Counseling Department

COUNSELING DEPARTMENT

Peirce School Counseling Department
The mission of Helen C. Peirce Elementary Counseling Department is to provide supports designed to meet the academic, cultural, and social-emotional needs of our diverse student body. Peirce supports equity and access for all students to meet their fullest potential and achieve academic success in school as globally minded citizens who strive to make the world a better place through intercultural understanding and respect. Students will be supported through a comprehensive counseling program through individual meetings, in small groups, and in classroom settings to build academic, social, emotional, and college/career readiness.

If you have any questions or concerns please contact your school counselor to make an appointment. The best way to reach us is by email. Please allow up to 48 hours for a response.

Nana Adu, Grades PK-4
Email: naadu@cps.edu
Phone: TBA
Rm 206B
Website: https://schoolcounseloradu.weebly.com/

Anne Park, Grades 5-8
Email: apark1@cps.edu
Phone:773-534-2582
Rm 306A
Website: counselingwithannepark.weebly.com

Peirce School Counseling Services
Small Group Counseling
Short Term Individual School Counseling
Responding to crises or emergency situations
Referral assistance to other agencies in the community
Consult and collaborate with parents, teachers, administrators, and clinicians
Support teachers with Second Step Social Emotional Learning Classroom Lessons
Support MYP with Individual Learning Plans using Naviance
Support MYP with Success Bound Lessons
Peace Circles
Talking Circles
High School Applications, For more information please visit go.cps.edu

Non-Discrimination Statement It is the policy of the Board to prohibit unlawful discrimination, harassment, and retaliation on the basis of any protected category by the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution of the State of Illinois, and applicable federal, state or local laws or ordinances, including but not limited to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI), Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA), Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504), specifically, but not limited to, discrimination, harassment, or retaliation on the basis of sexual orientation, gender or sex (includes gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and pregnancy-related medical conditions), race or ethnicity, ethnic group identification, ancestry, nationality, national origin, religion, color, mental or physical disability, age, immigration status, marital status, registered domestic partner status, genetic information, political belief or affiliation (not union-related), military status, unfavorable discharge from military service, or on the basis of a person’s association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics in the educational programs or activities the Board operates.

Concerns or inquiries regarding sex discrimination, harassment, or retaliation can be made to the Board’s Title IX Coordinator in the Office of Student Protections and Title IX (OSP) or the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR).

For information on mental health, go to Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Resources

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COUNSELING DEPARTMENT