Apex Year Counselor Guide

A comprehensive, highly detailed 1-page Counselor Facilitation Guide for the Apex Year lesson. Contains minute-by-minute pacing, slide-by-slide discussion prompts, common student misconceptions, questioning frameworks, and worksheet integration instructions.

SFSamantha Figueroa

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Static Control

A six-session coping skills program for middle schoolers that uses an audio-engineering metaphor to teach somatic regulation, deep breathing, grounding, and cognitive reframing for anxiety management.

Daniela Rodrigues

Summer Connection Kit

An interactive planning lesson and set of resources designed to help middle and high school students build actionable, safe strategies for staying connected with peers over the summer, preventing isolation and social anxiety.

Connar Winn

Compass Scenario Cards

Printable conflict resolution roleplay scenario cards focusing on common summer and close-quarters friction points for middle and elementary students.

Connar Winn

Anchor Lab Coping Skills

A six-session anxiety coping skills group designed for middle school students with high visual and concrete support. Students explore physical anxiety symptoms, sensory grounding, breathing regulation, cognitive reframing, and build a personalized visual toolkit.

Daniela Rodrigues

Peacekeepers Compass

A conflict resolution workshop designed for middle and elementary school students to manage sibling and peer friction independently. Students learn how to navigate close quarters and hot summer days using calm communication strategies.

Connar Winn

Summer Connection Map

An interactive, one-page student-facing mapping worksheet featuring custom planning boxes, writing prompts, and text script templates to design a personalized summer social roadmap.

Connar Winn

Respect Restoration Series

A comprehensive restorative respect and empathy sequence spanning Grades 5 to 8, providing age-appropriate independent reflection packets and companion advisory slides for each grade level.

Marcia Cullinane

Apex Year

A comprehensive 30-minute counseling lesson designed for rising or entering 8th graders. The lesson focuses on the unique position of 8th graders as the school's leaders (Social Dynamics & Leadership) and details academic readiness, GPA, and habits needed for the upcoming transition to high school (Academic Rigor & High School).

Samantha Figueroa

Compass Field Guide

A student-facing worksheet for tracking personal conflict triggers, drafting I-Statements, and practicing the four points of the Peacekeeper's Compass.

Connar Winn

Honor and Influence

A transformative leadership program designed for 8th-grade boys, focusing on academic buy-in, the heavy historical significance of cultural symbols, and elevating their public influence from low-level edge-lord behavior to respected legacy leadership. Includes school lessons, weekend homework packs, and a parent reflection guide.

Marcia Cullinane

Social Bridge Scenario Cards

A set of 6 printable roleplay and discussion scenario cards designed for group workshops, prompting students to solve common real-world summer friendship barriers.

Connar Winn

My Own Beat

A transition curriculum for an 8th-grade student moving to high school, using music and guitar metaphors to cultivate individuality, self-confidence, independent decision-making, and positive peer connection. This 2-lesson unit empowers him to choose his own path, join clubs aligned with his interests, and build supportive friendships.

Apex Year Counselor Guide