Counseling
Welcome to Redmond Middle School's Counseling Page
Mission Statement
The mission of the Redmond Middle School Counseling Department is to provide a comprehensive and equitable professional school counseling program supporting the academic, career, and personal/social development of each student to prepare them for success in high school, other future educational opportunities, the global workplace and in their personal lives.
What do we do?
Academic Development
Implement strategies and activities to support and maximize each student's ability to learn.
Career Development
Provide the foundation for the acquisition of skills, attitudes and knowledge that enable students to make a successful transition from school to the world of work, and from job to job across the life span.
Personal/Social Development
Provide the foundation for personal/social growth as students' progress through school and into adulthood.
Reasons to contact your counselor:
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Strategies and support for improving grades
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Organizational, test-taking, and study skills
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Improving self-advocacy and comfort working with teachers
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Feeling down or suicidal (or reporting a friend)
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Concerns about being bullied or reporting bullying
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Friendship help and mediating conflict with peers
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Learning more about career options and life after high school
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Personal and family challenges (e.g., mental health, substance abuse, conflict)
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Community resources (e.g., financial help, counseling, medical needs)
Land Acknowledgement
The Counseling Department of Redmond Middle School acknowledges that our building was built upon the lands of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the Duwamish and the Stillaguamish, based on the Treaty of Point Elliot. We thank these caretakers of the land who have lived here and continued to live here since time immemorial.
We commit to protecting, respecting, and restoring the Duwamish and Stillaguamish lands by being mindful when interacting with the land and its peoples, as well as continuing to educate ourselves and others about the peoples whose lands we work upon.
Resources and Information
Counseling Staff
Outside Agencies
Youth Eastside Services
Randall Neish
c-rneish@lwsd.or
Parents and guardians with a registered email in our system can access their student's current grades, class assignments and class calendars through Skyward.
More info can be found on the LWSD website.
LWSD uses the ParentSquare platform to simplify school communications and provide options for families for how they want to receive information (email, text and/or app notifications). More info can be found on the LWSD website.
District Resources
Housing, Legal Assistance, Transportation, Childcare, and more: visit the LWSD Community Resources page.