

Improving Executive Functions

The Great Screen Debate

Controlling Emotions & Making Friends

Click on their website to learn great tips for parenting children with ADHD.

https://us8.campaign-archive.com/?u=05c078d02e79a07f64018da62&id=ec65698543&goal=0_d9446392d6-ebfc1426e2-297748569

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Fusion Academy Southlake

Invites You to Attend Our

Virtual Coffee Chat: Mindfulness Tools for Parents at Home

In consideration of the growing impact the coronavirus has had on our daily lives and student’s education, Fusion Dallas, Southlake & Plano are hosting a series of Virtual Coffee Chats to provide support to parents. During our Virtual Coffee Chats, we will provide advice and coping strategies via guest speakers and give parents a forum where they can share and learn from each other.

Our guest speaker for April 30th is Tiana Shivers LPC, Clinical Program Manager at Innovations. Tiana will be presenting on Mindfulness Tools for Parents at Home. During her talk she will provide an overview of mindfulness and why mindfulness matters, describe integration and benefits of mindfulness techniques for alleviating negative thoughts, and provide specific mindfulness activities to implement with kids while at home.

Join Us:

Thursday, April 30th
1-2pm

https://www.fusionacademy.com/southlake/event/virtual-coffee-chat-mindfulness-tools-for-parents-at-home/

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Dyslexia resources for parents while at home: 

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Resource List for Parents During COVID-19 School Closures

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Elementary Family Resources:

How to Explain the Coronavirus-19 to Children

Explaining the Coronavirus-19 to children can be challenging. Please use these resources to help you explain this complicated concept to children.

Videos:

Julia Cook reads The Yucky Bug (K-2 grade)

Vimeo (2-6 grade)

Brain Pop Video

Just for Kids: Comic Exploring the New Coronavirus from NPR

How to Talk to Your Kid about Coronavirus

Documents:

Coronavirus-19 Social Story

Yucky Bug PowerPoint

A Story to Help Children Understand Coronavirus from Music City Counselor

Coronavirus Talksheet from Counselor Keri

PBS How to Talk to your Kid about Coronavirus

Talking to Your Child About COVID-19: A Parent Resource

Socio-Emotional Activities

Many counselors around the country have been sharing resources for families to help with Social-Emotional Learning. The resources below are options to help. Please click on them as fun activities to help during this challenging time.

SEL Scavenger Hunt

25 At Home Socio-Emotional Activities

Centervention Website

30 Things Kids Can Do

School Closure Wellness Activities

SEL for K-2 (PowerPoint) - Counseling with Ms. Ramirez

SEL for 3-5 (PowerPoint) - Counseling with Ms. Ramirez

Howard B. Wigglebottom Books, Animated Books, Songs, Posters, and Lessons

Giant List of Ideas for Being Home with Your Kids

Supporting your Children’s Social, Emotional, and Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic

BrainPop Videos and Activities

10 Days of Live ‘Choose Love’ Lessons For Parents and Children

Kindness Videos

Calming Activities

Calm My Worry

Coloring Pages

Action for Happiness Coloring Posters

Grounding Techniques Instructions

Keys to Resiliency

Coronavirus Stress Activities - from Bright Futures Counseling

Mindfulness Choice Board - Free Download on Teachers Pay Teachers from Mindful Counselor Molly

Yoga, Mindfulness and Relaxation Designed for Kids Aged 3+

Videos for Sleep, Meditation, and Relaxation

Progressive Muscle Relaxation for Kids

Coping Skills Resources

Mini Meditation

Feeling Anxious or Worried? Listen to These 8 Podcasts

Apps, Games, Websites

Device Free Dinner

Free Calming Tools Website

Whole Child Counseling Website

Mental Health First Aid

Self-Care/Mental Health (Covid-19)

Love in a Time of Corona:A Homebound Self-Care Guide for Parents and Students - from School Counselor Stephanie

ASCA Coronavirus Resources

Ultimate Guide to Mental Health and Education Resources for Kids and Teens

Taking Care of Your Mental Health in the Face of Uncertainty

5 Ways to Help Teens Manage Anxiety about the Coronavirus

Stress/Worry

Schedule Ideas

Parent Academy K-2 Schedule

COVID 19 Daily Schedule - From Amy on Instagram (allthings_lovelyxo)

Activities to do at Home

GoNoodle

BrainPOP

Time for Kids (K-6)

PBS Kids

Ideas for Activities During School Closings

Stuck at Home? These 12 Famous Museums Offer Virtual Tours You Can Take on Your Couch (Video)

ByrdseedTV (Educational Videos)

Reading Eggs

Epic! Digital Book Library (for kids 12 and under) (there is a cost - $7.99/month)-check with your teacher first for a free login.

