Vestavia School System Celebrates National School Counseling Week

VESTAVIA HILLS, AL — This week, Feb. 1-5, is National School Counseling Week, and Vestavia Hills City Schools has taken this week an an opportunity to focus on the network of counselors in the school system.

In Vestavia Hills City Schools, students are served by a team of more than 20 counselors and support staff who work to meet the social-emotional needs of each child and help to prepare them for the next steps in their academic journey.

School counselors and support staff members in Vestavia Hills City Schools include:

• West: Dawn Norris and Emily Burt
• East: Kelsey Brown and Emily Burt
• Dolly Ridge: Kellie Knight and Marla Hatch
• VHELP: Marla Hatch and Emelie Sara Vines
• CH: Cortney McKinney
• LPM: Keri Howard and Tre Munger
• PMS: Becca Poe, Chase Hodge, and Amber Payne
• VHHS Freshman: Sherrilyn Dovi and Megan Drumm
• VHHS: Brandon Boggs, Anna Daneri, Christine Rohling, Kylie Regan, Daria Howard, Oliver Aaron
• VHCS: Student Assistance Counselor: Anna Gaston, (district social worker)
• VHHS college and career secretary: Jerri Tinney; VHHS counseling secretary: Tracy Towns