Welcome from Hezie Rhee, School Psychologist

Welcome to Lake Washington Girls Middle School's Student Services Department! Our goal is to provide students with a brave space to be themselves,  promote agency, and build advocacy skills for healthy development. Our students' thoughts and feelings are valid, and we want students to know they are safe to bring their full selves to school. We meet our learners where they are and rally around our students to support their needs. In the Student Services Center, we practice problem-solving, independence, and goal setting. We also provide educational opportunities and discussions for parents & caregivers.

We Support Students By: 

  • Curating learning environments (teaching and curriculum) that supports academic achievement and responds to the social-emotional needs of students
  • Developing learning and social-emotional strategies that enhance student learning and wellbeing
  • Providing assessment and interventions for students that focus on improving educational and developmental outcomes
  • Targeting delivery of individual services to those who require specialized academic or social-emotional support
  • Fostering positive relationships with students and between faculty and students
  • Building partnerships with families and community services to meet the needs of the students and the school

I look forward to supporting you, your student, and your family! 

In Partnership, 

Hezie Rhee 
School Psychologist

Academic, Social, and Emotional Support for all students

Middle school is a time of great change for adolescents: physically, emotionally, and socially. The social and emotional well-being of students is a crucial part of Lake Washington Girls Middle School’s mission. To this end, a concerted effort is made to help students mediate and resolve conflicts; discuss developmental issues openly, safely, and productively; proactively respond to negative interpersonal dynamics and/or behavior swiftly and efficiently; and celebrate successes.

Goal Setting

In the fall term, sixth grade students meet with the school psychologist to set specific measurable academic, social, and personal goals, and create trackable strategies in their effort to achieve these goals.  All students have a 1-1 with their advisor to identify goals. During Winter and Spring Term, students reflect on their progress. They reassess the goals and strategies of the previous term,  analyze the factors connected to successes, and challenges of each, and write new goals and strategies or modify old ones as needed.

Learning & Life skills

The Student Services Department provides Learning and Life Skills instruction to all 6th graders and to 7th and 8th graders upon request. Learning and Life Skills support can address specific aspects of learning, from organization and time-management to the impact of self-regulation and mindset on long-term success.

Academic Resource center

ARC is an after-school study center that provides a quiet work space, allows for access to school materials, is staffed by faculty, and facilitates consultations with a teacher(s). Student Services works closely with faculty who supervise ARC to best support students in attendance. Student Services may also request ARC for students after an absence.