Des Lacs – Burlington School Counseling Mission and Vision Statement

Vision:

To assist all students with their success today and be prepared for tomorrow through their academic development, personal and social growth, and career exploration.

Mission:

To provide an encouraging, supportive, and secure environment while instilling school values and providing opportunities in the areas of academic, career, and personal/social development to empower learners for lifelong success.

Setting up an Individual Session:

Talk to me in the Hallway or my Office
Leave me a note and put it in my mailbox
Let your teacher know that you would like to visit with me.
Parents fill out a Referral Form
- Head over to Individual Counseling Page for more Information

Confidentiality
As a counselor, it is my job to keep what is shared with me in my office private unless someone is hurting you, you want to hurt someone, you want to hurt yourself, or you give me permission to share with a trusted adult.

Contact Information:

Office Hours: M-F 8am-4pm

Sign Up for my Remind Account:

If you have a smartphone: go to the following link rmd.at/u7counsel
If you don’t have a smartphone text the message @u7counsel to the number 81010.

If you feel you are in an immediate situation and it is after hours, or I have not been reached, please contact the following appropriate resources:
- Suicide Hotline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or 1-701-235-7335
- Eating Disorder Hotline: 1-800-931-2237
- Kid Help: 1-800-543-7283
- National Youth Crisis: 1-800-448-4663
- Boys Town National Hotline - 1-800-448-3000
Local
- First Link - Dial 211
- Trinity Hospital ER 701-857-5000 (24 hr)
- Trinity Behavioral Health Services 701-857-2715
- Trinity Riverside 701-857-5998
- If this is a Mental Health Emergency, please contact 911.