Suicide Awareness Week hosted a precursor to the full week which takes place annually in April on Tuesday, Oct. 24. White boards were put out on tables at the Essex and Dougherty Ferry parking lots for...
![Joe Fisch, 9th grade counselor: “I was a teacher before I was a counselor and one thing that drew me to [being a counselor] was getting to work with students in a one on one setting, getting to know the students and helping them in a little bit of a different [way] than with teaching. Don’t get me wrong, teachers have a major impact on students but sometimes you get to get into some issues or topics that are very impactful to the students.”](https://www.thekirkwoodcall.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Fisch-copy.jpg)
