Kristina Wallace named Connecticut School Counselor of the Year

The Connecticut School Counselor Association is pleased to announce that Kristina Wallace, of Windsor High School, Windsor, CT has been named Connecticut School Counselor of the Year. Kristina has been described by her colleagues as a caring and compassionate professional who has not only proven to be a great leader among her peers, but a strong advocate for her students. Her principal also describes her “as a passionate, creative and extremely motivated professional school counselor.” Her students also think the world of her. One student commented by saying “she has contributed so much to my academic development by pushing me to challenge myself and take risks that I didn't know I was capable of myself. She continues to believe in me and encourages me to strive for excellence inside and outside of school.” Another one of her students named Gianna said “she is one in a million and I have no doubt in my mind that she is deserving of the title of Connecticut School Counselor of the Year.”

Kristina, was chosen out of several applications as the Connecticut School Counselor of the Year and will be honored at an awards gala in mid-May as well as at the Connecticut School Counselor Association annual conference at the University of Hartford on May 30, 2018. Kristina will now advance to the national level where she will have an opportunity to advance as a semi-finalist in the American School Counselor Association’s “School Counselor of the Year”(SCOY) program. If selected as a semi-finalist, she will be in the running for the “School Counselor of the Year” recognition, which usually takes place in January in Washington, D.C. We wish Kristina much luck with the program and are very proud to have her representing school counselors across the State of Connecticut.

Other awards winners include: Dr. Kimberly Longobucco, Assistant Principal at Newtown High School as Administrator of the Year; Branford High School Counseling Department for Outstanding Comprehensive School Counseling Program and Breanna Riollano, from Wolcott High School, as Intern of the Year.

The Connecticut School Counselor Association is a division of the American School Counselor Association and is the only professional school counselor organization representing school counselors in the state. The association is run by a Board of Directors and a Governing Board. For more information on the Association, please contact Virginia DeLong, Chairman of the Board, at vdelong324@gmail.com or 860-367-6478.