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The goal of the Savannah-Chatham County School Counseling Department is to provide comprehensive school counseling services to students. School counselors work to meet the academic, social, and emotional needs of students by providing a variety of services which include:

  • Providing short-term individual and small group counseling services to students
  • Consulting and collaborating with school staff and other community stakeholders to provide lessons and resources to meet the developmental needs of students
  • Exposing students to career and post-secondary options
  • Assisting students with transitions to elementary, middle, high school, and post-secondary options
  • Complete the requirements of the BRIDGE Law with students beginning in 6th grade
  • Reviewing academic records to include but not limited to report cards, transcripts, test scores, etc.

​School counselors also advocate for services and programs to support student well-being and success. Approximately 100 school counselors serve at the elementary, middle, and high school levels.

​Elementary School Level

Elementary school years set the tone for developing the knowledge, attitudes and skill necessary for children to become healthy, competent and confident learners. By providing education, prevention, early identification and intervention, Professional School Counselors can help elementary age children achieve academic success.

Middle School Level

Middle school students are characterized by rapid physical growth, curiosity about their world, and an emerging self-identity. Professional School Counselors enhance the learning process for young adolescents which promote academic achievement. Professional School Counseling Programs are essential for students to achieve optimal personal growth, acquire positive social skills and values, set appropriate career goals, and realize full academic potential to become productive, contributing members in the community. 

High School Level

High school students are living in a increasingly diverse and mobile society, with new technology and expanding opportunities.  Professional School Counselors help ensure high school students are prepared to become the next generation of citizens, leaders, workers, and  parents.  Every student needs support and guidance through this rapid time of growth and changes, therefore our counseling programs assist adolescents with the diverse challenges they face.​

Counselor Confidentiality Statement

Savannah-Chatham County Public School Counselors will uphold the tenets of the ethical standards prescribed by the American School Counselor Association (adopted 1984; revised 1992, 1998, 2004 and 2010, 2016). Our responsibility as School Counselors is to:

  • Inform students of the purposes, goals, techniques, and procedure through which they may receive counseling services in a developmentally appropriate way
  • Support the student's right to privacy and protect confidential information received from students, parent/guardian, and staff members
  • Explain the limits of confidentiality in developmentally appropriate terms
  • Inform students and family of the limits to confidentiality when the student poses a danger to self or others, court ordered disclosure is required, and in consultation with other professionals in support of the student
  • Protect the confidentiality of students' records and release personal data in accordance with federal and state laws, and school board policy
  • Convey a student's highly sensitive information through the most secure means available (i.e. phone call)
  • Advocate for acceptable encryption standards to be utilized for stored data and communicate in electronic means that follow currently accepted security standards while also meeting federal, state, and local laws, as well as board policy

Even during a virtual learning experience, SCCPSS School Counselors recognize and will continue to follow all legal and ethical guidelines for confidentiality. However, students and parents should be aware that virtual counseling sessions may pose potential limitations based on the electronic communication platforms available to both the student and counselor. To minimize these limitations, SCCPSS School Counselors will continue to utilize district approved technology resources such as Teams and Office 365 applications to provide services for students.