Guidance and Counseling
Guidance Counselors:
Ms. Kimberly James - General Education & 504's
Ms. Michaela Wingster - ELL, ESE, Gifted & Cambridge
Ms. Cynthia Preston - Attendance
Ms Ebony Evans - Guidance Clerk
Mrs. April Olsen - IPC/Registrar
Welcome to the Guidance Office! Our mission as your child's counselors is to assist you and your child's teachers in facilitating North Marion Middle School's mission statement and goals for each and every student.
We would like to invite you to come in and get to know us and the services we offer from this office. You may come by school or call during "teacher hours" and make an appointment with us. You don't need to wait until you have a problem or special reason! We hope that, together, we can lay a good foundation for future success and achievement by making your child's years at North Marion Middle a happy and rewarding learning experience.
- Help children understand themselves and others
- Help to identify children with special needs
- Provide crisis intervention
- Develop plans to prevent academic/behavioral problems from developing
- Provide Career Awareness programs
- Coordinate the efforts of other professionals working for children
- Provide orientation for children coming to North Marion Middle School for the first time
- Promote positive attitudes toward persons of diverse cultural, racial, ability, and socioeconomic backgrounds
General Information
Quick Guide to Marion County Services: By clicking on the following link, you will be able to view a listing of the telephone numbers for the many services available within Marion County. Quick Guide to Marion County Services
Registration: All new students must register in the Attendance and Registration office at the front of the school. Our personnel are familiar with all the requirements and can help you with questions.
Attendance: Taking attendance is the responsibility of the classroom teacher. If a child is not in his/her classroom by 9:20 am, he/she must check in at the Attendance Office before reporting to class. Also, if children are chronically absent, tardy, or picked up early, notices may be sent from the Guidance Office in accordance with Marion County School System policies and FL statutes. Please call the Guidance Office if your child is absent. Upon your child's return to school, send a hand-written note as to the reason for the absence. If your child was seen by a doctor, please send the doctor's note.
Signing Out Early: Please visit the Attendance Office to sign a student out of school. You must present your identification and be on the student's authorization list. No one under the age of 18 may check a student out of school. There will be no check-outs after 3:30 pm.