Guidance Office

Mrs. Stumpf, Guidance Counselor

Your children will be part of a comprehensive guidance program at Whitman School from grades one through five.  Each student is introduced to the guidance program as a first grader or when they enter Whitman as a student for the first time.

Classroom guidance lessons are taught every year in each classroom at each grade level.  These lessons include:  bullying and teasing issues (including our no tolerance bullying and teasing policy), importance of sensitivity to differences in individuals, social skills, character education, drug education, and others.  Individual and group counseling, as well as parent conferencing is scheduled as needed.

Help Your Child Prepare for Tests:

1.  Brainstorm about test topics - encourage your child to review
class notes and teacher handouts

2.  Take a practice test - write down questions that could be
on the test and review them with your child.

3.  Make flash cards - write troublesome questions on index
cards with answers on the back, use them to
quiz your child.

4.  Review several times - study over a few days,
not all in one day.

5.  Get enough rest - make sure your child goes to bed
on time the night before a test.

6.  Eat a good breakfast

7.  Congratulate your child on being prepared
and for trying their hardest.