Storyline - Streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations

Best Music Apps and Games for Kids

New Kids' TV Shows

50 Books All Kids Should Read Before They're 12

Best Family Movies

Common Sense Selections highlighting the best movies and TV shows

Sibling Watch-Together TV

Best Documentaries for Kids and Families

Common Sense Media (reviews for what your kids want to watch before they watch it)

Write notes, letters, draw pictures to send or drop off at local nursing homes - the elderly in nursing homes aren’t allowed to have visitors right now and it will brighten their day!

Scratch Jr. - Coding is the new literacy! With ScratchJr, young children (ages 5-7) can program their own interactive stories and games. In the process, they learn to solve problems, design projects, and express themselves creatively on the computer

Code.org - Learn computer science

Kodable - Programming for kids

Hello Ruby - Hello Ruby is the world's most whimsical way to learn about computers, technology and programming. The story started with a book, and now Ruby continues her adventures in exercises, activities and videos. It’s suited for kids age 5 years and older (but even adults might learn something new)

Public libraries - many public libraries have digital books you can rent for free on their websites, along with other resources

Stick Figure Art YouTube channel

450 Ivy League courses you can take online right now for free

Met to launch “Nightly Met Opera Streams” - A free series of encore Live in HD presentations streamed on the company website during the coronavirus closure

Emotional ABCs - We teach children ages 4-11 how to figure out WHAT they are feeling, WHY they are having that emotion, and HOW to make better choices

TED-Ed Video Playlist - Sorted by categories

Virtual Field Trips - Over 30 virtual field trips with links

Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems

Educational YouTube channels

Unite for Literacy - free online audiobooks

Cincinnati Zoo is Bringing the Zoo to You!

100 things to do while stuck inside due to a pandemic

Story time from space

11 Amazing Places Around New York That You Can Virtually Travel To Without Ever Leaving Your Home

Discover 10 Parks & Preserves in Albany County - Are you social distancing but want to get out of the house? If you are healthy, explore one of the parks or preserves in Albany County! Governor Cuomo announced that NYS will waive all park fees as of March 16, 2020

Podcasts for Kids

Calendar/list of live streams to watch

Netflix Party Chrome extension - a Chrome extension for watching Netflix remotely with friends

15 Broadway Plays and Musicals You Can Watch On Stage From Home

20 Virtual Field Trips

Entertainment for a Quarantine

Math card games

Library of Congress digital collections

NASA has made their entire media library - images, sounds, and video - public

Mix.com - formerly stumbleupon, Mix is a social content curation site that allows you to collect articles, and content about specific interests or topics that you like. When you curate and add to your collections, your content is shared with friends and made discoverable to others on Mix who share similar interests.

Use DuoLingo to learn a new language or practice one you already know!

You Can Now Tour 2,500 World-Famous Museums From the Comfort of Your Own Sofa

Free audiobooks

The Actor’s Fund will be producing daily Broadway Virtual Concerts featuring stars of the stage and screen, singing and performing live (from home)! Tune in each day at 2pm and 8pm

Getting outdoors and connecting with nature is a way to help maintain our physical and mental health (as long as you are maintaining social distancing!). Find a location near you at the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation.

The San Diego Zoo has a website just for kids with videos, activities, and games!

Tour Yellowstone National Park

Explore the surface of Mars on the Curiosity Rover

The Canadian site FarmFood 360 offers 11 Virtual Tours of farms from minks, pigs, and cows, to apples and eggs

40+ Best Indoor Activities from Busy Toddler

Atlantic White Shark Conservancy story hour

Wash Your Lyrics - Generate a hand washing lyrics meme based on your favorite song lyrics

Google Earth Has Virtual Tours of 31 National Parks in the U.S.

50 Ways to Keep Kids Engaged at Home During the Coronavirus Shutdown

Chris Field - live streaming Afternoon Adventures on Facebook every Monday-Friday until April 3rd at 3pm Eastern time (previous videos will be saved for viewing at any time)

Coronavirus: Kids stuck at home should go on these virtual Disney World rides

The Palace of Versailles is offering a free virtual tour

Free virtual tours of museums, parks, and cities

Audible.com - all stories are free to stream on your desktop, laptop, phone or tablet

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Here is a visual on things you can and cannot control right now.

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Self-regulation is important especially now for kids. Utilize this activity as a family to teach how to self-regulate emotions as a game.

