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"Within minutes, a day in the life of a middle schooler can go from amazing to terrible. Even with 3 full-time counselors, I feel like we do not have enough time in the day to reach the needs of all of our 800 students. I am so thankful we were able to join forces with SchoolPulse last year. Many students reached out to a SchoolPulse professional with REALLY. BIG. STUFF. And small stuff. And lots of regular day-to-day stuff. Not only are the adults behind the scenes trained, but they are really, really patient and kind. (Even when they received ridiculous teenage responses!)

I appreciate that SchoolPulse is a SAFE place for our kids to talk to someone, anonymously. Pictures can not be exchanged, and parents can follow the texting thread on their child's phone. Our middle schoolers like that SchoolPulse doesn't take up space on their phones because an app doesn't need to be downloaded. Counselors and administrators have the ability to read over messages being sent between students and SchoolPulse staff. One of the cool things though, is we don't HAVE to monitor the conversations, because that's what SchoolPulse does! Last year, when students shared something concerning, SchoolPulse pinned the message thread so we could find it easily, and CALLED us. How awesome is that?!

Thank you, SchoolPulse!"
Michele Kimle
8th Grade Counselor Hastings Middle School