Kalakaua Middle School

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Counselors:
Grade 6 
  - Lea Palimoo 832-3139 
    lea_palimoo@notes.k12.hi.us
Grade 7 
  - Ricky Fung 832-3137 
    ricky_fung@notes.k12.hi.us
Grade 8 
  - Marietta Laforga 832-3136 
    marietta_laforga@notes.k12.hi.us
Outreach / 504 
  - Geoff Jones 832-3138 
    geoff_jones@notes.k12.hi.us
Testing Coordinator 
  - Mel Nakama 832-3130 x277 
    mel_nakama@notes.k12.hi.us


The goal of the Kalakaua Counseling Program is to 
enhance student learning through three interrelated 
areas of student development as prescribed by the 
American School Counselor Association (ASCA) and 
the Hawaii Content Standards:

ASCA: Academic Development, Personal & Social 
Development and Career Development

Hawaii Content Standards: Career & Life Skills

KMS Counselors also focus on making guidance and 
counseling supports and services available to the 
entire student population.

. Guidance focuses on prevention and can help students 
 learn to make positive decisions about a variety of 
 issues including completing homework, and awareness 
 of dangers regarding drugs and alcohol.

. Counseling focuses on intervening in specific areas 
 of concern including, but not limited to, study skills, 
 social skills, anger management, grief-loss, self-esteem,
 and low motivation.

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Basic Counseling Services 
      (available to ALL students) include:

. Individual counseling
. Group Counseling
. Mediation 
  (between students, students & faculty, etc.)
. Academic advising
. Grade checks/progress reports/ âdog tagsâ
. Planner checks
. Test coordination 
  (state assessment, school-level academic, and
   behavior assessments)

Click here to see the Counselling Department Brochure explaining more in depth the services available to students at Kalakaua.