Mrs. Lady Lester

Welcome to Guidance!

My name is Lady Lester, and I am one of the counselors at E.R. Dickson.  This is my 13th year at ERD, and I absolutely love it here.  My philosophy of counseling is that counselors must work together with parents, teachers, administrators, and community resources to ensure that every child is safe and able to reach his or her fullest potential.

My responsibilities are varied.  This year I will teach a 30 minute lesson to all classes in grades K-2 every week. We also have another full time counselor this year, Mary White. Mrs. White will teach classes in grades 3-5.   My classroom lessons are based upon 6 character traits:  Respect, Responsibility, Trustworthiness, Caring, Citizenship, and Fairness. I also teach lessons about safety; alcohol,tobacco, and drug awareness; school success and goal-setting; bullying; test-taking skills; and career awareness. 

I conduct small group counseling sessions with groups of 2-8 students. Our topics focus on conflict resolution, respect, appropriate behaviors, anger management, divorce, self-control, etc.  Teachers and parents can refer students for these groups.

I work with students individually, sometimes on a daily basis, sometimes weekly or twice weekly.  I conference with  parents and teachers, handle crisis situations, and in general, do anything I can to help our students achieve to their potential. 

I welcome parents' questions and concerns. I am available to confer with parents by telephone or in person.  Parents can call 221-1183, email me at lllester@mcpss.com, or send a note to their child's teacher. 

Parents and Students,

Below you will find some of my favorite educational websites and games.  I hope you will find time to take a look at these and will find them as interesting and informative as I do. You may have to copy and paste these onto your web browser.

Educational websites:

http://www.charactered.net/

http://www.education-world.com/counseling/

http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/school/school_counselors.html

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/conflict/guide/activities_conflict.html

http://its.leesummit.k12.mo.us/counseling.htm#Power_Point_Presentations_for_Counselors

Educational games:

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/conflict/funplace/index.html

http://www.little-g.com/shockwave/games.html

http://www.mcgruff.org/games/

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/conflict/listening01.html

http://www.mcgruff.org/