86R19512 CJM-D
By: Huberty H.R. No. 835
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Students, parents, teachers, and administrators
from across the Lone Star State joined together February 4 through
8, 2019, to celebrate National School Counseling Week in Texas; and
WHEREAS, School counselors are employed in public and private
schools throughout Texas and hold dual certification as both
teachers and school counselors; and
WHEREAS, Actively committed to helping students reach their
full potential, school counselors encourage students to explore
their abilities, strengths, talents, and emotional well-being
through the delivery of comprehensive school counseling programs;
and
WHEREAS, School counselors work with teachers, principals,
and other campus personnel to guide students as they explore their
interests and their abilities and as they set goals for themselves;
and
WHEREAS, School counselors engage with parents to help them
support the educational, personal, social, and emotional growth of
their children; and
WHEREAS, These committed educators seek to identify and
utilize community resources that can enhance and complement school
counseling programs to enable students to become productive members
of society; and
WHEREAS, Comprehensive school counseling programs are an
integral part of the educational process, enabling students to
succeed in school and in life, and these programs are making a
positive and lasting difference for many Texans; now, therefore, be
it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas
Legislature hereby recognize February 4 through 8, 2019, as
National School Counseling Week in Texas and extend to all of the
state's professional school counselors sincere best wishes for
continued success with their important work.