Counselors' Corner

Counselor Assignments for the 24-25 school year

Ms. Seifert, 6th grade
651-744-7582
danielle.seifert@spps.org
Ms. Katzmarek, 7th grade
651-744-3400
nou.katzmarek@spps.org
Ms. Mulvaney, 8th grade
651-744-3399
elisabeth.mulvaney@spps.org

Mission and Vision

Our Vision: Highland Park Middle School students are confident visionaries, who inspire those around them in building an inclusive community where all members thrive. Our students are risk-takers and rise to life's challenges, creating positive change in the local and global community. They are compassionate, caring and actively engaged in rigorous academics, enriching opportunities, and the pursuit of life-long passions.

Our Mission: Highland Park Middle School's counselors aim to provide a comprehensive program which equitably serves each of our 6-8th grade students and families in their journey to productive and successful adulthood. We strive to provide academic, college/career and social-emotional learning support to our students as they become self-sufficient lifelong learners, critical thinkers and agents of change in an ever-evolving global community.

About HPMS Counseling

Counselors play a variety of roles within the school setting, from scheduling student classes to individual or group counseling.

Often times, if a parent has a question about navigating through middle school years, school counselors are a good place to start looking for answers. Our priority is helping students be successful in school. Some of the more common functions we serve are as follows:

Individual/group support- working with students to support social emotional and self-regulation skill development
Building organizational skills- individual work with students, families and teachers in order to track homework, facilitate communication and increase class progress
Support development of students' Personal Learning Plan (PLP) college and career readiness skills
Deliver core counseling curriculum classroom lessons
Conflict resolution- individual/group work between peers around resolving conflicts which may interfere with class progress
Facilitate student leadership activities and affinity groups (WEB, Gender Sexuality Alliance, Black Student Union, Dare 2 Be Real, People Unified, Student Environmental Activists)
Adjusting schedules- to better serve student needs
Monitor course completion-to help students successfully complete coursework in preparation for high school

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or concerns!