| R 107 |
| 2022 -- H 7365 Enacted 02/08/2022 |
| H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N |
| COMMEMORATING "NATIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELING WEEK" ON FEBRUARY 7-11, 2022, IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND |
Introduced By: Representatives McNamara, Serpa, Messier, O'Brien, Shekarchi, Blazejewski, J Lombardi, Filippi, Kislak, and Phillips |
| Date Introduced: February 08, 2022 |
| WHEREAS, School counselors are employed in public and private schools to help |
| students reach their full potential; and |
| WHEREAS, School counselors are actively committed to helping students explore their |
| abilities, strengths, interests, and talents as these traits relate to career awareness and |
| development; and |
| WHEREAS, School counselors help parents focus on ways to further the educational, |
| personal and social growth of their children; and |
| WHEREAS, School counselors work with teachers and other educators to help students |
| explore their potential and set realistic goals for themselves; and |
| WHEREAS, School counselors seek to identify and utilize community resources that can |
| enhance and complement comprehensive school counseling programs and help students become |
| productive members of society; and |
| WHEREAS, Comprehensive developmental school counseling programs are considered |
| an integral part of the educational process that enables all students to achieve success in school; |
| now, therefore be it |
| RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby |
| commemorates February 7–11, 2022, as "National School Counseling Week"; and be it further |
| RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
| transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Joseph Batiano, Rhode Island School |
| Counselor Association. |
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