Alice C. Harris Intermediate School

Welcome

Welcome to the counseling program at Alice C. Harris Intermediate School.  Our School counselors can provide you with a variety of services including:

• Academic advisement, post high school planning, and career information.

• We can help you to develop and manage healthy life skills, healthy relationships, and coping skills.

• We also provide responsive services. Responsive services included crisis response, mental and emotional wellness skills, group counseling, and individual counseling.

• If you need services that we cannot provide, we will help you find someone who can help you.

Contacting Us:
We are available both by appointment and by walk-in.  We encourage parents or guardians to call for an appointment to avoid waiting .  To reach the Counseling Office, call (435) 515-5050 Monday through Thursday between 7:15 a.m. to 2:33 p.m., or Friday between 7:15 a.m. to 1:33 p.m.  We encourage students to sign up to see a counselor before or after school, during lunch or during breaks.  Students may come in on a walk-in basis if in a crisis or when referred by a school staff member.

Disclosure Notice: 
We follow the counseling guidelines contained in the American School Counselor Association Code of Ethics.  This means we will keep the information you share with us confidential unless you give us permission to share it, we must consult with other professionals to better help you, or unless we are required by law or school policy to disclose it.  
Examples of when we must disclose a student's information

• we believe you are at risk for harming yourself or others

• we believe someone is trying to hurt you

• if a judge orders us to provide information for court

• if a law is broken

If you have any questions about these privacy rules, please tell us.  Your safety and welfare are our highest priority.

​​About Our Counselors
The professional school counselors at ACHIS are licensed by the Utah State Board of Education. The counseling and guidance program at ACHIS meets all accreditation standards required by the Utah State Office of Education.  

• ACHIS counselors follow state and national student outcomes, standards, and competencies for the Comprehensive School Counseling Programs.

•   ACHIS counselors are active members of the Utah School Counselor’s Association and the American School Counselor’s Association.

8th Grade Student Government (7th Graders going to 8th)

Bear River Middle School

Eligibility Rules

1. Academic requirements: Students must have earned a cumulative 3 or higher average for first and second trimesters.

2. Citizenship requirements: Students will not have any more than 1 N and no U’s cumulative in all classes first and second trimesters.

3. Students must be willing and able to make up work missed in classes when necessary to perform student government business.  Students must be willing and able to come to school during the summer to help plan for the school year and to participate in parades.  Students must be able to stay after school to help clean up after activities and dances.  This often requires parental involvement for rides home after school and to various places during the summer.

Eligibility to Remain in Office

1. Students must maintain a GPA of 3.0 or higher.  Failure to do so will result in dismissal from office.

2. Earning a U in citizenship on your report card while in office will result in dismissal from office.  Students who earn an N in citizenship will be placed on probation the first time.  A second N on a report card will result in dismissal from office.  Any disciplinary referrals will also be taken into consideration.

3. Students must help plan for, attend, and clean up after school activities and dances.

Voting will be done via google forms with student names and school pictures.

CALENDAR

8/21 - Hope Squad Training

8/28 - First Day of School! - 1st Tri

8/29 - 6th Grade Orientation

8/31 - School Picture Day

9/1 - Fire Drill

9/4 - Labor Day (No School)

9/18 - Counselor Lesson - 6th Grade Health Classes (Geddes) - Bullying, Suicide Prevention, Anxiety Coping Skills

9/19 - Counselor Lesson - 6th Grade Health Classes (Wilcox, Jensen) - Bullying, Suicide Prevention, Anxiety Coping Skills

9/20 - Counselor Lesson - 6th Grade Health Classes (Beyler) - Bullyiing, Suicide Prevention, Anxiety Coping Skills

9/21 - Counselor Lesson - 6th Grade Health Classes (Spenst) - Bullyiing, Suicide Prevention, Anxiety Coping Skills

9/26 - Counselors attending Human Trafficking Training (Counselors Not Available)

9/27 - Parent/Teacher Conferences - 3:00-7:00 pm

10/10 - School Picture Retake Day

10/12, 13 - Fall Break

10/16 - Professional Development Day (No School for Students)

10/30 - 11/3 - Red Ribbon Week

Monday - "Put a Cap on Drugs!" - Wear Hats, Pledge at Lunch with Stickers

Tuesday - "Scare Drugs Out" - Wear Costumes, Candy/Bracelets in Advisory, Halloween "Just Dance" at Lunch

Wednesday - "I'm too Bright for Drugs" - Wear Bright/Neon Colors, Trivia with Dum Dums at Lunch

Thursday - "Be All You Can Be, Drugs Can't Find Me!!!" - Wear Cammo/Hunting Gear, Speaker/Assembly, "Beer Bottle Glasses"/Write on Big White Board

Friday - "I am Red-Y to Live a Drug-Free Life" - Wear Red, Lifesavers at Lunch

11/1 - First Day of American Indian Heritage Month

11/8 - Counselor Lesson - 7th Grade CTE Classes (Evans) - Anxiety Coping Skills

11/9 - Counselor Lesson - 7th Grade CTE Classes (Miller) - Anxiety Coping Skills

11/14 - Orchestra Concert @ 6:00-8:30 pm, ACHIS Commons

11/15 - Counselor Lesson - 7th Grade CTE Classes ( Bywater) - Anxiety Coping Skills

