WHEREAS, school counselors are employed in public and private schools to help students reach their full potential; and

        WHEREAS, school counselors are committed to helping students explore their abilities, strengths, interests and talents as these traits relate to career awareness and development; and

        WHEREAS, school counselors help parents focus on ways to further the educational, personal and social growth of their children; and

        WHEREAS, school counselors work with teachers and other educators to help students explore their potential and set realistic goals for themselves; and

        WHEREAS, school counselors seek to identify and utilize community resources that can enhance and complement comprehensive school counseling programs and help students become productive members of society; and

        WHEREAS, comprehensive developmental school counseling programs are considered an integral part of the educational process that enables all students to achieve success in school;

        NOW, THEREFORE, I, C.L. “BUTCH” OTTER, Governor of the State of Idaho, do hereby proclaim February 4th through 8th, 2008 to be

National School Counseling Week

in Idaho.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Idaho at the Capitol in Boise on this 25th day of January in the year of our Lord two thousand and eight and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred thirty-second and of the Statehood of Idaho the one hundred eighteenth.

BEN YSURSA
SECRETARY OF STATE