School Counseling

The school counseling program at St Mark follows the belief that the school experience is a developmental process. We have a dedicated counselor for K through 2nd grade, one for 3rd through 5th grade, and one for 6th through 8th grade.  Our counselors assist in fulfilling our mission statement by helping all students set and meet goals academically, emotionally, physically, spiritually, and socially. The St Mark school counseling program offers classroom guidance, small group, and counseling support for individual students. Guidance classes are provided on a bi-weekly basis to grades K-5, and on a weekly basis to grades 6-8.

Our school counselors are partnered with our entire staff to present the curriculum of our Education in Virtue program.  The Education in Virtue program was developed by the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist, and is based on St. Thomas Aquinas’ teachings on the virtues and gifts of the Holy Spirit.  Through this program, we introduce a new virtue every month to the students and offer opportunities for the student body to practice those virtues.  For more information on the Education in Virtue program, please see their website here.