11/15 - Band Concert @ 6:00-8:30 pm, ACHIS Gym

11/17 - Human Trafficking Curriculum - Counselors Teach - Healthy Habits (Schneringer)

11/20 - Human Trafficking Curriculum- Counselors Teach - Healthy Habits (Schneringer)

11/21 - End of Trimester 1 (Minimum Day - 7:50-11:50 am)

11/22, 23, 24 - Thanksgiving Break

11/27 - First Day of 2nd Tri

11/29 - Super Activity for 1st Tri - Walker Cinemas

12/6 - Pathways Conference

12/8 - Honor Roll Activity (1st Tri)

12/11 - 15 - Food Drive

12/13 - Band Christmas Concert @ 6:00 pm, BRHS Auditorium

12/18 - Choir Christmas Concert @ 6:00 pm, BRHS Auditorium

12/20 - Minimum Day - 7:50 - 11:50 am

12/21 - 1/1 - Christmas/New Year's Break

1/11 - Parent Teacher Conferences

1/14 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - No School

1/23 - Time Management Curriculum - Counselors Teach - CTE (Miller)

1/25 - Time Management Curriculum - Counselors Teach - CTE (Bywater)

1/26 - STEM Fair - 7th Grade - 12:15 - 1:30 pm

1/29 - Human Trafficking Curriculum - Counselors Teach - Healthy Habits (Schneringer)

1/30 - Human Trafficking Curriculum - Counselors Teach - Healthy Habits (Schneringer)

2/1 - Counselors' Appreciation Day

2/1 - 7th Grade Registration

2/1 - First Day of Black History Month

2/12 - Kindness/Hope Week - Save Someone, be a Friend, Wear Super Hero Day! Lunch: Arm Wrestling to BE STRONG (Sign Pledge to be a Friend to Someone!)

2/13 - Kindness/Hope Week - Shade out Suicide! Wear Sunglasses & Yellow! Lunch: Volleyball in the Gym

2/14 - Valentine's Day - Kindness/Hope Week - Hope for Harris! Wear Red! Lunch: Face Painting - Kindness Assembly - Tom Ballard

2/15 - Kindness/Hope Week - Put Suicide to Rest! Wear Jammies! Lunch: Hot Chocolate in the Cafeteria

2/16 - Professional Development Day - No School for Students

2/19 - President's Day - No School

2/20 - 5th Grade Tours - North Park

2/20 - Orchestra Concert (6th hour only) @ 6:00 pm, BRHS Auditorium

2/21 - 5th Grade Tours - Fielding

2/22 - 5th Grade Tours - McKinley

2/23 - 5th Grade Tours - Garland

2/27 - Orchestra Concert (5th hour only) @ 6:00 pm, BRHS Auditorium

2/28 - Band Concert @ 6:00 pm, ACHIS Gym

2/29 - Super Activity for 2nd Tri

3/1 - End of Trimester 2 (Minimum Day - 7:50 - 11:50 am)

3/1 - First Day of Women's History Month

3/4 - First Day of Trimester 3

3/6 - Career Day

3/13 - Career Day

3/15 - Professional Development Day - No School for Students

3/14 - Honor Roll Activity (2nd Tri)

3/29 - Last Day to Order Yearbooks

4/1 - 6 - Spring Break

4/1 - Educational Support Staff Appreciation Day

4/3 - Paraprofessionals' Day

4/10 - Secretaries Conference

4/11 - PCCR's - Alfonso

4/16 - PCCR's - Miller

4/23 - PCCR's - Bywater

4/30 - PCCR's - Evans

4/25, 26 - Human Trafficking Curriculum - Counselors Teach - Healthy Habits (Schneringer)

5/1 - First Day of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

5/1 - McTeacher Night - 5:00-8:00 pm

5/6 - 10 - Teacher Appreciation Week

5/14 - Orchestra Concert @ 6:00 pm, BRHS Auditorium

5/17 - 7th Grade Play for Families

5/20 - Choir Concert @ 6:00 pm, BRHS Auditorium

5/22 - Band Concert @ 6:00 pm, BRHS Auditorium

5/22 - 7th Grade Play-Parent Performance

5/23 - 7th Grade Play-School Performance

5/27 - Memorial Day - No School

5/28 - Awards Assembly

5/29 - Honor Roll Activity (3rd Tri)

5/29 - Biathlon

5/29 - BRHS Graduation

5/30 - Yearbooks/Clean out Lockers

5/31 - Field Day-Last Day of Trimester 3 (Minimum Day - 7:50 - 11:50 am)

Quick Links

• ​Tiered Interventions​

• CTE Pathways Information

• 4 year plan for Middle and High school

• Scholarships for Intermediate/Middle School Students

• Scholarships for Students under 13

• Utah College & Career Readiness Parent Toolkit

• ​BRMS Registration Instructions 

• BRMS Course Descriptions

• ​Box Elder Community Services Directory

• BESD Well Being Website

• Internet Safety Information​

PARENTS- Mental Health Help

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For a small fee there are coaching sessions available.