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You can now register online for Parent Education and Support Classes for free. Please check the website for more information:
https://www.hebisd.edu/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=4&ModuleInstanceID=39&ViewID=6446EE88-D30C-497E-9316-3F8874B3E108&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=3820&PageID=1

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Community Resources

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Attend the College Fair on Monday, September 16th from 6-8 p.m. at Hurst Conference Center. Wear your favorite College Shirt to school.

See attached flyer for more information.

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February Newsletter:
https://www.smore.com/5erqk-counselor-news

January Newsletter:
https://www.smore.com/ctrbk-counselor-news-with-mrs-garza

December Newsletter:
https://www.smore.com/b0urt7

September/October Newsletter: 2019
https://www.smore.com/cb34n

August Newsletter: 2019 https://www.smore.com/0yfrk-counselor-news

May 2019 Newsletter:
https://www.smore.com/np7qc

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Red Ribbon week this year will be Monday, October 21st-Friday, October 25th.

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Play It Safe is a personal safety curriculum provided by the Women's Center of Tarrant County. Children are taught age appropriate lessons on safety rules, which encourages assertive responses. The goal of the program is to help children recognize dangerous situations. Flyers will be sent home the first week of school. 

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Play It Safe is a personal safety curriculum provided by the Women's Center of Tarrant County. Children are taught age appropriate lessons on safety rules, which encourages assertive responses. The goal of the program is to help children recognize dangerous situations. Flyers will be sent home the first week of school. 

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The Black and Blue Food Drive is returning September 3rd-September 20th. Our goal for the district is over 100,000 items. Please donate non-perishable items to your class bin in the cafeteria. Don't forget bring PB&J on Wednesday's only to your classroom. The class with the most will win a popsicle party!

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While it is important that a student's conversations with a school counselor be kept confidential, confidentiality does have its limitations. According to the American School Counselor Association's Ethical Standards for School Counselors, counselors must "keep information confidential unless legal requirements demand that confidential information be revealed or a breach is required to prevent serious and foreseeable harm to the student."(American School Counselor Association [ASCA], 2010).

The most frequent type of breaches include a student verbalizing the following:

1. Verbal, Physical or Sexual Abuse

2. Neglect

3. A desire to harm him/herself

4. A desire to harm someone else

5. An unreported sexual assault

Reference:

American School Counselor Association. Ethical Standards for School Counselors. American School Counselor Association, n.d.Web. 19 March 2013 <http://www.counselors.k12.sd.us/ethics.html>

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2018:
December Newsletter:
https://www.smore.com/8k16a-counselor-news-with-mrs-garza

September:
https://www.smore.com/dfxsw-counselor-news-with-mrs-garza

2017-2018
Here is the October/November Counseling Newsletter
https://www.smore.com/a23uf-the-counselor-s-corner

December newsletter:
https://www.smore.com/e0n4w-december-counselor-s-corner

January newsletter:
https://www.smore.com/d5wz1-counselor-news

February newsletter:
https://www.smore.com/5crgm-february-counselor-news

March newsletter:
https://www.smore.com/rcfs2

April newsletter:
https://www.smore.com/mn830-counselor-news

May newsletter:
https://www.smore.com/cwhar-may-counselor-news

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Welcome to the Meadow Creek Elementary School Counseling website.
The mission of the Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD Counseling Program is to help each student discover individual strengths and needs, to choose realistic goals and to consider one's educational experiences wisely in planning for the future.

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I have a vast array of experience, working within age groups of infants-12th graders and beyond. My major in college was Family Studies and Human Development. This encompasses the entire lifespan from conception to geriatrics. I graduated from Texas Woman's University and then pursued a Post Baccalaureate from the University of North Texas in Family and Consumer Sciences. I taught in High School for many years and became a Pregnancy and Parenting Coordinator as well. I worked with pregnant and parenting students for many years. For years I felt my heart leaning toward Counseling. I completed my Master's of Counseling from Dallas Baptist University. After obtaining my graduate degree I then had the pleasure of moving to the Elementary level.

I enjoy working with the students, families, and staff at Meadow Creek Elementary.

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If you would like to contact me, you can do so by emailing me directly at: samanthagarza@hebisd.edu or calling the school and scheduling a time to speak with me (817) 354-3610.

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Here is a list of websites we will be using throughout the year:
(make sure to include a link back to your schools site)

Online Student Resources

Home Access Center

Meadow Creek Elementary Home

Meadow Creek Library Page

HEB ISD Homepage