Counseling & Mentoring
Preparing Our Students for Smooth Transitions
Comprehensive school counseling programs are integral to the school’s educational environment and partner with other academic and behavioral initiatives to effect positive changes in student achievement and behavior. Professional school counselors plan the comprehensive school counseling program and facilitate its delivery in collaboration with school administrators, other professional educators, and community members to produce measurable results. In a comprehensive program, the school counselor serves as a leader, advocate, and collaborator working to recognize and remove systemic barriers to student success. Resulting positive changes include increased student achievement, an improved graduation rate, better attendance, reduced disciplinary referrals, completed individual learning plans, and increased student participation in the community.
- Browns Mill Elementary School
- Cedar Grove Middle School
- The Champion School
- Chapel Hill Middle School
- Chesnut Elementary Charter School
- DeKalb Alternative School
- Lithonia Middle School
- M.L. King, Jr. High School
- Miller Grove High School
- Snapfinger Elementary School
- Towers High School
- 678.676.1890
- 404.808.8942
- 404.676.1828 (fax)
Ms. Alethia Love Coordinator II, Counseling |
678.525.3086 |
Ms. Dena McTyre Coordinator II, Counseling |
678.361.4606 |
Dr. Natasha Moon Coordinator II, Counseling |
678.525.1603 |
Janisa Middlebrooks Administrative Assistant |
678.676.1981 |
Ms. Andrea Natal Counseling Data Clerk |
678.676.1891 |
Ms. Demetric Crittle Mentoring Liasion |
470.926.3269 |
Student Advisement & Diploma Types
DeKalb County School District School Counselors provide annual individual graduation plan and course advisement to all students grades 8th-12th.
Call Jostens at 1-706-691-9359 or email Mark Peay
**All orders must be placed Monday-Friday, during normal business hours (8:30-5:00 PM EST). Orders will only be accepted via telephone.
Make sure you have the following information available when you place your call:
- Your name at time of graduation
- The name of the high school you graduated from
- The type of diploma/document you earned (High School Diploma, Certificate of Performance, Transition Diploma)
- Your date of your graduation
- Your Shipping address
Please be prepared to pay for your order when you call Jostens. The cost of the replacement diploma is $50.00. Production time is 3-4 weeks. Diplomas will be sent directly to the requesting person at the shipping address upon completion.
Note: DeKalb County School District is not responsible for the placement or orders, payment of invoices or tracking of replacement diplomas. Any questions should be directed to Jostens.
**In many instances, an official high school transcript will serve as proof of graduation. If you are in need of a transcript to verify graduation, please contact your graduating high school or send an email to studenttranscripts@dekalbschoolsga.org or fill out a Transcript Request Form.
BECOME A MENTOR
1 in 3 young people will grow up without a mentor. By becoming a mentor in DeKalb County Schools, you are making a difference in the lives of our students.
Students With a Mentor Are:
- 55% less likely to skip a day of school,
- 78% more likely to volunteer regularly,
- 90% interested in becoming a mentor,
- 130% more likely to hold leadership positions.
HOW TO BECOME A MENTOR:
- Click here to apply to be a mentor.
- Attend training: Volunteer and Mentoring Training.
- Complete Fingerprinting and Background Check.
- Make a Difference!
Prospective mentors are required to complete an application, a background check through the DeKalb County School District Public Safety department, and attend a mandatory four-hour training session. After training, each mentor agrees to spend at least thirty minutes a week with his/her student. For the purposes of this program, all mentoring sessions are held at the school during the school day on a regular, predictable basis. Feedback group sessions are provided throughout the school year and offer information as well as professional support to mentoring volunteers.
Training sessions for all potential community and corporate mentors will be held quarterly.
Mentoring activities in this program occur during the school day.
- To the tenth grade: 90 hours (6 units), three (3) of which must be core courses† and three (3) elective courses
- To the eleventh grade: 180 hours (12 units), six (6) of which must be core courses† and six (6) elective courses
- To the twelfth grade: 270 hours (18 units), nine (9) core courses† and nine (9) elective courses
† core courses include English, mathematics, science, social studies, and world language
- To the tenth grade: 75 hours (5 units)
- To the eleventh grade: 150 hours (10 units)
- To the twelfth grade: 240 hours (16 units)
- To the tenth grade: 75 hours (5 units)
- To the eleventh grade: 150 hours (10 units)
- To the twelfth grade: 240 hours (16 units)

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