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McALLEN, Texas – The awards were originally presented to counselors at the Texas School Counselors Association (TSCA) conference on February 12 in Round Rock. Now, they will be recognized on familiar ground.
Last year, McAllen ISD’s Fields Elementary was the only school in the Rio Grande Valley to win a CREST award. This year, 30 schools in the RGV earned a CREST award and 29 of them are from McAllen ISD.
This awards program began in 2005 in order to recognize schools with outstanding counseling programs. Schools receiving CREST awards have demonstrated a commitment using the 2018 Texas Model for Comprehensive School Counseling Programs to improve the lives and achievements of students in academic, career and personal social domains.
The four components of the Texas Model include:
• Classroom guidance
• Responsive services
• Individual planning
• System support
The award indicates campus and counselor leadership and advocacy for serving students and the school community.
CREST is a continuous improvement document that gives a school counseling program an opportunity to demonstrate effective communication and a commitment to obtaining results. It helps counselors to evaluate their counseling programs, promote their programs, demonstrate the effectiveness of their guidance and counseling programs through empirical means, and to implement the Texas and national models for school counseling programs.
CREST winners will be recognized February 12 at the TSCA Professional School Counselor Conference in Round Rock.
McAllen ISD’s winning schools include Alvarez Elementary, Castaneda Elementary, Escandon Elementary, Fields Elementary (second-time winner), Garza Elementary, Gonzalez Elementary, Hendricks Elementary, Houston Elementary, Jackson Elementary, McAuliffe Elementary, Milam Elementary, Perez Elementary, Rayburn Elementary, Roosevelt Elementary, Sanchez Elementary, Seguin Elementary, Thigpen-Zavala Elementary, Wilson Elementary, Brown Middle School, Cathey Middle School, De Leon Middle School, Fossum Middle School, Morris Middle School, Travis Middle School, Achieve Early College High, Lamar Academy, McAllen High, Memorial High and James “Nikki” Rowe High.
| WHAT | CREST Awards for McAllen ISD school counselors |
| WHEN | 10-11 am on Monday, Feb. 20 |
| WHERE | McAllen ISD’s Staff Development Center on the Achieve Early College High campus (1601 N. 27th St.) in McAllen |
| PARKING | Park in the north parking lot off of 27th Street. This parking lot is adjacent to the Staff Development Center. |
