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Mrs. Whitney Orchard - Counselor

About Me

   

Whitney Orchard

 

Mrs. Whitney Orchard

Hello everyone!  My name is Whitney Orchard and this will be my second year at West Plains Middle School.  I am looking forward to meeting with students and working alongside families and fellow educators to make middle school the best experience that could be possible.  I have worked as a high school counselor and teacher, but have spent time in the past teaching middle school students.  I am happy to be working with this age again.  There will be so many changes and a few challenges along the way, but we'll be able to navigate that together.

 A little about me... 

I am married to Matthew Orchard and we have a daughter, Norah, who is 12.  I have an older daughter, Myah, who graduated from WPHS.  I also have a grandson whose name is Harrison.  We all love being together and spend most of our time outside. We love just about any activity that includes water, so we try to spend as much time as we can fishing, swimming. camping and just enjoying the great outdoors.  I enjoy gardening, cooking and you can usually find me carrying around a book or two.   

I am really looking forward to getting to know the students and families of WPMS.   

I am here to help, so please let me know if I can.

Go Z!

 



Responsibilities

-Providing Responsive Services to help students deal with both academic and social needs. 
-Providing Classroom Guidance for 7th and 8th grade students.
-Providing Group Counseling as needed.
-Scheduling both new and existing 7th and 8th grade students.
-Processing Gifted referrals.
-Coordinating Testing for 7th and 8th grade.
 
 

Whitney Orchard

Middle School Counselor

7th & 8th Grade

417-256-7152  Ext 4020

 

whitney.orchard@zizzers.org

 

Undergraduate Study: 

Missouri State West Plains- Associate Degree in General Studies 

Missouri State University- Bachelor of Science in Education, Vocational Family and Consumer Sciences

Graduate Study: 

Evangel University- Master of Science, School Counseling

 

Years at West Plains School District: 6 

Previous Education Experience: 

Reeds Spring High School- Family and Consumer Sciences- 5 years 

Willard Middle School- Family and Consumer Sciences- 2 years 

Liberty High School- English 1 year, Counselor- 9 years 

West Plains High School- Counselor- 4 years, Special Education- 2 years