Guidance

Welcome to the Guidance and Counseling Services at Cook Middle School.

Middle School is an exciting but frustrating time for students as well as for parents and teachers. Transition is the key word. Through the middle school years, students experience many physical, social, and emotional changes. The only other time in a child's life that has more changes than the middle school years is birth to two years old.

During the journey from childhood to adolescence, our goal is to educate the total child - meaning the physical, emotional, and social aspect of their education is just as important as the academic during this transition time.

Why Middle School Counselors?

Every day in America:
1 mother dies in childbirth.
4 children are killed by abuse or neglect.
5 children or teens commit suicide.
8 children or teens are killed by firearms.
33 children or teens die from accidents.
77 babies die before their first birthdays.
192 children are arrested for violent crimes.
383 children are arrested for drug abuse.
906 babies are born at low birth weight.
1,153 babies are born to teen mothers.
1,672 public school students are corporally punished.*
1,839 babies are born without health insurance.
2,261 high school students drop out.*
2,383 children are confirmed as abused or neglected.
2,411 babies are born into poverty.
2,494 babies are born to mothers who are not high school graduates.
4,017 babies are born to unmarried mothers.
4,302 children are arrested.
17,132 public school students are suspended.*

* Based on calculations per school day (180 days of seven hours each)
(Information Source: May 2007 Children's Defense Fund - "Each Day in America.")