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Dear Parents/ Guardians:
I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself and my role as an elementary guidance counselor. This is my sixteenth year working in Hillsdale at Meadowbrook Elementary School. I am eager and pleased to be of assistance to you and your child as a counselor and a resource. During the course of the year I will be providing a counseling-educational program for the students within their classrooms. Students will engage in activities that will provide them with the necessary tools to resolve their own conflicts, have a better awareness of character education related topics, learn appropriate internet safety, and how to improve self- concept and celebrate differences.
I will also be available for all students on an emergency/referral basis. Please feel free to contact me for pre-referral intervention strategies to promote appropriate social/emotional development.
I look forward to meeting and working with you and your child this year. By working together we can ensure that your son/daughter will achieve their greatest potential in their journey towards becoming productive members of society.
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Deanna Nelsen-DeFalco
Elementary School Counselor
Email:ddefalco@hillsdaleschools.com
(201) 383-3143
“The principal goal of education is to create people who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done.”
-Jean Piaget
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