School Counseling - Student Services

School counselors are certified educators with a minimum of a master's degree in school counseling, making them exceptionally qualified to address all students’ academic, career and social/emotional development through a variety of ways that promotes and enhances student success.

School counselors are vital members of the education team and maximize student success by helping all students apply academic achievement strategies, manage emotions and apply interpersonal skills, and plan for postsecondary options (higher education, military, and workforce).

Counseling services include:

Individual student academic planning, goal setting, decision making
Classroom lessons (social/emotional, academic and career)
Group counseling
Short-term individual counseling to students
Referrals for long-term support
Career Planning
Transition Planning
Collaboration with families, teachers, community for student success

We encourage our Barrow Bold families to reach out to their student’s school counselor with questions or if additional support is needed beyond the scope of the classroom.

Resources:

Role of School Counselor
Georgia Crisis and Access Line: 1-800-715-4225
Crisis Text Line: Text START to 741-741
Barrow County Community Resources

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Dr. Christina Lowe

Director of Student Services

Dr. Christina Lowe joined the central office staff in Barrow County in 2019 after a dec...

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Kijuana Crawford

Counselor - RMS

6th Grade Last Name (A-L) & 7th Grade

www.barrow.k12.ga.us/schools/rms/services/counseling (opens in new window)

Heather Desimpelaere

Counselor - AES

Mary Griner

Counselor - BES

Beth Ann Hamilton

Counselor - WBHS

Last Names E-L

www.barrow.k12.ga.us/schools/wbhs/counseling/index (opens in new window)

Kiran Henderson

Counselor - BASA

Katy Johnson

Counselor - CLES

Dee (Dorothy) Kelnhofer

Counselor - KES

Ms. Kelnhofer is the part-time counselor at KES. She has been at KES for 3 years and has been in education for 26 years.

Tatiana Louis

Counselor - YES

Dana Love

Counselor - HES

Rakia Marcus

Counselor - BASA

Rakia Marcus is from Stone Mountain, GA and graduated from Tucker High School. She atte...

Amanda McClenny

Counselor - KES

Ms. McClenny is the full-time counselor at KES. This is her 11th year at KES and 21st year counseling. Please reach out to either counselor with questions or concerns regarding their child(ren).