This week we're proud to honor National School Counseling Week and the start of Black History Month!
The roots of Black History Month date back to 1915 (read about its history HERE), when it was founded by the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH).
Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, current National President of ASALH, states, "...Let us think of Black History Month the way our nation honors its greatest moments and greatest people. Let us appreciate Black History Month in a similar way—as when our government sets aside a month or day, thereby giving it a special meaning for all Americans. No one should think that Black History is confined to the month of February, when evidence to the contrary appears everywhere and in every month."
ASALH's Black History Theme for 2021 is The Black Family: Representation, Identity, and Diversity. Throughout February, we'll be highlighting resources that promote this important theme in our schools and through interconnections with mental health.
The theme of this year's American School Counselor Association's (ASCA) National School Counseling Week is "All In For All Students". We'd like to take this opportunity to celebrate and thank YOU, our school counselors, for the unique academic, social and emotional, and college/career support that you provide to ALL students!
Please join us in thanking our school counselors and trying some National School Counseling Week prompts presented by ASCA.
I'm All In for
- Students because...
- My professional development because...
- Collaboration because...
- Building an equitable and inclusive school because...
- School counseling because...
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Supporting the Black Lives Matter at Schools Week of Action because...
