Counseling at CMS
Our counseling team provides a welcoming environment for academic, career, social and emotional growth. Counselors work with students, families, teachers, administrators and community partners. Every student is entitled to access a comprehensive counseling program.
Your Counselors
Sixth grade: Kevin Nord — kevin.nord@asd20.org, 719-234-3013.
Seventh grade: Beth Podoll — beth.podoll@asd20.org, 719-234-3026.
Eighth grade: Mel Folkerts — melanie.folkerts@asd20.org, 719-234-3031.
Grant counselor: JaimeLyn Heim — jamielyn.heim@asd20.org, 719-234-3013.
Registrar: Emily Kim, 719-234-3030. For general counseling assistance, call 719-234-3030.
Confidentiality
Counselors respect student privacy. However, information that may jeopardize a student’s health, safety or welfare is shared with parents and administration, even if the student objects.
Contact your student’s counselor with concerns about confidentiality or counseling services.
Refusing Counseling Services
Parents may refuse counseling services for their child by sending a written request to both the student’s administrator and counselor each year. Renew the request when the student’s home school changes.
A refusal does not exclude meetings about scheduling, academics, college and career advising, or the classroom curricular component.