The October and November Student of the Month awards will focus on the following Themes and Words. Teachers and staff will be looking for students who portray the current month theme. Students will be recognised during our Student of the Month meetings.

October

Theme: Safe School

Word of the Month: Respect

Respect means a feeling or understanding that someone or something is important or serious and should be treated in an appropriate way. The challenge for students this month is to show respect to others and make school a place where people feel comfortable being themselves.

November

Theme: Building Magical Futures

Word of the Month: Determination

Determination means a quality that makes you continue trying to do or achieve something that is difficult. The challenge for November is to identify a goal you can accomplish by the end of the month and take daily steps toward your goal. Make sure to share your goal with a friend, classmate or school staff member to help keep you on track.

First Quarter Dates for The Academy offered from 3:30-5:00pm in the Library:

Friday, October 9th

Friday, October 16th

Friday, October 23rd (will be moved to either the 22nd or 30th due to 7th/8th grade dance)

The Academy is open to all students and highly recommended to students by your Academic Advisors when a student is falling behind in assignments or not meeting satisfactory academic progress.

PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center

Bullying 101: A Guide for Middle & High School Students

Cyberbullying: What Parents Can Do to Protect Their Children

Safety in the Online Community – A conversation with your 13 year old about facebook and Instagram

Stop bullying

National Child Traumatic Stress Network

NEA’s Bully Free: It Starts with Me

Stomp Out Bullying -

The Guidance Department will be offering optional Workshops to students during the school year before school or during lunch. Workshops will seek to meet the needs identified by students and teachers through our needs assessment survey conducted at the beginning of the school year and/or centered around the current Theme of the Month. Planned workshops over the next couple months are as follows:

October 14th 8:30-9:30 - Cyber Safety

October 15th and October 22nd Lunch (both) - Exploring Careers Workshop

November 5th Lunch (both) - College A-G Requirements and Four Year Planning

November 18th Lunchtime College Fair (Covered Basketball Courts)

Workshops will be held in the Counseling Center - J208.

STUDENTS- Would you prefer Lunch workshops or Wednesday morning workshops? Register your preference by completing the form below:

Check out our Guidance webpage for College and Career Resources. The following articles are just a few examples of information available on our College and Career Resource page.

A Middle School Parent's College Prep Guide

Preparing Middle School Students for a Career

Get a Jump Start - Prepare for College Before High School

Guidance Webpage Information and/or links on the Academic Domain such as study skills, test taking, tutoring resources, and useful links for help with English writing and Math skills

Counselors Corner Resource Personal-Social Domain including stress management, conflict mediation, grief, and social skills

College and Career Guidance Information about high school graduation requirements, college admissions, and career choices.

If you are an 8th grader and have not yet completed this survey, we would appreciate if you could spend 2-3 minutes to complete it by clicking on the link below.

MEd, PPS - School Counseling

Email: dejmiller@capousd.org
Website: https://lfms-capousd-ca.schoolloop.com/cms/page_view?d=x&piid=&vpid=1389175754592&no_controls=t
Phone: 949-589-6543 138

MEd - School Counseling

Mrs. Ochoa is available in person on Mondays and Tuesdays and every other Wednesday. She may also be reached via email on days she is not on the Las Flores Middle School campus.

Email: jahernandez@capousd.org
Phone: 949-589-6543 139

MS, PPS - School Counseling

Email: aagoddard@capousd.org
Website: https://lfms-capousd-ca.schoolloop.com/counselorscorner
Phone: 949-589-6543 - 141

Email: APFredriksz@capousd.org
Phone: 949-589-6543

MS, PPS - School Psychology

Email: soeatmon@capousd.org
Phone: 949-589-6543 133

Email: lssherman@capousd.org
Phone: 949-589-6543

The Board of Trustees desires to provide a safe school environment that allows all students equal access and opportunities in the district’s academic and other educational support programs, services, and activities. The Board prohibits, at any District school or school activity, unlawful discrimination, including discriminatory harassment, intimidation, and bullying of any student based on the student’s actual or perceived race, color, ancestry, national origin, nationality, ethnicity, ethnic group identification, age, religion, marital or parental status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or gender expression or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics.