Fulton Guidance Department

Elementary School Counselors provide…

  • Developmental classroom guidance lessons focusing on:

    1. Understanding of self and others, coping strategies, peer relationships and effective social skills, communication, problem-solving, decision-making, conflict resolution and study skills, career awareness and substance abuse.

    2. Classroom management strategies.

    3. Proactive/preventive programming.

    4. Individual and small group counseling.

    5. Positive leadership, encouraging a safe, nurturing environment.

    6. Consultations with parents, staff and community agencies.

Elementary School Counselors will also help when…

  • Social, emotional and behavioral issues interfere with academic success.

  • Family or community crises impact students and staff.

  • Parents need information and support with the challenging job of raising children.

Students meet with their elementary counselors by…

  • Teacher or staff referral

  • Self-referral

  • Parent referral

  • Peer referral

  • Counselor initiated referral

EASD Elementary Counselors offer individual and small group experiences dealing with…

  • Social Skills

  • Study Skills

  • Self-Esteem

  • Conflict Resolution

  • Family Changes

  • Behavior Modification

Banana Splits: Banana Splits is a school based children’s group program for students who have experienced parental separation, divorce. etc. Some ways that the program helps in our school are as follows:

  • to provide a safe place to express feelings

  • to normalize feelings through sharing

  • to train children in problem solving and coping skills

  • to increase self-esteem through mutual help

  • to support parents and school staff in working with Banana Splits kids

  • to increase communication among children, parents and school

Some of the programs offered….

KPETS: Volunteer teams promote well-being by sharing the power of human-animal interactions. Some ways that KPETS helps in out school are as follows:

  • Motivate adults and children in physical, occupational speech and cognitive therapy sessions.

  • Support teachers who have reluctant learners and struggling readers.

  • Encourage children to attend library programs so they can read to a companion animal.

About Our Guidance Counselor

Jillian Poole

Miss Jillian Poole is the School Counselor of Fulton Elementary.

Resources

Contact Info

Fulton Elementary School
51 East Fulton Street,
Ephrata, PA 17522
Phone: (717) 721-1130
Fax: (717) 721-7063

School Hours

Doors open: 8:45 AM
PMK doors open: 12:40 PM

School in Session:
Grades 1-4: 9:00 AM - 3:40 PM
Kindergarten AM: 9:00 AM - 11:55 AM
Kindergarten PM: 12:40 PM - 3:40 PM

Click here for 2-Hr Delay Hours.

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