Helping
Students Succeed
2006-2007
Purpose:
The Morgan School Assistance Team will create a supportive
interaction among students, staff, and parents and the community, promoting
success and well being
Guiding Principles:
We endorse the following principles:
The MSAT will:
*Provide prevention, intervention and aid troubled students
through a team approach which fosters an atmosphere of open communication
within the entire school community.
*Strive to identify students at risk.
*Enhance the wellness of the whole student by providing a
community which responds to both academic and emotional needs.
*Seek continual input for growth and change.
*Promote enthusiasm for the school by creating an atmosphere of
mutual trust, respect, and support among students and staff.
….MSAT
If you
are concerned about a student,
Your child, your child’s friend, another student
Who is having difficulty
in school with family problems
with adjustment, making friends, with substance abuse, emotionally…….
Then the
Morgan Student Assistance Team may be able to help.
How MSAT works:
*A concerned teacher, adult or student refers a stdeunt who is having difficulty to the student assistance
team.
*One of the team’s members is assigned to: collect information
from teachers and other school personnel about the student
and
to interview the student personally.
*The student assistance team meets to review the information,
consider options, and to work towards resolution.
*The MSAT meets twice weekly to review student progress and new
referrals. The team tries to coordinate the use of school resources to assist
students who are experiencing difficulty.
Morgan Student Assistance Team Memebers
Marie Tramontana, Chair- Counselor
William Barney- Principal
Jane Erikson- Assisent Principal
Linda Gworek- Librarian
Laura Luther- Teacher
Janice O’Brien- Counselor
Daniel Picchioni- Counselor
John Quinn- Social Worker
Maureen Tranquilli- Social Worker
James O’Brien- Teacher
Kalli Schutz-
Teacher
Mary Ann Shugrue- Teacher
Steven Spielman- Teacher
MSAT offers the following Suggestions
If a student is having difficulty in a particular class….
….contact the
teacher
if a student will be absent or tardy or is you are concerned
about your child’s attendance….
…..contact the
main office
if a student has medical concerns….
….contact the
school nurse
if a student is experiencing personal problems that affect his
or her school performance…
…contact the
guidance councelor
if there is a family problem or your child is having
difficulties outside of school…
…contact the
Clinton Youth and Family Services Bureau
If there avenues prove unsuccessful or you need additional
support or information the next step might be to contact MSAT
Directory of Resources
The
Main Office----------------------664-6504
Mr. Barney – Principal
Mrs.Erikson – Assistant Principal
School Resource
Officer—664-6669
Guidance
Office------------664-6544
Mrs. O’Brien, Mr. Picchioni, Ms. Tramontana
Nurse’s Office----------664-6574
Classroom Teachers------664-6504
Homework------www.teacherweb.com
Youth and Family Services----------669-1103
Social Services------------------------669-7346
Other Community Resources
AIDS Hotline-------------------1-800-342-2437
Alateen, Alanon,
AA-----------209-787-0115
Central Ct.Sexual Assualt----1-860-635-4424
DCF Careline-------------------1-800-842-2288
Drug Abuse---------------------1-800-662-4357
Infoline---------------------------211
Mental Health
National Runaway Hotline----1-800-621-4000
Planned Parenthood-----------860-388-4459
Posion
Control------------------1-800-343-2722
Psychiatric Emergency(PERCY)----860-664-5031
Rape Crisis Hotline------------1-888-999-5545
Shoreline Clinic-----------------1-860-767-0107
Suicide Crisis--------------------1-203-848-1281