Student Services

List of 5 frequently asked questions.

• Character Education

  Members of The Benjamin School community value and demonstrate the following character traits:

  Respect

  Courage

  Morality

  Kindness
  Fairness

  Integrity

  Compassion

  Acceptance

  Forgiveness
  Gratitude
  Perseverance

  Responsibility

• In Class Guidance

  In keeping with Student Services’ preventive approach, all students in grades PK3 through 9 participate in in-class guidance programs specifically designed to address their social-emotional learning. For over 25 years, Student Services has been facilitating these classes as a way to help build a strong social-emotional intelligence in our students, thus enabling them to better reach their overall potential.
  
  The fundamental programs used are Lions-Quest Skills for Growing and Skills for Adolescence. Collectively, these programs offer developmentally appropriate guidance that covers a variety of topics to help students develop positive, wholesome behaviors, make wise decisions, make positive commitments to their families, school, peers and community, resist negative peer pressure and grow up healthy and drug free. The in-class guidance program supports the overall development of the whole child.

• Parent Education

  Each year Student Services schedules a series of speakers, experts in their fields, to give presentations and workshops ​for parents on a wide variety of parenting issues.  

  ​Additionally, Student Services personnel are available to meet with parents individually and in groups to offer assistance with parenting questions and concerns.​

• Small Group Counseling

  • Bereavement groups
  • Divorce support groups
  • Friendship/socialization groups
  • Student success/skills groups
  • Alcohol abuse and prevention programs
  • Student ambassador programs

• Individual Counseling

  Individual counseling is available for student​s on an as-needed basis. In keeping with the Student Services philosophy​, individual counseling is provided for a short and finite period of time. Students requiring additional counseling are referred to outside therapists through communication with the student's parents.