Mission Statement

The Mission of the Southern Regional Guidance Department is to provide academic, social, emotional and behavioral support to the students of Southern Regional so that each student can take advantage of his/her potential now and in the future.

Belief Statements:

We support the Southern Regional School District Belief Statements and have rephrased some of that work to fit our program aspirations.  

• We believe that although all students have potential and self worth, not all students feel this way about themselves.
  Action: We will help students learn to identify and capitalize on their strengths.
  
• We believe that all students want to learn and want to succeed.
  Action: When students don’t demonstrate their desire to learn, we will attempt to help students see the connections between their learning and their success.
• We believe that students should have a safe nurturing environment in school and at home in which to learn, grow and mature.
  Action: When students encounter difficulties that interfere with their learning in school, or at home, we will work to help them cope with, and try to overcome, these obstacles.
• We believe that raising a child is a rewarding experience for parents and a challenging one.  
  Action:  As parents meet these challenges, we will provide support to them directly, and through referrals.
• We believe that teachers want all their students to achieve academic success.
  Action: We will provide support to teachers and students when difficulties arise that interfere with a student’s academic success.
  
• We believe that motivation and goal setting are important characteristics found in students that are successful.
  Action: We will help and support students in developing their goals and finding their motivation.
• We believe that post-secondary opportunities are important to our students.
  Action: We will help students plan for, and transition into, their post-secondary opportunities.
• We believe that students’ personal issues, and/or their at-risk behaviors, can often interfere with their ability to be successful in school.
  Action: We will attempt to develop relationships with students that will enable us to be in the position to help them make positive personal and academic decisions.
  
• We believe that students who succeed at SRHS will have a greater chance at success in adult life.
  Action: We will attempt to help students be successful in SRHS through our program and our personal interventions.