Samantha Vidal meets with U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly
FRANKLIN, Ind. — Creekside Elementary school counselor Samantha Vidal will be at the White House Thursday to kick-off National School Counseling Week.
Vidal is a national finalist for School Counselor of the Year by the American School Counselor Association (ASCA).
The six national finalists are in the nation’s capital this week with a presidential celebration scheduled for 11 a.m. Thursday.
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Vidal, accompanied by Creekside principal Dr. Mark Heiden, spoke at an ASCA meeting and met with U.S. Senators Dan Coats and Joe Donnelly.
“I am so proud of the outstanding work that Samantha has done here at Creekside,” said Heiden.
“She inherited a school counseling program that was not really even a program and over these years has built it into a proactive and complete school counseling program that adheres to and even exceeds the standards set forth by the Indiana School Counselor Association and the American School Counseling Association,” Heiden said.
Local News Digital’s Steven Harmeyer reporting:
