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Wyoming Seminary Counseling Program Mission Statement
Wyoming Seminary Upper School’s Counseling Program is comprehensive, focusing on
the needs of students, parents, and educators. The goals of the program are to assist
students in developing their potential both as learners and as community members; and
to promote health and wellness in life choices; and to serve as a resource for parents and
educators.
Services can be categorized as preventive and developmental, focusing systematically
on individual student potential for growth; and as crisis oriented, responding to
students who are experiencing specific problems and stresses. The school counselors
are professionals who assist students, parents, teachers, and administrators. Three
processes used by the counselors are: counseling, which includes problem-solving,
decision-making, and discovering personal meaning related to learning and development;
consulting, a cooperative process in which the counselor/consultant assists others to
think through problems and to develop skills that make them more effective in working
with students; and coordinating, a leadership process in which the counselors help to
organize and manage the school’s counseling program and relate services. Confidentiality
is observed in all counseling relationships.
Health Services
The school nurse, Mrs. Beth Blaum, is on duty every school day from 7:45 a.m. until 4:00
p.m. in her Darte Hall office near the front entrance of the building. Mrs. Blaum can also
be reached for emergencies at all times through a pager. The associate nurse, Ms. Maria
Coons, is in the office evenings and weekends as needed. The nurse is available by cell
phone at all times. All excuses from class, including physical education, must be secured
from the nurse’s office, in advance, by the student involved. Students taken ill during the
school day must notify the nurse’s office immediately in order to be excused from classes.
If the nurse is not in her office, students should report to the Dean of Upper School’s
office or to their Class Dean. The Residential Life section of this handbook advises dorm
students of procedure in the event of their illness. No student may leave the campus
because of illness without first consulting the nurse, who will try to notify parents.
Please Note: In accordance with Pennsylvania State regulations, all students must have
complete immunization records before attending classes. Students who do not have
the necessary immunizations will not be allowed to begin school. Immunization waiver
for medical or religious purposes will only be accepted for day students. All boarding
students must be in compliance with Pennsylvania immunization requirements.
A physical exam is required for all students yearly. Students participating in
interscholastic activity will be held out of practice and competition until the physical
exam form is completed and given to the nurse.
College Guidance
Wyoming Seminary’s College Guidance program plays an integral part in preparing
Student Services
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