North Augusta Middle
School Counseling Department
Welcome!
Welcome to North Augusta Middle School! Your school counselors Mrs. Marlee Calloway (left) and Mrs. Summer Barge (right) are excited to work with you this year!
Introduction of Counselors
Marlee Calloway
Hi friends! I graduated from Clemson University in 1988 with a B.A. in Psychology and from USC Columbia in 1997 with a M. Ed. in School Counseling. I have 2 kiddos, Grant and Erin, with my husband Barry-we've been married 29 years. I like to help others, dance, float on the water, hang with friends and family, and meet new people!
Contact: mcalloway@acpsd.net
Introduction of Counselors
Summer Barge
Hi! I graduated from USC Columbia in 2018 with a B.A. in Public Health and Women's Studies, as well as from Augusta University in 2023 with a M. Ed. in School Counseling. I'm a boy mom to 2-year old Lucian James, and I have a twin sister, Savannah, who also works at NAMS! In my free time, I like to read, visit coffee shops, and travel with my husband Matthew. I love being a school counselor and am so excited to work with our awesome students!
Contact: sbarge@acpsd.net
Role of School Counselors
Middle school counselors “enhance the learning process and promote academic, career and social/emotional development. School counseling programs are essential for students to achieve optimal personal growth, acquire positive social skills and values, set informed career goals and realize full academic potential to become productive, contributing members of the world community” (ASCA, 2019).
Confidentiality
Because counseling is based on a trusting relationship between counselor and student, the school counselors will keep information confidential with some possible exceptions. School counselors may share information with parents/guardians, the child’s teacher, and/or administrators who work with the child on a need-to-know basis, so that we may better help the child as a team. Under the following circumstances, the school counselors as well as all school staff are required by law to share information with others.
Presenting information about harm to self or others. This will result in the appropriate risk assessment being conducted and parents being contacted.
Evidence or disclosure of abuse (physically, emotionally, and sexually) or neglect. These cases are legally required to be reported to DSS or law enforcement.
Threats to school security will result in appropriate risk assessments and a report to law enforcement.
If you have questions regarding confidentiality or the legal requirements to breach confidentiality, please contact your school counselors.
Congratulations to our very own Marlee Calloway for being awarded the title of South Carolina's 2024 Middle School Counselor of the Year by the Palmetto State School Counselor Association.
