Our 6th, 7th, and 8th graders had the great opportunity on Wednesday this week to participate in an afternoon of group learning and activities with students in the Masters of School Counseling program here at Butler. The beginning of the afternoon was spent discussing college and career readiness, and the kids explored where their future career interests may lie as well as what types of education programs are available after high school. The kids even had the chance to create their own college or university. Many groups created colleges that focused on fine arts or performing arts, and all of the programs had an emphasis on academic achievement. It was wonderful to see the middle school students sharing what they felt made a college or university program successful.
During the second part of the afternoon, the counseling students had prepared a few different team-building activities for the groups. Each activity focused on collaboration and using the resources available to you in order to be successful. The kids really enjoyed this time, and did a great job working with and supporting their group members.
We are so thankful to the counseling students for taking time out of their day to work with us and spend the afternoon learning with us!