Ms. Connie A. Hatcher
Elementary/ Middle School Counselor
Growing up in Cherokee County, I attended both high school and college in the area, obtaining a Bachelor's degree in Middle Grades Education from North Georgia College and State University.
After teaching middle school language arts for three years, I received a Master's of Education degree in school counseling from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
Following a return to Georgia and counseling in area schools for several years, I briefly moved back to the Midwest where I have been living in St. Louis for the past four years.
I am excited once again to make Georgia my home and to have the opportunity to be at American Heritage Academy.
Guidance Program
The counseling program provides academic, social, and emotional guidance for kindergarten through eighth grade students.
Lessons taught twice monthly are designed to guide, promote, and enhance character traits that are the foundation for success.
The lessons are utilized to develop and encourage interpersonal, problem solving, organization, and study skills.
The counselor also collaborates with grade level teachers to explore specific topics or concerns that may pertain to individual classrooms.
The counselor can meet with individuals per request of the student, the parent, or a teacher.
Also, small interest groups are formed as needed. Topics may include, but are not limited to, self-esteem, friendship, changing families, and managing feelings and behavior.
Feel free to contact the counselor if you feel that your child may benefit from one of these groups.
Philosophy and Mission
School is a place where children develop socially and emotionally, as well as academically.
Students need support and guidance throughout their educational development in order to maximize their learning.
Collaborative efforts between parents, teachers, administrators, staff, and counselors benefit students as they grow into lifelong learners and productive members of society.
A counselor's role is to play an integral part of students' daily lives and be a partner in helping obtain maximum student achievement.
By helping students learn to develop the attitudes, knowledge and skills contributing to effective learning, we can help prepare them for the future.
By encouraging positive interpersonal skills, we can help our youth to understand and respect themselves as well as those around them.
Word of the Month Program
August - Courtesy
Appropriateness of manners or social conduct
September - Responsibility
Being accountable for your own choices and behaviors
October - Respect
Showing positive regard for self, others, property, rules and authority
November - Cooperation
Working together to accomplish a task
December - Caring
Demonstrating kindness, courtesy, and compassion
January - Perseverance/Effort
Striving toward a goal despite challenges
February - Friendship
Displaying good will and fairness toward others
March - Courage
Acting responsibly despite fears or difficulties
April - Honesty
Being truthful, fair, and trustworthy
May - Self-Control
Managing behavior in a positive way
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