School Counselors

Jennifer Chestnut ~ Holly Biehl
K-2nd Grade ~ 3rd-6th Grade
(703)923-5222 ~ (703)923-5247
Elementary school counselors support classroom teachers and the overall educational team by helping students remove barriers to learning.  The three primary methods for delivering guidance services include: individual counseling, small, topic-based discussion groups, and classroom guidance lessons.  Counseling services aim to facilitate growth in the following areas: academic, career, and personal-social development.   Cardinal Forest counselors support the school mission by encouraging academic excellence, and helping to develop lifelong learners who are respectful, responsible, and productive citizens. 

Why contact a counselor?

  • Academic achievement
  • Decision-making / Behavior 
  • Interpersonal communication and social skills
  • Family Transitions—moving, military deployment, changing family due to marriage, separation or divorce
  • Family illness or loss
  • Student crisis situations

How to see a counselor…

  • Students may tell their classroom teacher that they want to see their counselor
  • Students may leave messages for their counselors in the front office or in the envelope outside the counselor’s room 
  • Parents can call the counselors to discuss, or request the counselor meet with their child 
  • Teachers and administrators may ask the counselors to meet with students

Updated: 3/01/08