Hello! I'm so glad to be here at your new school counselor! My job at Forks Elementary is to help all students feel empowered to regulate their emotions, be their best selves, and find success in school. I can discuss topics like anxiety and anger management, overcoming grief/loss, friendship skills, and much more. I work with students in a variety of ways, whole class visits, small group interventions, and individual sessions. Reach out if you have questions or want to find a way for me to work with your child!

Kate Jones

Forks Elementary school counselor 
Phone: 360-374-6262 ext 445 Email: katie.jones@qvschools.org
Hours: 8:00-3:30pm Monday- Friday

Resources:

• ASCA Mindsets and Behaviors

  School counselors work to create a world where all students can be successful and achieve with equity!

  ASCA,2019.

Essential roles for elementary counselors: 

https://schoolcounselor.org/getmedia/1691fcb1-2dbf-49fc-9629-278610aedeaa/Why-Elem.pdf

FES. Forks Elementary School Values:

• We are committed to ensuring every student has what they need to succeed with equity, recognizing their culture and ethnicity. 

• Communication effectively, with compassion with all stakeholders.

• Operating from a student-centric perspective; practicing patience, collaboration, and interdependence.

• Accepting responsibility for our roles and obligations to the school and district mission.

• Providing data-informed decisions, and engaging in relevant instruction, and planting the seeds for a career pathway.

• Celebrating effort and success by promoting resilience and the power of learning from mistakes.

• Providing a state credentialed school Counselor with unique qualifications and skills to address all students’ academic, personal, social, and career development needs.

 Forks Elementary is pleased to continue offering school counseling as a related service in school, as a short-term counseling program with a solution-focused model. These services are free and confidential. 

The goal of these interventions is to help students to be successful and increase academic achievement by removing social and emotional barriers.

Counseling services can be provided in small groups and/or  1:1 with individual counseling or as related to services for social or emotional needs.

All school counselors are mandated to report abuse and neglect in a school setting.