Faith, Family, and Friends...

is a Catholic elementary/middle school guidance program that is infused with gospel values and sound human development principles. OLSS is incorporating Faith, Family, and Friends into the religion/counseling program. Through a joint effort between religion teachers and the counselor, eighteen topics will be covered throughout the school year including: understanding/respecting self and others, communication, family/friends, moral decision-making, stress/time management, self-safety, responsibility, feelings, and individual differences. The goals of Faith, Family, and Friends are to help our students: know themselves better and positively accept themselves, form positive and enduring interpersonal relationships, improve their decision-making skills, use their abilities and skills for their own happiness and for the good of others, achieve self-direction and self-discipline, and to begin and continue viewing life and learning as an interconnected whole aimed at loving God and serving one another.