Department Staff
St. Ignatius has four staff to serve academic and social emotional needs. Bethany Beer bbeer@saintischool.org and Lisa Van Berkel lvanberkel@saintischool.org serve grades 4-8. Juliana Moeller lbrooks@saintischool.org and Kelly Farkus kfarkus@saintischool.org serve grades K-3.
School Psychology Services
Two school psychologists provide support for staff, students, parents and administration in developing strategies for academic, emotional and behavioral supports for students. If a child’s educational team suspects that a student has a disability, our school psychologists lead the school-based evaluation team.
On any given day the school psychologist staff can be found facilitating small group activities to help children learn strategies for self-regulation or managing anxiety, observing students in classes, or meeting with parents and teachers in intervention assistance meetings. Additionally, our psych team helps to develop school wide programs and initiatives to build and maintain a positive culture and understanding of good mental health.
School Counselor
Our school counselor teams up with the school psychologists and staff to support students in and out of the classroom. The counselor will focus on academic and social-emotional problem-solving. Our counselor works to help students process the issues they face, plan goals, and set action steps to achieve those goals. The St. Ignatius School Counselor supports students, staff, and parents in the following areas: transition and adjustments, friendship skills, family changes, conflict resolution, loss and grief, promoting positive communication, stress management, small group support, and individual support. The counselor also helps oversee school-wide or grade level preventative programs.
