Redding School Counselor Named Best in State

REDDING, CT — The Connecticut School Counselor Association has named Joy Squitieri, of John Read Middle School, the Connecticut School Counselor of the Year.

Squitieri will be honored at an awards gala on April 25 as well as at the Connecticut School Counselor Association annual conference at the University of Hartford on May 29.

Squitieri is described by her principal in a release as someone who "consistently demonstrates the ability to maintain compassionate and caring relationships" with all members of the school community.

The counselor will now advance to the national level where she will have an opportunity to compete as a semi-finalist in the American School Counselor Association’s "School Counselor of the Year" program. If selected as a semi-finalist, Squitieri will be in the running for the "School Counselor of the Year" recognition, which usually takes place in February in Washington, D.C.