SAN ANGELO, Texas — San Angelo ISD announced the counseling departments at Lincoln Middle School, Lone Star Middle School, and Lake View High School have received the distinct honor of being awarded the Counselors Reinforcing Excellence for Students in Texas (CREST) award for excellence in counseling.
According to an SAISD press release, this is the first year Lincoln Middle School and Lake View High School have received the award and the second year in a row for Lone Star Middle School.
In 2005, Texas School Counselor Association began the CREST program to recognize schools with outstanding counseling programs. To receive a CREST award, schools must "demonstrate a commitment to improving the lives and achievement of students in academic, career, and personal social domains. CREST aims to help counselors to evaluate their counseling programs, promote their programs to the stakeholders in their districts, demonstrate the effectiveness of their guidance and counseling programs through empirical means and to implement the Texas and National models for school counseling programs.
“As we have evolved our comprehensive counseling program over the last five years to align with the needs of our campuses, I am extremely proud of the work counselors have accomplished across the district,” said SAISD Director of Counseling and Assessment Rebecca Cline. “Their dedication to students, families and staff is impeccable. Our goal is to use the CREST award as a district standard for the SAISD and campus level programs.”
