School Counseling is a comprehensive service that begins when students enter kindergarten and continue throughout their tenure as Charlotte-Mecklenburg School (CMS) students. Designed to facilitate academic success, development, decision-making, and adjustment, the school counseling curriculum is designed to be implemented collaboratively with school staff.

School counseling services revolve around the identified needs of the student population at each school and must be inclusive of all students. In addition, school counselors foster a positive school environment by embracing and promoting diversity.

School counselors advocate for all students' needs by providing developmentally appropriate guidance to students and support in removing barriers that adversely impact their achievement. In addition, credentialed school counselors share the responsibility of facilitating the support system needed to ensure that each student in CMS is equipped, academically and socially, to become productive members of society.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) believes that all students receive the benefits of a comprehensive school counseling program. School counselors are a vital link to students' academic, career, and personal/social development at all grade levels. In addition, credentialed school counselors ensure equity and access to program services so that every student is supported in achieving their full potential by collaborating with other staff and education programs.

School counselors at all levels provide support for students by offering classroom lessons, group counseling sessions, individual counseling sessions and grief/crisis support. In addition, counselors serve as a resource to students, parents and school staff of available community opportunities.

Counselors work collaboratively to ensure that all students graduate from high school college and are career-ready.

Want to be College and Career Ready? Become Familiar with High School Endorsements

• Endorsement Planning Guide - for Rising Ninth Grade Students

• Promotion, Retention and Acceleration of Students (A-PRA/R)
• Grading/Assessment Systems (A-GRA/R)
• Attendance Monitoring/Accounting (S-ATT/R)
• Bullying Prevention (S-BULY/R)
• Reporting Child Abuse, Neglect and Dependency/Child Protection (P-REPT/R)

Social Emotional/Mental Health Resources

• Social Emotional Learning
• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
• National Suicide Prevention
• Talking to Children about Violence
• Tips for Grief and Loss
• CMS School-Based Mental Health
• 2021-22 School-Based Mental Health (SBMH) School Assignments
• Mental Health Crisis Resources
• Bullying Prevention

Academic/Career Resources

• CollegeBoard
• CFNC-College Foundation of NC
• Federal FAFSA Site
• NC Carrers.org
• ACT.org

• Section 504
• Bullying Prevention
• Talent Development / Advanced Studies
• Duke Tip
• College and Career Promise
• Governor's School