Programs & Services
Counseling
As a student support services team, we are here to help students with social, emotional, academic, and career related topics throughout middle school. Our goal is to assist all students with achieving their maximum potential. We provide the following in individual and small groups:
- Counseling
- Guidance and assistance on topics of goal-setting
- Academic planning
- Self awareness/esteem
- Career planning
- Transition planning
- Crisis intervention
We are also involved with new student registration, scheduling, grade level and building transitions, consultation with parents and teachers, classroom presentations, 504 case management, referrals to outside agencies, and overall coordination of the counseling and guidance program.
When meeting with a student support staff member there is confidentiality between the student and this staff member except in cases where he/she indicates the potential to harm him/herself or another individual. In addition, Minnesota law mandates us, along with all school staff, to report any allegations of child abuse/neglect.
Falcons for Change
Falcons for Change is a community service club at Faribault Middle School. The goal of Falcons for Change is to provide volunteer service to those who need it in our school, in our community, and throughout the world. Students can volunteer both with the Falcons for Change group or do service projects on their own. So far this year members of Falcons for Change have participated in the following activities:
- Children's Hospital Care packages
- Blankets to Faribault Hospital Newborns
- McKinley Early Childhood Center
- Faribault Education Center
- Sending care packages and cards to military members
- Cool School Polar Plunge
- Supporting Ruth's House, Hope Center and Faribault Cancer Center
- Volunteering at local churches, animal shelters, and nursing homes
