National School Counseling Week 2010, "Celebrate School Counseling,"  will be celebrated from Feb. 1-5, 2010, to focus public attention on the unique contribution of professional school counselors within U.S. school systems. National School Counseling Week, sponsored by ASCA, highlights the tremendous impact school counselors can have in helping students achieve school success and plan for a career.

To help you promote the week, ASCA has developed a National School Counseling Week kit. The kit contains:

• 20 pencils for sharing with some of your students (additional may be ordered)

• full-color poster promoting National School Counseling Week (additional may be ordered)

• certificate of appreciation

• National School Counseling Week proclamation 

• doorhanger to promote privacy when in counseling sessions (see sample)

• 120 I “heart” my school counselor stickers (additional may be ordered)

• morning announcements for the week

• sample press release

• countdown calendar, providing week-by-week advice on getting ready for National School Counseling Week

The kit also comes with a CD containing: 

• electronic copies of the certificate of appreciation and proclamation, for printing out extra copies

• sample press release in Word, so you can modify it to promote what your school is doing for the

week

• morning announcements in Word in case you want to customize them

• links to resources for promoting your program, building a school counseling Web site and more

• PDF copy of “School Counselor Resource Series: Organizational Skills Boot Camp” book.

Three easy ways to order your National School Counseling Week kit:
1. Order online
2. Call (703) 683-ASCA
3. Download an order form and mail or fax in your order.

Need ideas for how to celebrate National School Counseling Week? Follow the discussion on ASCA SCENE. (Note: You'll need to set up an account on the SCENE to access the discussion.)